• Lettuce

  About Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) belongs to the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is a hardy annual that is easy to cultivate and most often grown for its leaves

• Herbs

  aromatic characteristics and are used for flavouring dishes or food products. In the culinary world, there is a strict difference between herbs and spices [...] berries, roots, bark and fruits. Botanically speaking, ‘herb’ is synonymously to ‘herbaceous plant.’

• Tomato russet mite

  first time in Australia and is a pest in tomatoes in all areas where they are grown. Other members of the plant family Solanaceae may be affected to a lesser [...] lycopersici , also referred to as Vasates lycopersici, Vasates destructor and Phyllocoptes destructor in older publications) belongs to the family Eriophyidae [...] turn a rusty brown colour, and in serious cases they may snap. The fruit can also be affected, and when this happens in tomatoes, the skin becomes coarse

• Woolly apple aphid

  cycle and appearance of Woolly apple aphid In contrast to other aphids , the life cycle and survival from year to year of the woolly aphid depends entirely [...] covering) on apple trees sheltering in cracks and under loose bark. The nymphs become active in late March or April (in the northern hemisphere) and around [...] blown by the wind from tree to tree. Sometimes a few winged aphids are produced in summer. Winged egg-laying females are produced in early autumn but their

• Geranium aphid

  great variety in colour. In greenhouses, reproduction takes place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new g [...] betraying their presence in the crop. Acyrthosiphon malvae rogersii is holocyclic (i.e. they mate in autumn and produce eggs to overwinter) and monoecious [...] strawberry foliage, particularly along the petioles. In outdoor strawberries they reach their peak in June. Winged aphids are formed from May onwards and

• Tomato leafminer

  place in the soil or on the surface of a leaf, in a curled leaf or in a mine. If they leave the mines they build silk cocoons on the leaflets or in the soil [...] creamy white to bright yellow, darkening in the embryonic phase and becoming almost black near eclosion. The first-instar larvae are whitish to yellowish [...] feed on green fruits. In case of serious infection, leaves die off completely. Mining by the caterpillar causes malformations. Damage to fruit allows fungal

• Shallot aphid

  great variety in colour. In greenhouses, reproduction takes place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new g [...] betraying their presence in the crop. Wingless females of the shallot aphid are 1.1-2.2 mm long and shiny brownish green to dirty yellow. Their legs and [...] apex. The shallot aphid does not alternate to another host plant for overwintering and there is no sexual stage in the life cycle. No eggs are produced. Myzus

• Blackcurrant aphid

  great variety in colour. In greenhouses, reproduction takes place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new g [...] swollen. In spring, the blackcurrant aphid lives on the underside of the young leaves of currant plants. It does not induce a gall on blackcurrant. In June [...] and also red current. It is widespread throughout Europe and also present in the Russian Far East and North America. Damage symptoms Blackcurrant aphids

• Blueberry aphid

  great variety in colour. In greenhouses, reproduction takes place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new g [...] females which then continue to produce females. The aphids are mainly found on young shoots. Peak aphid densities are reached in June and July. Sexual adults [...] a vector of blueberry scorch virus. Damage symptoms Blueberry aphids live in dense colonies on young shoots of blueberry bushes and produce large amounts

• Pepper weevil

  flower bud, they feed on immature pollen. In both cases, they begin to feed one to four hours after hatching. In total, the larva passes through three larval [...] Overview They belong to the Curculionidae family, which is made up of more than 40,000 species. They have very hard bodies and are small in size. They prefer [...] monitored, given their ability to cause huge damage. When they are already present on the crop, the best approach is to monitor them during the cooler