• Yellow rose aphid

  form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black sooty moulds grow on this honeydew, contaminating fruit and ornamental crops. At the same time [...] strawberries and roses. Life cycle and appearance of Yellow rose aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great [...] North Africa, parts of Asia and South America. It attacks plants of the family Rosaceae and is a pest of strawberries and roses. Damage symptoms The yellow

• Beetles

  serious damage in many greenhouse and field crops by feeding on leaves, roots, or fruits, leading to reduced growth and yield loss. Effective beetle control [...] damage Both larvae and adults of beetles can cause damage to crops. The larvae of some species feed on growing tips and roots or chew and bore into stems [...] traps Beneficial nematodes actively seek out and eliminate beetle larvae in the soil, while traps help monitor and reduce adult beetle populations. With Koppert’s

• Koppert To Showcase Digital Assistant Prototype At Fruit Logistica 2024

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• Natupol Trio

  maximum size and starts declining in size and pollination activity. Colony development depends on environmental conditions and the amount and quality of [...] calm down Protect the hives from direct sunlight and rain, and weigh down the hive for example with a stone, to prevent it from blowing away Open the ventilation [...] visible (entrance and exit). Do not remove the small grey door under the lid Pollination performance and duration varies per crop and depends on environmental

• Tomato russet mite

  brown colour, and in serious cases they may snap. The fruit can also be affected, and when this happens in tomatoes, the skin becomes coarse and turns reddish [...] are slightly curled and acquire a silvery sheen on the underside. Later they become brown and brittle. Badly affected tomato leaves and stems lose their trichomes [...] reddish brown and the fruit itself is sometimes deformed. Considerable damage can occur, especially at high temperatures when population growth is most rapid

• Pollination checklist tomato

  y resulting in problems with fruit setting. The bumblebees will still collect pollen, and leave bite marks, but no fruit will grow. Bumblebees are active [...] between 8 and 32 degrees Celsius. Their optimum activity level is at temperatures between 8 and 28 degrees Celsius. At temperatures between 28 and 32 degrees [...] four hours and make it possible to check the bumblebees' work. A single visit results in the transfer of enough pollen for pollination. Fruit setting takes

• Spidex Vital: Your Vital partner in spider mite control

  they immediately can start laying eggs after release and don’t needs to get energy from spider mite from the field to develop the eggs. This will increase [...] years ago. From day one this predatory mite formed the foundation of our spider mite control. Over time it grew to be one of the most important products [...] products for our growers. As the result of many years of research and fine-tuning, Spidex is now delivered in a new formulation; with a greater impact on spider

• Leek moth

  but also garlic and chives. Damage symptoms The vegetative and flowering stages are most widely affected, but the seedling stage is sometimes affected [...] countries and has been introduced to parts of Canada. The larvae of Acrolepiopsis assectella feed on cultivated Allium species, primarily leek and onion, [...] affected in nurseries. Stored onions and garlic are also damaged. After hatching, the young larva explores the surface and mines the green leaves. On reaching

• Cutworms

  instars become negatively phototaxic and feed mostly at night and hide in the ground during the day. Damage from these instars is usually observed as a [...] Agrotis spp.) are occurring worldwide. Important species are for instance the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon and the turnip moth Agrotis segetum . The larvae [...] feed on roots and plant parts close to the ground, thereby often cutting the stems of young plants. This is where their common name comes from. Cutworms are

• Oak processionary moth

  twigs and covered by hairs from the female. The first instar larvae overwinter within the eggs and hatch in mid- or late April. They are nocturnal and feed [...] of a problem as the trees normally recover from this. More important is the health risk posed to both human and animal health because they shed poisonous [...] above). Life cycle and appearance of Oak processionary moth The adults have grey forewings with white and darker grey markings and a wingspan of ca. 30