Evidence for amino acid availability & pests @AdvancingEcoAgriculture
Evidence for amino acid availability & pests  @AdvancingEcoAgriculture
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What's the first thing you think when you see pests attacking your crops?

Is it what forms of nitrogen are in your plant sap?

AEA Agronomist Shelley Katz CCA reviews the literature linking free aminos to aphids.

These references are also to support Shelley's last video about getting rid of aphids by using strategies to manage amino acids in the sap.

Shelley says, "When targeting aphids, scale, mealybugs, whitefly, psyllids, my number one goal is to make sure I am doing what I can to keep amino acids in check from a crop management and best practices standpoint."

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