Pupation occurs in the top 5 to 20 cm (2 to 8 inches) of soil. The adult cabbage maggot is a fly. It emerges in the spring from over-wintering puparia (cocoons) in the soil. A second generation may ...

Multiple cabbage maggot larvae feeding on the roots of cauliflower. Cabbage fed on by cabbage maggots becomes stunted and discolored and eventually wither and die. Root maggots have several ...

Figure 2. Seedcorn maggots on soybean cotyledons The seedcorn maggot has a wide host range. The related cabbage maggot Deltia radicum L. is limited to cruciferous crops. In addition to feeding on ...

Do not add excess manure to the soil, as this makes it especially attractive for the adult cabbage maggot flies to lay their eggs. Another preventative method is to plant strong, healthy seedlings ...

and cabbage maggot flies may feast on the leaves, weakening the plant as it grows. Growing broccoli companion plants can provide natural pest control by staving off unwanted critters and insects.

Petunias will be used as trap plants in cabbage to determine their effect on the incidence of cabbage maggot and Jimsonweed will be planted in a potato crop to determine its effect on Colorado potato ...

Cabbage maggot was found on turnips. Producers were continuing succession planting of the early sweet corn crop. On some farms, green beans emerged, and peas were flowering.