• How to protect bumblebees in cold

  by ventilating during warmer temperatures or incubating the brood when it gets colder. Balancing pollination activity and climate To achieve the best p [...] essential to keep an eye on the bumblebees. Sometimes, worker bumblebees may get lost through the vents and won't be able to return. To mitigate this, consider

• Obscure mealybug

  intake of protein, mealybugs must therefore ingest large quantities of sap, getting rid of the excess sugars in the form of honeydew. Characteristically, dark [...] economic damage. Life cycle and appearance of Obscure mealybug Mealybugs get their name from the fact that the body of the females from the third nymphal

• Horiver Disc

  of action Insect pests are attracted to the colour of the sticky trap and get caught in the glue. Presentation Polysterene disc coated with dry sticky glue

• Roots Growers positive about Mycotal against whitefly

  SON-T and LED lamps, grows crops from week 34 to week 31 inclusive. ‘It never gets cold in there, so the level of infestation is higher and whitefly levels [...] of other pests such as thrips , aphids and mealybugs . We are working to get these new targets approved on the label. In several independent studies, Mycotal [...] production means the final product is always free of contamination; the product gets to work faster, and it is even more effective at killing off pests. Longer

• Effective spider mite control with predatory mites

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• Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

  vegetables, the roots overgrow the substrate and in severe epidemics the drippers get clogged. In tomato, excessive vegetative growth occurs. Life cycle and appearance

• The journey of sustainable citrus farming in agriculture

  Get to know Balbino Garre Martínez, a grower with over 35 years of experience in citrus and livestock farming. Balbino, along with his two brothers, operates

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  effective mix. You can see them soon after they have been released and they get right down to doing their job.’ A tense moment Sjaak van Dijk switched over [...] what Koppert promised in the leaflet, he tells us. ‘Spidex Vital immediately gets to work on tackling spider mites and hot-spots, the beneficials search more

• Verticillium wilt

  The presence of both the fungus and the gum causes the xylem vessels to get blocked, which in turn causes the plant to wilt. Spores may be wind-dispersed

• Black root rot of cucurbits

  evaporation, wilting may occur sooner. In wilted plants, the crown first gets a water-soaked appearance, turning light-brown and sunken, later black with