• Apple

  introduced the tree to North America. The deciduous apple tree belongs to the rose family and is now cultivated for its fruit all over the world. It is the most [...] green, pink, or russetted coloured skin. Additionally there exists also a wide range of bi- or tri-colored cultivars. The skin of the apple is protected by [...] About The apple tree (often named Malus domestica by mistake) is best known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate

• Citripar

  make a hole in the sticker on the lid. Use the label to hang the tube in the crop following the instructions on the label itself. Hang the tube on a place [...] develop in the mummified skin of the host and look like swollen mealybug larvae. Empty pupae have an irregular exit hole at the posterior end of the mummy [...] occur is 13°C/55°F; the highest temperature is 38°C/100°F. Combined use Should be combined with Cryptobug or Cryptobug-L for effective control of the mealybugs

• Root rot of carrot

  after which whole sections of the leaf will die off. The fungus appears to prefer older tissue. In the field, the disease is difficult to distinguish from [...] features hence is not easy to place it at the generic level. Årsvoll was the first to identify and describe the fungus in Norway, in 1965. An infection [...] moist, mostly circular spots 0.5 -1.2 cm diameter that extend only to 2 mm in the root, up to 20-25 per carrot root. They occur haphazardly. The fungus

• Rice

  grain and the most popular staple food for a large part of the world population, especially in Asia. Rice is a monocotyledon and is usually cultivated as [...] About Rice is actually the seed of two particular species of grass: Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). Rice is a serial grain [...] plant (caryopsis) are usually between 5-12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) thick.

• Tea

  to the genus Camellia and family Camelliaceae. Tea plant is an economically important plantation crop extensively cultivated in the hills of North-eastern [...] states. Tea is native of China. Tea bush is sub-tropical and tropical plant grows well in hot and humid climate. The ideal temperature for growth is 20-30 0 [...] from 150 to 300cm throughout the year. Tea plantation is shade loving plant and grows vigorously under the shade trees. The original species, which produces

• Cryptobug-L

  should be repeated at least 3 times at intervals of 1-2 weeks, or until the pest is controlled. Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognized distributor of [...] introduction preventively or as soon as the first mealybugs are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 5-40 per m 2 /release. Releases [...] rock wool slabs, or in Diboxes close to or at a hotspot Can also be applied with Natutec Airobreez, Natutec Mini-Airbug, Natutec Airbug or Natutec Airobug

• Dwarf bunt

  teliospores in the soil or on seed. The soil-borne teliospores are the main source of primary infection. The soil-borne teliospores may survive in soil without [...] e healthy kernels, which in turn become a source of disease in the next season. The optimum temperature for germination is 3-8 °C and it takes three to [...] heads. The glumes are opened either on some or on all spikelets, showing the bunt (smut spore) they contain, which is larger than a normal kernel. The bunt

• Miglyphus

  larvae in the mine and lay their eggs next to them. The eggs develop into parasitic wasps inside the mine (but outside the leaf miner), using the dead larvae [...] as the first mines are visible in the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 0.25-3 per m 2 /release. Releases should be repeated at least 3 times [...] using them as a food source. This is known as host feeding. Visual effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain

• Cut flowers

  greatly. Important types are: Rose: The rose belongs to the genus Rosa from the Rosaceae family. The flowers of the plant are also called rose. There are [...] small compact shrubs. In recent decades, the Hydrangea has been grown as a cut flower in all sorts of colors and sizes. Hippeastrum is the Latin name for a [...] from Central and South America. It is a bulb plant from the large family of the Amaryllidaceae, the narcissus family. The Hippeastrum comes from America,

• Thrips

  mm), with the largest species found in the tropics. In temperate regions they are not larger than 2.5 mm. All thrips species that cause damage in green-houses [...] occidentalis ) is the most damaging species. Thrips form the order Thysanoptera, a name that literally means ‘fringed wings’, and refers to the eyelash-like [...] causing the surrounding tissue to die. The resulting silver-grey patches on leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop