• European red mite

  (tubercles) at the base of the hairs; males are about 0.3 mm long, yellowish red, and more slender and tapered near the hind end. The development from egg to adult [...] generations in one year. The European red mite overwinters in the egg stage; the “winter eggs” are laid in the wooden parts of the host plants in autumn. [...] originates from Europe (as can be seen from the common name, European red mite) but is now distributed in all important apple growing areas of the world. Damage

• Pear brown spot

  throughout the orchard during periods of frequent rainfall, high humidity, or prolonged leaf wetness. Management of pear brown spot Effective control of pear [...] brown spot inoculum on dead plant debris, taking the source of infection away on the orchard floor. As part of an integrated crop management strategy, Trianum-P [...] play a key role in the development of pear brown spot. Combine regular orchard scouting with weather monitoring to identify periods of high infection risk

• Wheat

  ean. The wheat plant is an annual plant which is sown either in spring or autumn. The plant flowers from about the end of May to the beginning of June [...] particular type of fruit referred to as caryopsis. Wheat originates from southwestern Asia, or more specifically the Levant region that lies east of the Mediterranean [...] (usually lasting longer than a week), because not all flowers of one single plant open at the same time.

• Chrysanthemum

  family of Asteraceae. The plant is originally from Asia and northeastern Europe and the majority of the different species derive from East Asia. Especially [...] About The chrysanthemum ( Chrysanthemum spp. ), also called mum or chrysanth, is a flowering plant that belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum of the family [...] more striking than the wild varieties. The flower heads can look like daisies or pompoms or buttons. This particular genus consists of many hybrids and an

• Crane flies

  General The larvae of crane flies , called leatherjackets, live in the soil and feed on roots and shoots (which they pull into the ground of mainly grasses [...] After adults emerge, part of the pupal case can be found sticking out above the soil surface. Adult common crane flies emerge from the soil in late summer to [...] week and then feed on roots and crowns of grasses during the autumn.. Larvae overwinter in the soil, usually in the third instar stage. and start feeding

• Pea

  round seed in the seed pod of the fruit, Pisum sativum . Pods of this plant develop from the ovary of a pea flower and carry numerous peas. The vegetable is [...] consumed as a vegetable and often canned or frozen. Dry peas are shelled from matured pods.

• Brown soft scale

  spots. The colour of the scale darkens as the female ages. The size, shape and characteristics of the female also vary with different host plants. The middle [...] cover the leaves, flowers and fruit of the host and reduce photosynthesis and respiration. Life cycle and appearance of Brown soft scale The scale of the [...] but in fact the first instar nymph emerges from the egg under the mother’s scale. The pink crawlers are active for two or three days and disperse locally

• Pea blight, leaf and pod spot

  transmitted on the outside of the seed coat and cause primary infection. The conidia germinate and infect through the stomata or directly through the cuticle [...] sometimes at the stem base but is not part of the foot rot syndrome in peas. Infected seeds may have brown areas. Life cycle and appearance of Pea blight [...] On the lesions, pycnidia are formed from which orange-red masses of two-celled conidia are exuded. Secondary infection is by splash dispersal of these

• Strawberry aphid

  is one of the most serious pests affecting strawberry plants. Direct damage is caused by the aphids sucking sap from the plant, which reduces the yield [...] yield and quality of fruit. The leaves do not become distorted but leaves and fruits quickly become sticky due to the honeydew the aphids excrete. Black sooty [...] grow on the honeydew. The strawberry aphid is an important vector of several plant viruses affecting strawberries. Life cycle and appearance of Strawberry

• Ahold Delhaize: ‘We can't sell anything without substantiated information’

  December 18, 2018

  for a bond of trust and the open exchange of information that are essential for building a relationship between the supplier and the buyer. ‘The ornamentals [...] chain.’ The two sides of the ornamentals chain According to Nienke Weidema, the ornamentals chain has two distinct sides. On the one side the supermarkets [...] improvement is only possible if the relationship between the producer and the buyer is clearly defined.’ Leon Mol is the director of product safety and social