Targeted control of the saddle gall midge, <i>Haplodiplosis marginata</i> (von Roser) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and the benefits of good control of this pest to winter wheat yield

Abstract

The trials showed that insecticide applications needed to be synchronised with H. marginata flight peaks and to target the egg hatching period. They also revealed that insecticides applied to coincide with the first flight could, in humid conditions, also reach the larvae close to the soil surface, prior to their pupation.