• Plum

  many species, and taxonomists cannot agree on how many exactly. Depending on who you are asking to, between 19 and 40 different species of plum currently [...] domestica ) and the diploid Japanese plum ( Prunus salicina and hybrids), play a significant, commercial role. The plum is a drupe, so its firm and juicy flesh [...] usually not too big (between 1-3 inch diameter) and its shape is globose or more oval. The plum’s skin is soft with a natural wax layer.

• Strawberry

  (IPM) plays a crucial role in ensuring the health and productivity of strawberry crops due to the presence of various pests and diseases. Common pests [...] safeguarding the health and yield of their strawberry crops. Bumblebee pollination not only plays a critical role in enhancing fruit set and yield in strawberry [...] strawberries are aphids , fruit flies , leafhoppers , caterpillars, plant bugs , plant parasitic nematodes, beetles, spider mites and other pest mites

• Bumblebee pollination

  preservation of biodiversity and the overall health of ecosystems Why are bumblebees good pollinators? Bumblebees are very effective and efficient pollinators [...] collaboration with a number of scientific institutes and universities ensure we are geared for the future. With feedback from customers and local trials at numerous [...] visit a high number of flowers per minute and transfer more pollen to the stigma than other pollinators. Benefits of bumblebees are: Bumblebees switch between

• Chrysopa-E

  Pests Aphids and other pests, like mealybugs , Echinothrips and eggs of pest lepidoptera species . Mode of action Larvae of the lacewing attack their prey [...] Avoid clusters of eggs Can be applied with Natutec Airobreez , Natutec Airbug or Natutec Airobug only when mixed with (other products) with carrier material [...] prey and suck their body fluids. Visual effect Prey is sucked out, shrivelled skins are difficult to find. Chrysoperla carnea larvae are active mainly

• Cucumber

  pests in agriculture and horticulture. Rollertraps are used in case large numbers of whiteflies and thrips are present. These tools are designed to attract [...] inspection of crops to identify the presence and severity of pests and diseases. Growers use various techniques, including visual inspections, traps, and modern [...] management ( IPM ) is of importance in cucumber cultivation, to ensure the health and productivity of cucumber crops. Cucumbers are exceptionally susceptible

• Geranium aphid

  Life cycle and appearance of Acyrthosiphon malvae rogersii Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety [...] their peak in June. Winged aphids are formed from May onwards and are responsible for spreading the infestation to other strawberry plants. Acyrthosiphon [...] is, with unfertilized viviparous females continuing to produce new generations of females. Aphids moult four times before reaching adulthood. With each

• Municipality Doetinchem: Entonem nematodes managing oak processionary caterpillar

  biodiversity will have an important role to play – breaching the monocultures of the oak and stimulating the natural enemies of the oak processionary caterpillar [...] biodiversity in the centre, and public opinion is quite sensitive to spraying here. We worked in consultation with distributor Mertens and decided that in spring [...] bycatch of other caterpillars is much lower, which is a great benefit to biodiversity. In mid-April, we started using nematodes at locations with significant

• Buckthorn-potato aphid

  transmission of viruses. Life cycle and appearance of Buckthorn-potato aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults [...] netically. They are usually found in the lower parts of the plants and are not very mobile. In autumn, winged males and females are produced, which return [...] Wingless 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

• Feltiella acarisuga

  adults are not predatory and only need water and sugar. Life cycle of Feltiella acarisuga Growers can distinguish between the various life stages of the predatory [...] for use of Feltiella acarisuga Optimal results are achieved in a humid environment (>80% relative humidity) and at temperatures between 20 and 27°C (68 [...] diapause and can consume 15 adult spider mites or up to 50 mite eggs per day. They are aggressive and adapt the amount of food they consume to the density

• Rose aphid

  retard the growth of buds and new shoots. Foliage and flowers are often disfigured and contaminated with sticky honeydew on which black sooty moulds develop [...] develop. Life cycle and appearance of Rose aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in [...] is a serious and often abundant pest of roses. It is virtually cosmopolitan and widely spread in Europe. Damage symptoms Infestations with rose aphids retard