• Raspberry

  raspberry to distinguish it from other raspberries, is a red-fruited species of Rubus. This particular plant species has its origins in Europe and northern [...] nowadays the fruit is being extensively produced in other temperate regions. In North America, the variety Rubus idaeus var. strigosus , is usually regarded [...] fruit of the raspberry plant is red, tasty and sweet but tart-flavoured. Raspberries are a seasonal fruit and produced in summer or early autumn. Botanically

• Macrolophus pygmaeus

  damage. In tomato there may be fruit deformations during setting, and in gerbera, misshapen flowers may appear. The use of this bug in gerbera is therefore [...] whiteflies, it also eats aphids , spider mites , moth eggs and small caterpillars , as well as the larvae of leaf miners . When the bug is present in a crop [...] crop in large numbers, it can contribute substantially to the control of these pests. Although plant sap is necessary for Macrolophus pygmaeus to develop well

• Cress

  cress to distinguish it from similar plants, is an edible herb and its cultivation around the world is growing fast. Garden cress is genetically related [...] Garden cress is in some regions also known as mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort, pepper grass, or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is an annual [...] Barbarea verna ), or American cress, is a biennial herb and belongs to the family of Brassicaceae . This plant originates in southern Europe and western Asia

• Maize

  as starch in cooking practices. Nowadays, maize is extensively cultivated all over the world. When it comes to numbers and volumes; there is more maize [...] maize was domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the preparation of Mexican food dishes. The leafy stalk [...] About Maize or corn ( Zea mays subsp. mays ), is a large grain plant that divided in six main types: flint corn, dent corn, popcorn, pod corn, sweet corn

• Onion

  common onion, is a vegetable. This particular species is the most extensively produced species of the genus of Allium . The onion plant is usually a biennial [...] perennial plan. When cultivated however, the plant is mostly handled as an annual and harvested at the end of its first production season. Onions are popular [...] cultivated and used for cooking all around the world. Their flesh is pungent when chopped, because it contains particular chemical elements that irritate the eyes

• Black vine weevil

  approximately 12 mm. A larva is often curled into the typical C-shape which it assumes whenever it is disturbed. The body is covered with stiff white to [...] sulcatus, is a pest in many ornamental crops (e.g. rhododendron, cyclamen and azalea), as well as in strawberries and other fruit crops in both temperate [...] found between the inside of a plant pot and its contents, under lumps of e, in vegetation and under planks etc . In temperate climates, the small (0.7 mm diameter)

• Tomato looper

  family of Noctuidae . It is a tropical and subtropical species originating in the Mediterranean and northern Africa. The larva is highly polyphagous and [...] countries and is now one of the most frequently found pest species in greenhouses. Damage symptoms The tomato looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites) is primarily [...] each other. The hindwings are brown. The body is brown and hairy and, when at rest, the hairy dorsal plume is characteristically distinct. The antennae are

• Potato aphid

  the dorsal surface. In green individuals, this stripe is dark green, while in pink specimens it is dark red. This longitudinal stripe is specifically cha [...] aphid ( Macrosiphum euphorbiae ) is of North American origin, but is these days distributed throughout the world. It is a highly polyphagous species with [...] sap to get sufficient protein. The excess sugar is secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds ( Cladosporium

• Common cockchafer

  common cockchafer ( Melolontha melolontha ) does most of its damage in the larval stage, when it feeds on roots of grasses and clover. The adults feed on the [...] melolontha) , also known as the doodlebug or May bug is a European beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Scarabaeidae. Damage symptoms The common [...] hairy, well developed yellow legs. It takes three or four years for the larvae to fully develop. The grubs are 10 to 20 mm in the first autumn, 30 to 35 mm

• Apple

  deciduous apple tree belongs to the rose family and is now cultivated for its fruit all over the world. It is the most common cultivated species of the genus [...] of the apple is protected by a layer of epicuticular wax. Apples usually have a yellowish-white coloured exocarp. Sometimes their flesh is also pink or [...] About The apple tree (often named Malus domestica by mistake) is best known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate