• Pepper

  mild bell pepper and hot peppers in jalapeno and habanero. The pepper plant is native to tropical America. Pepper plants are perennials , but are typically [...] The pepper plant (genus Capsicum ) belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae. This plant genus includes all varieties of peppers, including the mild [...] typically grown as summer annuals. Pepper plants are propagated by seeding direct into the soil or by transplanting seedlings in a greenhouse environment. Plant

• Chili pepper

  particular species of chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens, is at times categorized under the species Capsicum annuum . The pepper cultivars of Capsicum frutescens [...] and acrid, their shape is ellipsoid-conical to lanceolate. The fruit (the peppers) usually develop from a pale yellow to a bright red when ripe. Varieties

• Sweet pepper

  About The sweet pepper , also referred to as bell pepper or just pepper, is part of a specific group of cultivars that belongs to the species Capsicum [...] sweet pepper is a very rich source of vitamin C and antioxidants. The level of carotene is even nine times higher in red peppers. Red coloured peppers also [...] Capsicum annuum . These different cultivars of the sweet pepper plant bear fruit in different colours ranging from vanilla/white and yellow to orange , green and

• Blight of pepper

  capsici is an oomycete plant pathogen that causes blight and fruit rot of peppers and other important commercial crops. Damage symptoms Phytophthora causes [...] wilt and the crown leaves drop off. Life cycle and appearance of Blight of pepper Phytophthora species are very destructive organisms belonging to the Oomycetes [...] higher than normal or optimal for crop growth. How to prevent Blight of pepper Apply hygiene measures, like cleaning machinery and tools, destroy waste

• Bacterial spot

  Xanthomonas vesicatoria is a bacterium that causes bacterial leaf spot on peppers and tomatoes. Damage symptoms Xanthomonas vesicatoria in tomato causes small [...] brown spots that look like scab. These spots may be surrounded by a halo. In pepper, the spots on the leaves are also round and small to start with and slightly [...] brown lesions with a light brown centre. As with powdery mildew infection, pepper plants shed the leaves that are severely infected. Humid conditions are

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  making it a benchmark in know-how in the production of peppers. The harvest cycle for peppers varies according to region and production conditions. At [...] for export, since it is produced in safer conditions." Importance of bell pepper cultivation in Mexico The profitability of a crop is based on the quantity [...] environment for workers contribute significantly to a profitable crop. Peppers are one of the most important crops in the Mexican agricultural market.

• Powdery mildew

  leaf. In severe epidemics in cereals, the ears may also be infected. In pepper, the fluffy colonies occur mostly on the underside of the leaf, because [...] fluffy colonies also appear on the upper side of the leaves. Many sweet pepper cultivars react to powdery mildew infection by dropping leaves that are [...] conidiophores are the fluffy fungal growth so typical of powdery mildew. Only in pepper, infection (by Leveillula taurica ) is through the stomata and the fungus

• Angular leaf spot

  Remove sources of inoculum such as dead leaves In field-grown tomato and pepper, rotate fields to prevent infection from volunteer plants and crop debris [...] piles in the vicinity of the greenhouse or field Resistant cultivars of pepper are available and should be used Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant

• Glasshouse potato aphid

  a native European species of aphids , seriously affecting crops of sweet pepper in particular. These aphids further affect ornamental crops, such as begonia [...] potato aphid (Aulacorthum solani) pierces the leaves or the fruit of sweet pepper it secretes a toxic substance, which leads to deformations in the growing

• Brown root rot, corky root rot

  other hosts. Several alternate hosts in outdoor cropping systems are known: pepper, melon, aubergine, squash, spinach and safflower. The disease develops between