• Greenhouse whitefly

  the development of fruit and lead to a reduction in yield. The honeydew deposited on fruit makes it sticky. Dirt adheres to the fruit, and the growth of [...] spp .) is encouraged, making it unsuitable for sale. In serious cases the fruit will rot. Sooty moulds also develop on the leaves, reducing photosynthesis

• Pomegranate

  petals. Some varieties that do not bear fruit are cultivated for their flowers. The pomegranate’s edible fruit is actually a berry and with regards to

• Banana

  a nutritious fruit that grows from various large, herbaceaous flowering plants belonging to the genus Musa . Botanically speaking the fruit is a berry and

• Cucumber

  cucumber plant has large leaves and it produces an elongated, cylindrical fruit that may become as long as 60 cm or 24 inches long and 10 cm or 3.9 inches [...] diameter. Cucumbers develop from flowers and their seed develop within the fruit, therefore in botanical terms they are classified as berries. However, like

• Apple

  mistake) is best known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate from Asia and Europe and were grown there for thousands [...] deciduous apple tree belongs to the rose family and is now cultivated for its fruit all over the world. It is the most common cultivated species of the genus

• Chilli thrips

  to damage a wide variety of crops, including ornamentals, vegetables, and fruits, this species poses challenges due to its rapid reproduction and widespread [...] underside of leaves, creating silvering, curling, and deformities in leaves and fruits. This feeding behavior also weakens plants by reducing photosynthetic capacity

• Blight of pepper

  Phytophthora capsici is an oomycete plant pathogen that causes blight and fruit rot of peppers and other important commercial crops. Damage symptoms Phytophthora [...] root rot, seedling damping off and rot of stems, bulbs, tubers, leaves and fruits. Several Phytophthora species cause root- and crown rot in potted plants

• Potato

  Potato plants grow up to some 60 cm tall. Its leaves die after flowering, fruiting and the development of the potatoes. The plant’s flowers vary from white [...] yellow stamens. After the flowering phase, the plants grow small, green fruits which look like cherry tomatoes and contain about 300 seeds each.

• Black root rot of cucurbits

  roots become yellow-brown to black and ultimately die. Black lesions with fruiting bodies occur more commonly at temperatures of approximately 20 °C whereas [...] to distinguish from other wilt diseases. The fungus can also cause black fruit rot. Life cycle and appearance of Black root rot of cucurbits Phomopsis

• Flies

  , Drosophila suzukii , has recently developed into a major pest on soft fruits in Europe and North America. Sciarid flies and shore flies are mainly a [...] Europe and the Americas where it is causing serious damage to many soft fruit crops. Fly damage Flies can cause damage to crops both directly and indirectly [...] feeding on root hairs and tender roots as well as stem and leaf tissue and fruits. The lesions caused by feeding larvae provide invasion routes for various