Herbs

products. In the culinary world, there is a strict difference between herbs and spices. Herbs are the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant, which can be [...] and fruits. Botanically speaking, ‘herb’ is synonymously to ‘herbaceous plant.’ Recommended for you

Grey mould

ventilation in greenhouse crops Remove diseased plants or plant parts in a closed plastic bag In tomato: prune with a knife and not by hand, to avoid rugged [...] fungus in many environments. It survives in plant parts like bulbs and crop residues or as sclerotia (drought- and cold-resistant structures) in the soil [...] lesions. The symptoms on fruits, flowers and on various parts of potted plants often only become visible during and after cold storage. In lettuce, grey mould

Foot rot of cereals

damping off. This can result in seedling death and poor establishment. Surviving seedlings may develop a brown lesion around soil level. This can develop into [...] at the stem base. On older plants, infection can produce a true foot rot, where the stem base becomes brown and rotten, resulting in lodging and whiteheads [...] the presence of the pathogen in affected cereal crops. How to prevent foot rot of cereals Avoid following maize with wheat in rotations Bury soil-surface

Sciarid flies

colour. They are laid on the ground surface close to plant roots. The larvae can grow to 5 to 12 mm in length and 0.5 to 1.5 mm in diameter. They are legless [...] damage to crops belong to the genera Bradysia and Lycoriella . Lycoriella species are mainly found in commercial mushroom cultivation where they can cause [...] material and on algae and fungi present in the soil. They, however, can also feed on root hairs, rootlets, and tender root, stem and leaf tissue. Later instars

European red mite

However, it can attack a large scale of other woody plants and is occasionally a problem on roses and other ornamentals of the family Rosaceae grown in greenhouses [...] red mites on leaves of trees causes initially brown spots on the leaves and when these coalesce the leaves loose colour; this is often referred to as bronzing [...] heavy, leaves can drop. Life cycle and appearance of European red mite The European red mite feeds mainly on the undersides of leaves but moves to upper leaf

Western flower thrips

orange to almost black. Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) usually pupate in the ground, although pupae can also be found on leaves, in flowers [...] rise to deformities such as the “pig-tail” fruit sometimes found in cucumber crops. In many ornamental crops, even very low numbers of thrips can cause [...] most damaging thrips species in many greenhouse crops. The western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) can be found on a wide variety of plants, including

Plugging the plant propagation gap with Trianum

range (10-34 o C and pH 4-8.5) Gives protection to cuttings, seedlings and plug plants in propagation; can be used for all ornamental plant species T-22 [...] mixed with water and applied as a drench to propagation trays at a rate of 1.5 g/m 2 Trianum-G is incorporated in the compost at a rate of 0.75 kg/m 3 T [...] added to Vidi Parva , there are additional benefits of rapid rooting, increased root biomass and improved root architecture. For further advice on the use

Natupol Excel

Pay attention to advice for best practice under conditions with artificial light or in hot environments. Storage time after receipt To guarantee the best [...] the hive on the day of arrival. If necessary hives can be stored for maximum 1 day. Storage temperature 15–25°C. Storage conditions Keep hives in a well [...] flowers while at the same time collecting pollen to feed the brood. More workers emerge from the brood in the weeks after the introduction, increasing both

Gummy stem blight

Damage symptoms Mycosphaerella cucumis in cucumber causes brown lesions on the foot and higher up on the stem. On the lesions, golden-brown gummy drops [...] blight. On the lesions, black specks, the new fruiting bodies with spores, become visible. On the leaves, round and extending lesions may occur. In cucumber [...] internal fruit rot, which can only be recognized from the outside by the small narrowing of the tip of the mature fruits. The symptoms on stems, leaves and inside

Oak processionary moth

which can be actively released in the air when the larvae are disturbed. After moulting, the previous stage's hairs remain on the exuvia, but can become [...] during the day leaving at night in a characteristic procession to feed in the canopy of the trees. If the leaves on a tree become scarce, the larvae move away [...] a major pest of oak in many European countries. The common and scientific names of this moth refer to the behaviour of the larvae to form long processions