Cotton aphid

quantities of sap to get sufficient protein. The excess sugar is secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds ( [...] Cotton aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in colour. In greenhouses reproduction takes

Green peach aphid

quantities of sap to get sufficient protein. The excess sugar is secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds ( [...] peach aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in colour. When reproduction is asexual, the

Citrus leaf miner

mining between the two layers. The larvae excrete their faeces into the mine forming a visible trail. Pupation occurs inside the mines and tiny adult emerge

Aphids

ty. Solutions for aphid control Learn more about What are aphids? Aphids form a single, very large group of insects: the super- family Aphidoidea, belonging [...] sufficient protein. As a consequence, the excess sugar is secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds (such

American serpentine leaf miner

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 mines’

Root rot of carrot

olive-green mycelium can develop on the surface. Initially, the disease forms circular to irregular spots on the leaves that vary in colour from grey to [...] carrot roots: Mechanical damages: Pathogenic fungi often enter through wounds formed during harvest. Pre-storage treatments to harden the periderm and heal wounds

Tropicals

colder climates, but they must be grown inside of greenhouses and with other forms of controlled environment agriculture. For this reason most commercial produced

Consumers

your plate, it has already had a very long journey. The plant first has to form fruit before the tomato can actually start to grow. In nature, insects and [...] beneficials and pollinators, microbial products such as bacteria and fungi form a third pillar for the sustainable production of plants and crops. Even though

Plant Health

complete compounds The degree of plant resilience is linked to its ability to form structurally complete compounds, such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins [...] Surplus photosynthetic energy leads to the storage of lipids, essential for forming plant secondary metabolites (PSM). Elevated lipid levels contribute to stress

Loose smut of barley

It only becomes visible after head emergence. The teliospores that are formed on systemically infected seeds then infect neighbouring new seeds. They