• Neoseiulus californicus

  They are roughly 0.4 mm in length. The eggs are oval, transparent to white in colour and are deposited on the underside of the leaves. They are smaller [...] stages are the same as for other members of the Phytoseiidae family: egg, larva, proto- and deutonymph, and adult males and females. Adult mites are lighter [...] persimilis . It can survive longer than Phytoseiulus persimilis when spider mites are scarce and can control small spider mite populations more effectively over

• Radish

  parts of the world. The seeds are used to produce oil. Other varieties are developed for sprouting and their roots and leaves are consumed either cooked or [...] sometimes pungent flavour that derives from the chemical components that are produced by the plant, namely glucosinolate, myrosinase, and isothiocyanate

• Oleander aphid

  (apterae) are yellow with black cornicles, antennae, legs, and cauda (tip of abdomen). Nymphs are similar to apterae in appearance except that they are smaller [...] the adult aphids are all female and males do not exist. Adult females may be winged or wingless. The winged adult females (alata) are yellow and black [...] mm in length. Females are viviparous and parthenogenetic, meaning that they deposit nymphs rather than eggs and that the progeny are clones of the adult

• Cutworms

  circular position. Pupa are brown to dark brown and 17-25 mm long. Females are capable of laying several hundred eggs. There are six to seven larval stages [...] General Cutworms ( Agrotis spp.) are occurring worldwide. Important species are for instance the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon and the turnip moth Agrotis [...] thorax is covered with close-lying hairs. The eggs are white at first but rapidly turn darker. They are laid separately or in batches on the ground, or on

• Pepper

  native to tropical America. Pepper plants are perennials, but are typically grown as summer annuals. Pepper plants are propagated by seeding direct into the [...] depending on species and variety. Tall varieties grown in commercial greenhouses are supported to prevent damage or breakage of their tender stems. The pepper

• Palm trees

  perennial trees, climbers, shrubs, and acaules are commonly known as palm trees. About 2600 species of Arecaceae are known, growing in tropical and subtropical [...] Caryobruchus gleditsiae ) and the red palm weevil ( Rhynchophorus ferrugineus ) are common pests in a variety of palm species.

• Click beetles

  appearance of Click beetles Adult Agriotis sp. are 6-10 mm long and yellowish brown to black. The eggs are laid in May or June in groups in the soil. They [...] start to feed on roots. The larvae (‘wireworms’) are long, thin, cylindrical and though skinned. They are up to 25 mm long and usually shiny yellowish brown [...] General Click beetles are elongate beetles with a hard exoskeleton, with the head deeply retracted into the thorax. When disturbed they lie on their back

• Cut flowers

  value are specially grown as cut flowers. This concerns various types. Origin, cultivation method and substrate differ greatly. Important types are: Rose: [...] genus Rosa from the Rosaceae family. The flowers of the plant are also called rose. There are more than a hundred species and thousands of different cultivars [...] perennial flowering plant from the Iridaceae family. The cultivated freesias are graceful funnel-shaped hybrids, descended from a number of freesias. Lily

• Melon thrips

  lifespan. Mated female lays 3 to 204 eggs. Eggs are deposited in leaf tissue in a slit cut by female. Eggs are colourless to pale white in colour. The nymphs [...] stage, it drops to soil and pupate in soil. There are two pupal stages viz., prepupae and pupae. Adults are pale yellow or white in colour and 0.8 to 1mm in [...] recorded more than 36 plants families. Damage symptoms Nymphs and adults are damaging stage. Infested leaves become yellow or brown, also acquire bronze

• Mushroom

  Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi (fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to [...] varieties of A. bisporus are grown commercially, including whites, crimini, and portobello. Many other mushroom varieties are also commercially available