atmospheric nitrogen and improves the soil fertility. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics. It is classified as both oil crop due to high…
temperate regions throughout the world. It probably originated in the Mediterranean region, the origin of its principal host plant, oleander. Life…
Scirtothrips dorsalis Chilli thrips General It is polyphagous pest having wide range of host plants. Life cycle and appearance Gravid female lays…
In warmer regions, the insect is found outdoors but in temperate regions it only occurs in greenhouses. The tomato leaf miner has been found in…
Hevea brasiliensis is most commercially and commonly cultivated rubber plant. It is native of Brazil and belongs to order Euphorbiaceae. The tree is…
y in India. The plant’s cultivation history goes back some 3000 years and it is now being produced on most continents. The cucumber plant is a…
word ‘potato’ ( S olanum tuberosum ) is used to refer to the plant itself or its edible tuber. The plant is an herbaceous perennial and came to Europe…
leaves and the colour of its flowers ranges from white to yellow. The tasty fruit watermelon is actually a special kind of berry. It has a hard, but…
fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of…
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…
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