• Geranium aphid

  formed from May onwards and are responsible for spreading the infestation to other strawberry plants. Acyrthosiphon malvae rogersii can spread strawberry [...] place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new generations of females. Aphids moult four times before reaching [...] malvae rogersii is holocyclic (i.e. they mate in autumn and produce eggs to overwinter) and monoecious (i.e. they do not change their host plant for

• Blueberry aphid

  place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new generations of females. Aphids moult four times before reaching [...] eggs produce wingless and winged parthenogenic females which then continue to produce females. The aphids are mainly found on young shoots. Peak aphid densities

• Buckthorn-potato aphid

  place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new generations of females. Aphids moult four times before reaching [...] females of the buckthorn- potato aphid are 1.1-2.4 mm long and bright pale green to yellowish green. The antenna are relatively short and barely exceed half the [...] aphids mainly feed on the underside of leaves of their summer hosts and start to reproduce parthenogenetically. Both wingless and winged forms are produced

• Pepper

  The pepper plant (genus Capsicum ) belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae. This plant genus includes all varieties of peppers, including the mild [...] pepper and hot peppers in jalapeno and habanero. The pepper plant is native to tropical America. Pepper plants are perennials, but are typically grown as [...] and variety. Tall varieties grown in commercial greenhouses are supported to prevent damage or breakage of their tender stems. The pepper plant has become

• Cress

  About Cress, at time also named garden cress to distinguish it from similar plants, is an edible herb and its cultivation around the world is growing fast [...] fast. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard. Garden cress is in some regions also known as mustard and cress, garden pepper cress [...] grass, or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is an annual plant and can grow up to 60 cm (24 inches) high. The upper part of the plant has many branches. Land

• Asparagus

  sold as ‘green asparagus’ and ‘white asparagus’. To produce white asparagus, the shoots are not exposed to the sun (they are covered with soil) and without [...] available in spring. It is a flowering, perennial plant species that belongs to the genus Asparagus . In the past, the asparagus plant was classified as a [...] Allium species of onion and garlic. Nowadays the onion-like plants belong to the Amaryllidaceae and asparagus are classified as Asparagaceae . Asparagus

• Rye

  the wheat family, Triticeae , a close relative to the cereal, barley and wheat. It is used to make flour to make rye bread, and is a component of beverages

• Black tea thrips

  surface first and, as feeding progresses and the population increases, moves to the upper surface. The leaves become discoloured and become distorted between [...] reproduces without mating, and males are rare. The adults are poor fliers and tend to remain in the shaded areas on the plant. The eggs are white and banana-shaped [...] average 1 mm in length. Greenhouse thrips undergo two larval instars then moult to the prepupal stage which is light yellow with red eyes and short wing pads

• Brown soft scale

  settling. Once fixed in position, their colour changes to a transparent, light brown and they begin to feed.

• Radish

  Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. Sativus ) is an edible root vegetable that belongs to the Brassicaceae family. This plant was already domesticated in Europe in [...] several varieties that all vary in flavour, colour, size and time it takes to mature. The vegetable has a particular sharp or sometimes pungent flavour [...] is now produced and consumed in all parts of the world. The seeds are used to produce oil. Other varieties are developed for sprouting and their roots and