# Crop Update: Pea Bruchid Alert

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Published: 2025-09-05T16:02:30+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Inside the Pod, Ben Pike speaks to Dr Becky Howard about the recent confirmation of the presence of pea bruchid in a UK-grown commercial pea crop for the first time. Ben and Becky discuss what to look out for, how to prevent infestation, and what to do should pea bruchid be found in your crop. For more information about the recent pea bruchid discovery, you can read the recent press release at https://www.pgro.org/first-occurrence-of-pea-bruchid-in-uk-commercial-crop-confirmed/ For more details on the life cycle of the pea bruchid, read pages 8 and 9 of the Summer 2023 edition of The Pulse Magazine at https://www.pgro.org/downloads/summer-Pulse-2023.pdf An assessment of risk to UK pea production was produced by PGRO for the HDC Factsheet, which can be read at https://www.pgro.org/downloads/PeabruchidanassessmentofrisktoUKpeaproduction.pdf

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