Gummy stem blight

the name gummy stem blight. On the lesions, black specks, the new fruiting bodies with spores, become visible. On the leaves, round and extending lesions [...] symptom is internal fruit rot, which can only be recognized from the outside by the small narrowing of the tip of the mature fruits. The symptoms on stems [...] stems, leaves and inside the fruits may occur together or individually. Life cycle and appearance of Gummy stem blight Mycosphaerella cucumis survives in

Whitefly

deposited on fruit makes it sticky. Dirt adheres to the fruit, and the growth of sooty moulds ( Cladosporium spp.) is encouraged. Such fruit is unsaleable [...] not true flies , but belong to the order Hemiptera (true bugs ). Together with aphids and scale insects, they belong to the division Sternorrhyncha. The [...] contains a high proportion of sugar, and the excess is excreted as honeydew, with larger larvae expelling large quantities. This can have the following co

La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

agronomic management can be seen. Good management not only results in quality fruit with longer shelf life, but also in the number of productive weeks and, therefore [...] the quantity and quality of its fruits and the time in which they can be produced and harvested, the price of the fruit in the market and the production [...] recent years, our country has been the main exporter of peppers with a 29% share globally, with the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom being the main

Strawberry

strawberry is a so-called aggregate accessory fruit. This means that the fleshy, edible part of the fruit does not develop from the plant’s ovaries, but [...] or Fragaria x ananassa , is nowadays extensively cultivated for its tasty fruit. The particular species of strawberry is a well-known hybrid species of the [...] visible on the strawberry’s skin, are in reality the ovaries of the flower with a seed inside.

Pear

cultivated for its fruit. The tree grows small, white flowers (about 2.5 cm or 1 inch in diameter) and produces a pyriform, fleshy fruit. Pear trees can grow [...] belongs to the family of Rosaceae and sub family of Pomoideae , together with the apple and quince. The genus Pyrus consists of around 22 species, which [...] grow as tall as 9 metres and are able to produce fruit for around 20 years.

Apple scab

overwinters in the form of unripe fruiting bodies in infected fallen leaves or in lesions on twigs. These unripe fruiting bodies, or pseudothecia ripen in [...] which at first presents itself as lesions on blossoms, leaves, petioles and fruits and sometimes on twigs and bud scales. The lesions are olive-green. When [...] whereas the lesions caused by conidia extend faster and may merge. Infected fruits and leaves may fall off prematurely. The plants’ defence mechanism is to

Pomegranate bacterial blight

ed spots appearance on the fruits which turn to dark brown colour slightly raised with oily appearance. Splitting of fruits under severe infection. Disease

Grape powdery mildew

and poor fruit set due to floral infections. Early infected berries become malformed, cracking of skin of berries, shred and rarely ripe. No fruit formation [...] shoots and buds spread through air from plant to plant. Warm temperature with enough humidity and cloudy weather are favourable conditions for the pathogen

Mushroom

spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies [...] several species of macrofungi (fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to be observed with the naked eye). They can appear either below

Cottony soft rot

They can easily be seen with the naked eye and look like rat droppings. The symptoms may occur on stems but also on leaves, fruits and pods. Root infection [...] or on the ground. Sclerotia germinate at temperatures between 4 and 26 °C with an optimum between 13 and 15 °C. Germination and infection mostly take place [...] The sclerotia germinate directly and form mycelium or produce apothecia (fruiting bodies) containing ascospores. The mycelium infects the stem base and the