Don Sanchez Fresh innovates with biological control in avocados

extra-legal conditions for the marketing of fruits and vegetables in their aisles. IPM enables farmers to comply with these regulations and ensure safe and [...] avocado, berries and other agricultural crops. Their successful experience with biological control of pests and diseases in crops such as raspberries, led [...] cause a reduction in the yield of avocado trees and economic losses due to fruit damage. For this reason, integrated pest and disease management is essential

HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

last 10 years, exports of this fruit have had an average annual increase of 1.8% in volume and 11.4% in economic value, with the main client of Mexican chili [...] founding in 2017, they have been clear about their goal: to produce high-value fruits, where they help ecosystems and offer a qualified product to consumers. [...] their crops without the use of agrochemicals and has allowed them to comply with the legal framework for entry into the U.S. market, one of the most important

Pollination checklist tomato

potentially resulting in problems with fruit setting. The bumblebees will still collect pollen, and leave bite marks, but no fruit will grow. Bumblebees are active [...] A single visit results in the transfer of enough pollen for pollination. Fruit setting takes place once a flower has been pollinated. The flower needs to [...] bumblebees stop flying. From the moment, the bumblebees will occupy themselves with cooling the hive until the temperature drops below 32 degrees Celsius again

Cotton bollworm

penetrate fruit through a small hole, often bored near the stalk. During development, the caterpillars damage most fruits by mining. All fruits can be damaged [...] reddish-brown with dark spots. In later instars the head is mottled, and the body is marked with three prominent longitudinal dark bands with numerous lighter [...] individually on young shoots near buds, flowers, fruits or on leaves. They are almost spherical with a flattened base and a diameter of about 0.5 mm. They

Pierce's disease of grapevine

infected and healthy trees. Normal fruit abortion does not happen so total production remains similar, with more smaller fruits in infected trees. The infected [...] dark-brown or necrosis. Fruits of infected trees are much smaller and their sugar content is higher. The early blossoming and fruit set in peach does not [...] example, transfer from infected plum trees with high bacterial levels in the leaves to neighbouring peach trees with the bacteria mainly in the roots is much

Tomato leafminer

crown of the fruit and even inside the fruit itself. On leaves, the larvae only feed on mesophyll tissues, leaving the epidermis intact. Fruits can be attacked [...] feed on green fruits. In case of serious infection, leaves die off completely. Mining by the caterpillar causes malformations. Damage to fruit allows fungal [...] emerging. They mine inside the leaf, stem or fruit. In the second to fourth instars they become greenish with a black band behind the head. The prepupae

Spotted Wing Drosophila

tubes extend from the fruit but are difficult to see. Larval feeding in the fruit leads to fruit tissue collapse. Even if the fruits have not collapsed, [...] healthy, unripe fruits. The larval development takes place in the fruit. The larvae pupate either fully or partly in the fruit, or outside the fruit on the ground [...] occurrence of larvae within the fruit makes them unmarketable. The punctures made by the oviposition by D. suzukii exposes fruits to secondary pathogens (e.g

Codling moth

ly of pear, quince, peach and other fruits. It is very common in Europe. Damage symptoms After invading the fruit, the larvae first form a small cavity [...] later pale pinkish white, with a brown head and a pale anal plate. The pupa is 8-10 mm long and yellowish brown to dark brown, with several hook-tipped bristles [...] point is then greatly enlarged as the tissue beneath is eaten away. Infested fruits usually ripen prematurely and drop off. Life cycle and appearance of Codling

Bactosan

capturing melon and oriental fruit flies . The trap is used in combination with species-specific Pherodis pheromone and fruit fly attractant to catch both [...] Bactosan trap is used for trapping a wide variety of fruit flies . The trap is baited with an fruit fly attractant to lure both male and female pest. Flies [...] flowering. Bactosan trapping system can be used to detect new infestations of fruit flies as well as for monitoring insect populations. How does Bactosan trap

Bacterial spot

spots may merge with lesions on the petioles and stems and form long dark streaks. On fruits, first small black specks are seen on green fruits. The specks [...] of) leaf surfaces and may enlarge into dark brown lesions with a light brown centre. As with powdery mildew infection, pepper plants shed the leaves that [...] halo. In pepper, the spots on the leaves are also round and small to start with and slightly raised from the leaf surface. They occur on the abaxial (underside