Pest on crop
Carrot Rust Fly on carrot
Psila rosae
Fly whose larvae tunnel into carrot and parsnip roots, leaving rust-colored scars and entry points for secondary rot.
- Pest
- Carrot Rust Fly
- Scientific name
- Psila rosae
- Crop
- Carrot
- Total hosts
- 3
Carrot Rust Fly on carrot
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Signs on carrot
- ▸ Rust-colored channels and tunnels in roots
- ▸ Yellowing of foliage
- ▸ Fine white maggots in damaged roots
- ▸ Affected roots unstorable
IPM controls
- ✓ Floating row cover from seeding through harvest
- ✓ Delay sowing until early summer to dodge first generation
- ✓ Companion plant with onions or leeks (the smell confuses egg-laying flies)
- ✓ Crop rotation away from previous Apiaceae beds
- ✓ Harvest before second generation peak in fall
Other crops affected by carrot rust fly
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