• Tea mosquito bug

  general appearance due to its elongate appendages. The life cycle is completed in 15 to 20 days in summer and 45 to 60 days in winter. It has several generations [...] the insect is injected to the plant tissues at the time of feeding causes reddish brown patches. As a result punctured snot to dry and die, curling of [...] considered to be serious pest in tea growing areas. Helopeltis antonii attack cashew nut guava, neem and tea. Damage symptoms Helopeltis is a sucking pest

• Melon thrips

  feed on leaves, less damage to buds and flowers. In addition to direct damage, it also transmits virus from infected to healthy plants. Life cycle and [...] reproduction in Thrips palmi takes place by sexual as well as partheno-generic. Virgin females lays 1 to 8 eggs per day, with 3 to 164 eggs lays during their [...] lifespan. Mated female lays 3 to 204 eggs. Eggs are deposited in leaf tissue in a slit cut by female. Eggs are colourless to pale white in colour. The nymphs

• Radish

  varieties that all vary in flavour, colour, size and time it takes to mature. The vegetable has a particular sharp or sometimes pungent flavour that derives [...] Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. Sativus ) is an edible root vegetable that belongs to the Brassicaceae family. This plant was already domesticated in Europe in [...] is now produced and consumed in all parts of the world. The seeds are used to produce oil. Other varieties are developed for sprouting and their roots and

• Swirski-Mite

  cap to open the dosage hole Sprinkle material on leaves or pour into Diboxes Make sure the material remains on the introduction site for at least a few [...] per m2/release. Releases should be repeated if necessary. Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognized distributor of Koppert products for advice on the best [...] between 20 and 32°C (68 and 90°F). It is not effective at temperatures below 18°C/64°F. Amblyseius swirskii is sensitive to relative humidity below 60%. Combined

• New website for Koppert India

  June 16, 2020

  is proud to announce the launch of its local www.koppert.in website. As the family company has continued its international expansion and due to the extensive [...] products specific to each country, it has become necessary to provide more customized content on our websites. The new website has a new ‘Solution Finder’ [...] The product page explains how the Koppert products work. Our popular videos of our beneficials show a detailed analysis of how the pests are controlled

• Coffee

  after three to five years. These shrubs can bear fruit for about 50 to 60 years (even up to 100 years in some cases). The fruit or ‘cherries’ take an average [...] beans, but the seeds of Coffea , a genus of flowering plants whose seeds are known worldwide as coffee beans. It is a member of the Rubiaceae family and [...] and grows on shrubs native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical parts of Asia. Grown widely in the tropics, cultivated coffee is grown best at high

• Grape downy mildew

  C2c Maky is known for its ability to produce a wide range of bio-active compounds involved in microbial interactions. When used as a lysate, these compounds [...] disease is often well-established before it can be visually detected in the field. Leaf symptoms Yellowish to light-green oil spots on the upper leaf surface [...] forming haustoria to parasitize mesophyll cells. The latent period (the time from infection to visible symptoms) ranges from 4 to 21 days, depending on

• Black root rot of cucurbits

  in the soil and is a strong saprophytic competitor, which means it can rapidly colonize ‘clean’ or sterilized soil and substrate. It aggregates, so disinfection [...] coloured tissue that looks like black stripes. The disease is usually restricted to a few of the roots but in severe cases all roots may be infected. At the final [...] infection in this stage may kill the plants. In case of a less severe infection, the vines may wilt at a late stage of the crop, but when water supply is in

• Corn earworm

  the ground to bury itself around 10-12 cm deep. This prepupal stage takes one to two days. It then pupates for ten to fourteen days, or three to five months [...] around 18 mm and have a slightly shiny brown colour. The adults have a brown-coloured body, with a wingspan of 35 to 40 mm and a dark stripe on the side [...] which makes it necessary to open the crop to detect the pest. Life cycle and appearance of the corn earworm The eggs of corn earworm are a milky-white

• American serpentine leaf miner

  way outwards from its egg, so that its mines join to form small plates. In various other crops one finds intermediate forms of tunnelling between these ‘plate [...] hard to distinguish from feeding spots. The larvae of Liriomyza trifolii are entirely ochre-yellow. When the larva hatches from the egg, it begins to eat [...] larva cuts a sickle-shaped exit hole in the leaf with its mouth parts. After roughly one hour the larva crawls out of the leaf and falls to the ground