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Bruchid Beetle are on the move and, with rising temperatures bringing at least two consecutive hot days forecast this week also coinciding with first pod set in many winter bean crops, the risks of damaging egg laying activity has increased significantly. 

Mark Bullen of Syngenta advises the company’s BruchidCast system, developed in conjunction with the PGRO, has been on the verge of triggering a high risk warning. “We are already receiving reports of Bruchid Beetles moving around in bean crops. When temperatures rise above 20ºC this week, growers will have to take quick action to disrupt mating activity of the female beetles and prevent them laying eggs on the newly formed pods,” he warns.

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