• Pea and Bean Weevil Trap

  apart on a grass margin or headland of a field that was planted with peas or beans in the previous year Place the trap on the ground Ensure the trap is [...] Place the funnel onto the green bucket Place the pheromone dispenser in the transparent top Fix the transparent top with a twist action lining up the slots [...] Mode of action The Pea and Bean Weevil Trap needs to be used in combination with Pherodis pheromone dispensers. The dispensers release a species-specific

• Tomato looper

  (geometrid). The cocoon is usually attached to the underside of leaves within folded edges, on random objects and on tomato fruit, often in a bunch of ripening [...] ribs. They are deposited singly or in pairs throughout the crop, on the lower and upper surfaces of leaves. The caterpillar passes through 6 instars. It [...] dot above the lateral yellow lines. There are three pairs of prolegs, instead of the normal five and therefore the caterpillar moves with the same looping

• Orchid

  About The orchid is part of an extremely large and diverse of flowering plants, the Orchidaceae or the orchid family . The plant’s flower are usually colourful [...] there are no less than 28,000 known species, divided in about 763 genera. In addition, the flowers of orchids come in many different arrangements. Some only [...] consist of many flowers. The majority of orchids which are commercially sold is tropical or subtropical. There are varieties however that grow in colder

• Pea blight, leaf and pod spot

  pisi causes spots on leaves, stems and pods of peas. The spots on leaves and pods are round, on the stems they are more elongated. The lesions are light [...] 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 [...] ) causes foot rot in peas, whereas Ascochyta pisi does occur sometimes at the stem base but is not part of the foot rot syndrome in peas. Infected seeds

• Chafers

  General The chafers are beetles of the Scarabaeidae family. The larvae of both species live in the soil and feed on the roots of many plants. They are [...] wn in colour. The adult beetles fly in the evening, generally in June and July and land on trees to mate. During the night the females move to the ground [...] damage. The adults are not harmful. Damage symptoms Larval feeding on the roots can lead to yellowing and wilting of plants. Damage can be severe on young

• Buxus

  About Some 70 species belong to the genus of Buxus of the family of Buxaceae . The plant is also commonly named box (mostly in English-speaking countries) [...] countries) or boxwood (in North America). Buxus are evergreen and slow-growing shrubs and small trees. They can grow up to 2–12 meters. The tree’s leaves are

• Mirical

  M. pygmaeus from the tray into the crop. Hang the cardboard strips over the stalk of a fully-grown leaf at the top of the plant. The Macrolophus will climb [...] Mode of action The predatory bugs actively search for prey. With their piercing mouthparts, they extract the contents of their prey, leaving the empty [...] climb out of the cardboard strips and spread through the crop. Bottle: Sprinkle material on clean, dry rock wool slabs, in Diboxes or on leaves. Make sure

• 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 [...] in China a wide range of varieties and cultivars has been developed for commercial propagation and production. The current, commercially cultivated c

• Picusan

  dispenser in the top basket of the trap When using the kairomone: place the kairomone in the white bucket of the trap Pheromone and kairomone can be used [...] For monitoring: 6 traps per hectare (2 in the centre of the field spaced at 25 metres and 4 at the borders of the field spaced at 100 metres) For protective [...] Mode of action The Picusan trap needs to be used in combination with species-specific pheromone and/or kairomone. The dispensers release a species-specific

• Biological solution against green shield bug

  June 23, 2021

  disappearance of chemical products, in combination with climate change, has resulted in an increase in the level of infestations in greenhouses. Controlling the [...] Research in 2018 to find the most effective natural enemy of this pest identified a European parasitic wasp that parasitises the eggs. The first field [...] hard to make this product available in 2022 for their commercial partners. Over the course of the previous decade, the southern green shield bug has ravaged