• Crop Protection

  January 1, 1970

  protection is the practice of protecting plants against pests, diseases, and harmful influences to ensure healthy growth and reliable harvests. It is essential [...] growers and consumers. It reduces exposure to toxic chemicals, promoting safer working conditions and healthier food products. What is biological crop protection [...] protection? Biological crop protection, often referred to as biocontrol, is a natural and sustainable approach to managing pests and diseases in agriculture

• Cottony soft rot

  January 1, 1970

  Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, also known as cottony soft root, is a plant pathogenic fungus. It has a very wide range of host plants. Damage symptoms The first [...] the stem base. The plant above it wilts and rots. White, fluffy fungal mycelium grows on the lesions, giving this disease its name cottony soft rot. In the [...] infect the above-ground plant parts. In greenhouses, usually only mycelium is produced by the germinating sclerotia. The fungus grows quite rapidly inside

• Green peach aphid

  January 1, 1970

  peach tree, is native, however it is now a pest with a world-wide distribution. The green peach aphid ( Myzus persicae subsp. persicae ) is a particularly [...] persicae subsp. persicae ) is the most important vector of viral diseases. It can transmit at least 100 different viruses and is thus rightfully feared by [...] persicae ) is an important insect pest in sweet pepper, tomato, cucumber and many other greenhouse crops. The aphid may originate from Asia, where its winter-hardy

• Roots Growers positive about Mycotal against whitefly

  January 1, 1970

  parasitic wasps and predatory bug. ‘It goes without saying that Mycotal’s biological nature is a big plus, as it means we can use it almost indefinitely and the [...] sealed production means the final product is always free of contamination; the product gets to work faster, and it is even more effective at killing off pests [...] Whitefly is and remains a pernicious pest for growers of tomatoes and other crops. This is further aggravated by the fact that there are almost no effective

• Apple

  January 1, 1970

  deciduous apple tree belongs to the rose family and is now cultivated for its fruit all over the world. It is the most common cultivated species of the genus [...] of the apple is protected by a layer of epicuticular wax. Apples usually have a yellowish-white coloured exocarp. Sometimes their flesh is also pink or [...] About The apple tree (often named Malus domestica by mistake) is best known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate

• Diamond back moth

  January 1, 1970

  but is now present wherever its cruciferous hosts exist and it is considered to be the most universally distributed lepidopteran species. It is highly [...] Plutellidae . It only attacks Brassicaceae species, including cruciferous weeds. The diamond back moth (Plutella xylostella) is suggested to have its origin in [...] pupa is pinkish-white to pinkish-yellow and changes to brown before adult emergence. The adult of the diamond back moth (Plutella xylostella) is slender

• Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies

  January 1, 1970

  stinger, as is the case with honeybees and wasps. Drones cannot sting. The stinger is a weapon for defence. When a bee stings, some venom is injected into [...] withdraw her stinger, and is able to sting again. A honeybee’s stinger does have barbs. When a honeybee tries to withdraw its stinger, it tears loose from the [...] reaction in particular, the chance is small. Reactions to bumblebee stings may differ in each case. These days it is possible to take a test using purified

• Adalia bipunctata

  January 1, 1970

  swiftly moves among the aphids, grabbing them with its mandibles. The predatory beetle is known for its efficiency in capturing aphids, often consuming numerous [...] Adalia bipunctata 's feeding behaviour is characterized by its ability to rapidly reduce aphid numbers, making it a highly effective biological control [...] bipunctata is used for the control of the following pests: Aphids Adalia bipunctata feeds on all aphid species, but the product Aphidalia is especially

• Dwarf bunt

  January 1, 1970

  General Tilletia controversa is a plant pathogen. It is a fungus known to cause the smut disease TCK smut in soft white and hard red winter wheats, as [...] disease in the next season. The optimum temperature for germination is 3-8 °C and it takes three to ten weeks for germination. The seedlings are infected [...] some or on all spikelets, showing the bunt (smut spore) they contain, which is larger than a normal kernel. The bunt balls are grey-brown. They rupture at

• Amblydromalus limonicus

  January 1, 1970

  Amblydromalus limonicus is a species of predatory mite known for its role in biological pest control . Amblydromalus limonicus is a natural enemy of various [...] chemical pesticides. Amblydromalus limonicus is valued for its effectiveness at relatively low temperatures and is especially recommended to suppress high densities [...] other mites struggle. In tomato, use of Amblydromalus limonicus is not recommended as it is hindered by the glandular hairs on the stems and leaves and does