• Chilli thrips

  thrips, is an emerging pest of significant concern in greenhouse cultivation. Known for its ability to damage a wide variety of crops, including ornamentals [...] eggs in the youngest plant tissues. Eggs are oval, whitish to yellow and kidney shaped. Nymphs are tiny, slender, fragile and yellowish straw in colour [...] colour. Adults has heavily fringed wings and grey in colour. Life cycle is short and completed in 15 to 20 days as many as 25 overlapping generations per year

• Swirski-Mite Plus

  whitefly . Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory [...] Sachets in cardboard box. Carrier Bran. Downloads Predatory mites whitepaper Predatory Mites Poster Application Hang sachets in sheltered locations in the [...] as the first pest mites are detected in the crop. Use at least 4,000 sachets per ha and hang them evenly spaced in the crop. Release should be repeated

• Pherodis

  when stored in a freezer (-18°C), and 1 year when stored in a refrigerator (4-6°C). Storage temperature Preferably in a freezer (-18°C), and in any case at [...] remain effective for a maximum of 6 weeks Dosage In general two or four dispensers per hectare. Combined use Use in combination with a suitable trap. Storage [...] Mode of action Pherodis dispensers release a species-specific sex pheromone or lure, and need to be used in combination with an insect trap, the type of

• Swirski-Mite LD

  whitefly . Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory [...] Sachets in cardboard box. Carrier Bran. Downloads Predatory mites whitepaper Predatory Mites Poster Application Hang sachets in sheltered locations in the [...] as the first pest mites are detected in the crop. Use at least 4,000 sachets per ha and hang them evenly spaced in the crop. Release should be repeated

• Citrus leaf miner

  forming a visible trail. Pupation occurs inside the mines and tiny adult emerge after 5 to 7 days. The adults are around 2mm long, silvery white in colour [...] General Citrus leaf miner found in all regions where Citrus sp. is grown. Damage symptoms The minute larvae enter the leaf tissues of tender leaves and [...] colour with wings fringed with long hairs. They are active both in day and night. The entire life cycle takes 3 to 7 weeks to complete.

• Sugar cane

  jointed internodes. These are rich in sucrose and can reach heights of between two and six metres. The sucrose is extracted in mill factories to be processed [...] with the remainder made from sugar beet. As a tropical and subtropical crop, it requires plentiful rainfall for a period of more than six months per annum [...] to the tall perennial true grass genus, Saccharum , of the family Poaceae . In terms of production quantity, it is the world’s largest crop. Over time, sugar

• Sweet pepper

  part of a specific group of cultivars that belongs to the species Capsicum annuum . These different cultivars of the sweet pepper plant bear fruit in different [...] brown. The sweet pepper is a very rich source of vitamin C and antioxidants. The level of carotene is even nine times higher in red peppers. Red coloured

• Tea spider mite

  spider mite infested fields can be identified from a long distance as patches. Infestation results in reduced photosynthetic activity of leaves, subsequently [...] deutonymph and adult with quiescent stages in between two successive active stages. Females lays 40 to 50 eggs in their life cycle. The blood red colour eggs [...] General Oligonychus coffeae is most destructive pest in all tea growing areas of India causing considerable yield loss. Damage symptoms Larvae, nymphs

• Oleander aphid

  , sometimes also called the milkweed aphid, is a common pest of several important ornamental plants in the families Apocynaceae and Asclepiadaceae. It [...] is cosmopolitan, and can be found in tropical to warm temperate regions throughout the world. It probably originated in the Mediterranean region, the origin [...] abdomen). Nymphs are similar to apterae in appearance except that they are smaller. Size ranges from 1.5 to 2.6 mm in length. Females are viviparous and p

• Experience Centre

  be adapted in consultation. The Experience Centre may be visited by appointment only. Interested? Please fill in the request form below. Make a reservation [...] beneficial fungi for international agriculture and horticulture. Take a look inside a bumblebee hive and see these tireless workers do what they do best. [...] - Fri) from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. A tour takes an average of 1,5 hours and is suitable for groups of up to 15 visitors. In the case of bigger groups, the