Scientists at East Malling Research have launched a sustainable combat initiative against aphids, brown rot, plum fruit moth and light brown apple moth to enable more UK stonefruit to be grown and sold locally.
The EMR team has joined forces with colleagues from the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich, Medway, the University of Kent at Canterbury and Warwick HRI to share expertise, with the aim of building a sustainable integrated pest and disease management system for commercial growers.
The five-year research project is being supported through the Horticultural LINK programme by DEFRA and the Chemicals Regulation Directorate and is backed by Sainsbury’s, KG Growers, Berry World, Summer Fruit Co and Mack Multiples, as well as the Horticultural Development Company and East Malling Trust.
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