Aphids
| Contributor: | Wageningen University & Research |
| Date Compiled: | 2025 |
Prevention
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Strip cropping
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Utility plants
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Attractive cultivar for parasitoids
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Monitoring
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Insecticide treatments at 5 to 20% aphid-infested plants
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Control
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 | 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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Maltodextrin
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Biological insecticide
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Azadirachtin
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Biological insecticide
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UN
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Fatty acids - potassium salts
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Biological insecticide
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Preventive treatments from BBCH 40. Suspend treatments 1 day before harvest
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5
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(FLIPPER PLUS) 1% or 1-10 L/Ha
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Potassium soap
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UN
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Urtica spp. (extract of stinging nettle)
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Biological insecticide
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Preventive treatments. Suspend treatments 7 days before harvest
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Plant extract
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NC
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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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Silicone polymers
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Chemical insecticide
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Treat at appearance of parasites
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(SILTAC) 1-1.5 L/Ha - apply solo
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Silicone polymers
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UN
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Pirimicarb
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Chemical insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 3 days before harvest
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2
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(PIRIMOR) 0.5 Kg/Ha
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Carbamates
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1A
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Flonicamid
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Chemical insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 14 days before harvest
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2
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(TEPPEKI) 0.14 Kg/Ha
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Flonicamid
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29
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Flupyradifurone
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Chemical insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 3 days before harvest
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0.5
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(SIVANTO PRIME) 0.625 L/Ha
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Butenolides
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4D
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Deltamethrin
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Chemical insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 7 days before harvest
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2 per cycle with pyrethroids; 4 for cycles over 70 days.
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(DECIS®EVO) Dosage: 0,3-0,5 l/ha
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Pyrethroids and pyrethrins
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3A
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Lambda-cyhalothrin
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Chemical insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 14 days before harvest
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3 per cycle with pyrethroids; 4 for cycles over 70 days.
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(KARATE ZEON®1.5) Dosage: 0,5 L/ha
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Pyrethroids and pyrethrins
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3A
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Spirotetramat
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Chemical 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) prohibited in protected cultivation
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Tetronic and Tetramic acid derivatives
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23
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Sulfoxaflor
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Chemical 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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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.
Sources
- Finding guidelines for cabbage intercropping systems design as a first step in a meta-analysis relay for vegetables
- Spatial and genetic crop diversity support ecosystem service delivery: A case of yield and biocontrol in Dutch organic cabbage production
- Prospects for increasing the resolution of crop diversity for agroecosystem service delivery in a Dutch arable system