Pacific coast
wireworm: Relationship between injury and damage to potatoes.
Then there are
wireworms, drilling the other half full of holes.
Visible
wireworm damage takes the form of 4mm diameter holes created by the worms as they enter the bale.
Without protection from products like Poncho, these crops would become more vulnerable to
wireworm.
In corn, today's sees treatments help fend off secondary insect pests such as
wireworm, seed corn maggot and white grub.
The British Ecological Society has welcomed a Swansea University study which has identified naturally occurring alternatives to the harsh pesticides used to control pests like the troublesome
wireworm.
From the description in his letter, it would seem that he has a serious infestation of
wireworm, attacking a variety of plants but, in particular, his potatoes.
Usually by summer he is tame enough to be able to throw him the odd treat such as a vine weevil or
wireworm.
Thick cakes of mud Like parathas clung to our boots, and we killed each
wireworm singly, If the clodhopping robin didn't pick it off first.
Biology of the false
wireworm Eleodes suturalis Say.
There, ARS scientists Rich Novy and Jonathan Whitworth, along with Juan Manuel Alvarez (University of Idaho), identified several potato breeding clones with resistances to aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and
wireworm.
The creative was directed at Alberta potato growers where
wireworm is a recognized problem and the majority of potatoes are destined for fries.