Aphids
| Contributor: | Université de Liège |
| Date Compiled: | 2025 |
Monitoring
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Threshold: severe infestations
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Control
| Solution | Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) |
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Soaking of seedlings before transplanting.
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Pre-planting
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Regulations surrounding biological products can change rapidly – always verify products recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
| Solution | Product Category | Max nb. of a. i. application/year | Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) | Chemical Group |
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Potassium salts of fatty acids
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Biological insecticide
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3
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Flipper, dosage: 10 L/ha
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Organic compound
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Pure pyrethrins
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Biological insecticide
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2
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Bio-Pyretrex, dosage: 5 L/ha
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Pyrethroids and pyrethrins
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Rapeseed oil
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Biological insecticide
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2
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Piperonyl butoxide
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Biological insecticide
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2
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Bio-Pyretrex, dosage: 5 L/ha
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Urtica spp.
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5
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1500-2500 L/ha, 24h maceration at 20°c is sufficient
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Orange essential oil
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6
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Orocide Plus, dosage: 2.4 L/ha
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Azadirachtin A
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Biological insecticide
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3
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Oikos, dosage: 1.5 L/ha
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Akanthomyces muscarius strain Ve6
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Biological insecticide
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12 max
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Mycotal, dosage: 2 kg/ha
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Regulations surrounding chemical products can change rapidly – always verify chemicals recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
| Solution | Product Category | Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) | Max nb. of a. i. application/year | Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) | Chemical Group | IRAC Code |
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See Phytoweb (link in sources) for the most up to date information on chemical products
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Deltamethrin
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Synthetic insecticide
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2
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Decis EC 2,5; dosage: 0.5 L/ha
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Pyrethroids and pyrethrins
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Tau-Fluvalinate
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Synthetic insecticide
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<= BBCH 39 (rosette dev. Completed)
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1
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Evure, 0.2 L/ha
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Pyrethroids and pyrethrins
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Sulfoxaflor
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Synthetic insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 7 days before harvest
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1
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CLOSER™
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Sulfoximines
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4C
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Acetamiprid
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Synthetic insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 10 days before harvest
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1 (1 treatment per crop cycle, 2 per year)
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(EPIK® SL) Dosage: 2L/ha
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Neonicotinoids
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4A
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Spirotetramat
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Synthetic insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 7 days before harvest
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2
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MOVENTO®48 SC (1,25-1,5 l/ha)
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Tetronic and Tetramic acid derivatives
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23
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The information made available here has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by CABI to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. Anyone acting or relying on such information does so entirely at their own risk. The efficacy of the IPM methods included above will depend on local conditions and might not always be suitable everywhere within the specified country.