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• Fusarium wilt

  wound healing after harvest, depending on the crop Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Maize

  corn and flour corn. Already about 10,000 years ago, maize was domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the

• Whitefly

  fungi Sticky traps Parasitic wasps are key in reducing whitefly populations by parasitizing larvae and host feeding. Predatory mites and bugs feed on eggs [...] turn influence the development of fruit and lead to a reduction in yield. By sucking plant sap and secreting honeydew, whitefly reduces the aesthetic value

• Tomato leafminer

  Solanum nigrum. Damage symptoms The most distinctive symptoms of damage done by the tomato leaf miner ( Tuta absoluta) are the blotch-shaped mines in the [...] green fruits. In case of serious infection, leaves die off completely. Mining by the caterpillar causes malformations. Damage to fruit allows fungal diseases

• Green peach aphid

  can transmit at least 100 different viruses and is thus rightfully feared by many growers. Nymphs and adults extract nutrients from the plant and disturb [...] aphids lay eggs that overwinter. In greenhouses reproduction also takes place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce

• Aphidius ervi

  her eggs inside an aphid, the emerging larvae begin their predatory activity by feeding on the aphid's internal tissues. They use their mouthparts to puncture [...] and it has been shown that mortality rates among aphids due to disturbance by parasitoids can be very high. A parasitised aphid will turn into a leathery

• Enermix

  vaporariorum pupae parasitized by Encarsia formosa turn black, Bemisia tabaci pupae become brownish. Whitefly pupae parasitized by Eretmocerus eremicus turn

• Potato

  the second half of the 16th century. Potatoes as a food crop were introduced by the Spanish. Now this starchy, tuberous crop is an integral part of the world’s

• Aphids

  y viruses. Viruses are mainly transmitted by the winged individuals. Potato virus Y (PVY) is transmitted by aphids in tomato in this way, as is the cucumber [...] may not take place. In this case, reproduction continues through the winter by parthenogenesis, with viviparous unfertilized females continuing to produce