• Sweet pepper

  sweet pepper plant bear fruit in different colours ranging from vanilla/white and yellow to orange, green and red and even dark purple and brown. The sweet

• Corn earworm

  The pupae measure around 18 mm and have a slightly shiny brown colour. The adults have a brown-coloured body, with a wingspan of 35 to 40 mm and a dark [...] pepper, and tomato. They primarily feed on flowers and fruit from the host plant, as well as on the corn of immature cobs and ears. Adults of corn earworm [...] the first stage, but later adopting a variety of colours such as green, brown, pink, and yellow. Other features are its size in the final instar (approximately

• Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

  system Prevent contact between the plant roots and the gutters in greenhouses Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] which are first white and later turn brown. Only Rhizobium radiobacter causes galls and tumours on underground plant parts and on the crown. Furthermore [...] the hormonal system of the plant resulting from the Rhizobium infection. Rhizobium rhizogenes puts a Ri-plasmid in the plant tissue and causes a genetic

• Fusarium wilt

  yellow and wilt, mostly on one side of the plant. Finally, the whole plant wilts. Other symptoms are brown discolouration of the xylem vessels which can [...] system of the host plant and spreads upwards inside the plants. The other species are dispersed upwards on the outside of the plant. Most Fusarium species [...] wound healing after harvest, depending on the crop Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Faba bean

  bean and tick bean are all different names for the Vicia faba , a flowering plant and species belonging to the vetch and pea family Fabaceae . The name ‘broad [...] for consumption. The Vicia faba grows some 0.5–1.8 m tall and is a firm plant with sturdy stems of a square cross-section. The broad beans are broad, leather [...] leather like pods. They are green and usually mature to a blackish-brown with a densely downy skin. Nowadays, modern varieties specifically cultivated

• Melon thrips

  recorded more than 36 plants families. Damage symptoms Nymphs and adults are damaging stage. Infested leaves become yellow or brown, also acquire bronze [...] addition to direct damage, it also transmits virus from infected to healthy plants. Life cycle and appearance The reproduction in Thrips palmi takes place [...] are smaller. Nymph development time is dependent on temperature, but host plant quality also has an influence. After completion of nymph stage, it drops

• Angular leaf spot

  are dispersed by rain, irrigation water or handling of the plants. Infection of the plants happens both passively and actively. Infection and disease [...] sprinkler irrigation is used. Healthy, well growing plants are more susceptible than diseased or stressed plants. How to prevent Angular leaf spot Use clean [...] cultivars of pepper are available and should be used Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Blight of pepper

  cause root- and crown rot in potted plants. The small roots die and brown-black lesions occur on the larger roots. Plants wilt and the crown leaves drop off [...] above-ground plant parts, leaf wetness is required. Dispersal is by wind and rain causes the pathogen to be returned to the soil from infected plants. Dispersal [...] circulation Disinfect recirculating nutrient solutions Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Black leg of seedlings

  in flower bulbs. At first, the plants recover during the night, but later the plants wilt irreversibly. In potted plants the flower buds fall off. The side [...] inadequate drainage or improve the drainage before planting/sowing Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] particular those of seedlings. Infected plants lag in growth. Seedlings fall over (‘ damping-off ’). In slightly older plants, the leaves lose their turgor or

• Two-spotted spider mite

  Damage symptoms Larvae, nymphs and adults cause damage to the host plant by feeding on plant sap. They mainly occur on the underside of leaves where they pierce [...] reduced plant growth. As damage increases, whole leaves turn yellow, and as more cell sap is removed, the leaf, and eventually the whole plant, may die [...] and suck out the contents. The empty dead cells become yellow, and in many plants the damage can also be seen on the upper surface of leaves as small yellow