• Dwarf bunt

  Additionally, plants only reach a fraction of their normal height. Spikes are generally broader and the glumes opened wider, than in plants infected with [...] before emergence and the fungi grow inside the plants to the growing tip. The fungi grow between the plant cells and eventually grow inside the kernels. [...] leaf stage, this is less effective for this fungus Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Bacterial soft rot, bacterial stem rot

  of wounds Disinfest recirculating irrigation water Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] causes bacterial stem rot as well as soft rot. Stem rot is first noticed when plants wilt at the time of first harvest or after that. The pith disintegrates [...] epidemic population densities. It can survive as epiphytic bacteria on various plants or in the soil in low densities. It has also been found in the gut of insects

• Bacterial spot

  spot Xanthomonas vesicatoria survives on volunteer tomato plants in the field and on diseased plant debris. The bacteria are also seed-transmitted. Disease [...] cultivars of pepper are available and should be used Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] lesions with a light brown centre. As with powdery mildew infection, pepper plants shed the leaves that are severely infected. Humid conditions are conducive

• Gummy stem blight

  Remove all pots and plant parts from previous crop that may serve as inoculum source for the new crop prevent condensation on all plant parts at all times [...] high-wire crops) Pick and remove dead and diseased leaves Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] General Mycosphaerella cucumis (Didymella bryoniae) is a fungal plant pathogen that causes gummy stem blight. Damage symptoms Mycosphaerella cucumis in

• Powdery mildew

  penetrates the plant cell and takes up nutrients from the epidermal layer of plant cells. Most of the fungus remains on the outside of the plant surface. On [...] provide excess nitrogen since this promotes the disease Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] Leveillula. Damage symptoms Powdery mildew symptoms are fairly similar in all plant-pathogen combinations. The symptoms are white fluffy colonies, first and

• Apple scab

  available. They infect the plant by direct penetration of the cuticula and then grow between the cuticula and the epidermis of the plant cells. This causes lesions [...] since they help in decomposing the infected leaves Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] and may merge. Infected fruits and leaves may fall off prematurely. The plants’ defence mechanism is to produce corky rings around the lesions to prevent

• Wheat bunt

  Tilletia laevis are hard to distinguish from infected plants before head emergence, although affected plants may be slightly stunted. Infected (bunted) heads [...] before emergence and the fungi grow inside the plants to the growing tip. The fungi grow between the plant cells and eventually inside the kernels. When [...] leaf stage, this is less effective for this fungus Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Black root rot of cucurbits

  annually Disinfect nutrient solution and irrigation water Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] General Phomopsis sclerotioides is a plant pathogen infecting cucurbits, causing black root rot of cucurbits. Damage symptoms Phomopsis sclerotioides causes [...] with an intense green colour. Severe infection in this stage may kill the plants. In case of a less severe infection, the vines may wilt at a late stage

• Fusarium head blight or scab

  wound healing after harvest, depending on the crop Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] are considered weak pathogens and can only infect wounded or stressed host plants. Damage symptoms Fusarium fungi cause vascular wilt, root rot, foot and [...] overwinters for many years in the soil and on crop residues of infected plants as chlamydospores (thick walled mycelium cells) or mycelium. Survival is

• Spider mites and other mites

  signs of plant mites is also critical. This can be done by scouting the plants visually. You can also take steps to prevent plant mites from entering your [...] control Learn more about What are mites? Plant mites are a diverse group of small arthropods that feed on plant sap. They are found in a wide variety of [...] Brevipalpus phoenicis ) Each species of plant mite has its own unique characteristics and feeding habits. Plant mites generally thrive in warm and dry