• Maize

  January 1, 1970

  domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the preparation of Mexican food dishes. The leafy stalk of the maize plant [...] produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences, also specified as ears, which are fruit, producing kernels. These kernels are often incorrectly referred [...] often serve as starch in cooking practices. Nowadays, maize is extensively cultivated all over the world. When it comes to numbers and volumes; there is more

• Pomegranate

  January 1, 1970

  between 5 and 8 metres (16 and 26 feet) tall. The pomegranate was originally cultivated near modern-day Iran and spread to the Mediterranean region and northern [...] flowers. The pomegranate’s edible fruit is actually a berry and with regards to size sits between a lemon and grapefruit, 5–12 cm (2.0–4.7 in) in diameter [...] northern India. The tree’s flowers are an attractive, bright red and usually have three to seven petals. Some varieties that do not bear fruit are cultivated

• Avocado

  January 1, 1970

  speaking, avocados are very valuable and the fruit is produced in tropical and Mediterranean regions. Avocados ripen only after they are harvested. [...] with only one seed. The berry is green-skinned and fleshy and its shape resembles a pear or (large) egg. The avocado tree belongs to the flowering plant family [...] About The avocado ( Persea americana ), also named ‘alligator pear’ is a tree originating in South Central Mexico. Its nick name points to its fruit which

• Sugar cane

  January 1, 1970

  cultivars are now complex hybrids. The crop has tall, fibrous stalks with distinctly jointed internodes. These are rich in sucrose and can reach heights of between [...] About Native to the tropical regions of South Asia and Melanesia, sugar cane belongs to the tall perennial true grass genus, Saccharum , of the family Poaceae [...] Poaceae . In terms of production quantity, it is the world’s largest crop. Over time, sugar cane species were interbred and the major commercial cultivars

• Melon

  January 1, 1970

  belonging to the family of Cucurbitaceae . The melon plant produces a usually sweet and edible, fleshy fruit. The term "melon" is used for the plant, but [...] but also to identify the fruit. Botanically speaking, the melon (the fruit) is actually a berry, or more specifically even, a "pepo". Nowadays many different [...] different cultivars are being produced on a commercial scale, especially muskmelons. The most common species of melon are: Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus var

• Pea

  January 1, 1970

  round seed in the seed pod of the fruit, Pisum sativum . Pods of this plant develop from the ovary of a pea flower and carry numerous peas. The vegetable [...] or purple and widely grown as a cool season vegetable crop. Immature peas are consumed as a vegetable and often canned or frozen. Dry peas are shelled from

• Cotton

  January 1, 1970

  About The cotton boll, a protective casing for the seeds of the cotton plant, is soft and fluffy and is the source of the fibre which is spun into thread [...] (60-120 cm), and fairly heavy soils. These conditions can be found within the seasonally dry tropics and subtropics in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres [...] thread and woven into cloth worldwide. Cotton plants belong to the genus Gossypium and are part of the mallow family Malvaceae . Cultivation conditions for

• Thripor-L

  January 1, 1970

  leaves and/or in application boxes (Dibox) Apply in groups of at least 50 insects in order to establish a population and encourage mating Make sure the material [...] always be adjusted to the particular situation. Start introduction as soon as the first thrips are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically range [...] leaving the empty skin behind in its original form. Pack size 500; 2,000 adults and nymphs. Presentation 100 ml bottle. Carrier Vermiculite and buckwheat

• Miglyphus

  January 1, 1970

  kill second and third instar leaf miner larvae in the mine and lay their eggs next to them. The eggs develop into parasitic wasps inside the mine (but outside [...] morning or in the evening Dosage The dosage of Miglyphus depends on climate, crop and leaf miner density and should always be adjusted to the particular [...] effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain dead leaf miner larvae. Older larvae and pupae are visible

• Onion

  January 1, 1970

  annual and harvested at the end of its first production season. Onions are popular and therefore cultivated and used for cooking all around the world. [...] About The onion ( Allium cepa L.) , also referred to as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable. This particular species is the most extensively [...] produced species of the genus of Allium . The onion plant is usually a biennial or perennial plant. When cultivated however, the plant is mostly handled