Loose smut of barley

treatment of seeds. Contact fungicides are not effective Apply heat treatment, but viability and germination rate should be checked and compensated for Use resistant

Loose smut of wheat

treatment of seeds. Contact fungicides are not effective Apply heat treatment, but viability and germination rate should be checked and compensated for Use resistant

Black sigatoka disease

of spores can germinate within two or three hours under humid conditions, but infection takes a minimum of two or three days under optimal conditions (humidity

Green potted plants

humus-rich soils. Skimmia plants are strong and are tolerant of drought, but also air pollution. Dieffenbachia is a very popular ornamental plant and usually

Orange

some 75% mandarin. The hybrid however is not a basic backcrossed BC1 hybrid, but the orange is actually hybridized over multiple generations. When it comes

Click beetles

pupate in the soil in summer. The adults appear about 4 weeks after pupation, but usually remain in the soil until the following spring.

Tropicals

sunny months. Commercially, tropical plants can be grown in colder climates, but they must be grown inside of greenhouses and with other forms of controlled

Cottony soft rot

the naked eye and look like rat droppings. The symptoms may occur on stems but also on leaves, fruits and pods. Root infection often leads to premature wilting

Pea blight, leaf and pod spot

rot in peas, whereas Ascochyta pisi does occur sometimes at the stem base but is not part of the foot rot syndrome in peas. Infected seeds may have brown

Grape mealy bug

to severe infestation of mealy bugs. Feeding damage in grapes is minimal but the marketability is greatly affected due to its cottony egg mass, honey dew