• Broccoli

  About Broccoli is a tasty, green plant. When it comes to botanical classification, the broccoli plant is categorized as part of the Italica cultivar group [...] lot like cauliflower, which belongs to a different cultivar group of the same species. The plant has a large, flowering head that is usually green. The head

• Angular leaf spot

  also introduced in a crop in new transplants. This bacterium is very resistant to desiccation and can survive well in dry leaves or leaves in the soil, but [...] appearance of Angular leaf spot Xanthomonas fragariae overwinters in plants and dead leaves, that become the primary source of infection in the spring [...] nights, in combination with high humidity or presence of water. These conditions occur mostly in the spring if it rains or when sprinkler irrigation is used

• Glume blotch

  causes glume blotch, which presents itself as brown, elongated lesions with a light halo on leaves, stems and glumes. In the centre of the lesions, light-coloured [...] Perithecia are also formed on dead glumes and stems. In case of severe infection , the heads of wheat become black and the kernels become shrivelled and [...] temperature above freezing when water is available. Conidia require a minimum of 5 °C for germination. Primary infection is mostly by ascospores or conidia on

• Flowering potted plants

  Begonia is a perennial flowering plants and belongs to the family of Begoniaceae . The genus consists of 1,795 different plant species. Some of these species [...] ornamental houseplants in countries with colder climates. Kalanchoe is a tropical, succulent flowering plant and a genus that consists of about 125 species [...] species belonging to the family of Crassulaceae . Hibiscus is well known for its large, ornate flowers which are trumpet-shaped. These flowers have five or more

• Sportnem_leaflet_EN_A4_-_Koppert_20230441_-_DEF_LR.pdf

  warm up in spring. The common crane fly Tipula oleracea, which is present in parts of Europe and the USA, has two generations per year, one in autumn, [...] garden chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) is present in Europe and parts of Asia. The males can be seen in early summer in swarming flights just above the soil [...] again in spring. Sportnem-H for the control of chafer grubs Sportnem-H contains the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, which is particularly

• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  level Mexico is the leading exporter of several varieties of chili, representing 90% of total world consumption. In the last 10 years, exports of this fruit [...] increase of 1.8% in volume and 11.4% in economic value, with the main client of Mexican chili being the United States, a country to which around 99% of the [...] exported is destined. "One of the main challenges we face in exporting to the United States is that there is a legal framework that prohibits the use of certain

• Potato

  world’s food supply and many people’s diet. In terms of volume, potato is the fourth-largest food crop in the world, after maize, wheat and rice. Potato plants [...] tuberosum ) is used to refer to the plant itself or its edible tuber. The plant is an herbaceous perennial and came to Europe from Latin America in the second [...] second half of the 16th century. Potatoes as a food crop were introduced by the Spanish. Now this starchy, tuberous crop is an integral part of the world’s

• Citrus mealybug

  effect is a reduction of photosynthesis and therefore the yield. Flowers and fruit often drop off. Plant sap is rich in sugars, but low in proteins. In order [...] an adequate intake of protein, mealybugs must therefore ingest large quantities of sap, getting rid of the excess sugars in the form of honeydew. Charac [...] reduced level of photosynthesis in the leaves also reduces flower and fruit production. In ornamental crops, the mere presence of mealybugs is sufficient

• Horiver Rollertrap

  leaf miners , fungus gnats. Mode of action Insect pests are attracted to the colour of the sticky trap and get caught in the glue. Presentation Polyethylene [...] transparent Standard sizes: 5, 15 and 30 cm x 100 m 15 cm width is also available in lengths of 125, 150 and 500 m; other lengths on request Presentation Make [...] traps will unroll more easily. Application Place Rollertraps in areas where high pest pressure is expected, such as along gables, near ventilation windows

• Rose aphid

  aphid, Macrosiphum rosae , is a serious and often abundant pest of roses. It is virtually cosmopolitan and widely spread in Europe. Damage symptoms In [...] appearance of Rose aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in colour. In greenhouses [...] Wingless females of the rose aphid are 1.7-3.6 mm long and green or deep pink to red-brown. The antennae and sometimes the head is dark in colour. The siphunculi