• 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 [...] contact with water for no more than a few hours. Powdery mildew spores, either ascospores or conidia, don’t need nutrients or water for germination. In general [...] provide excess nitrogen since this promotes the disease Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  infect the new plants by entering through wounds and then growing into the vessels of the plant. Plant growth is inhibited and the plant wilts because the [...] other Solaneceaous crops can be planted for five years. On other fields on the same farm, no seed potatoes can be grown for one year after infection. Damage [...] It spreads to other seedlings by touching the plants in greenhouse crops and by water in field crops, for example through splashes of rain or irrigation

• 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

• Downy mildew of Cucurbits

  tubes infect the plants either through the stomata or directly by penetrating the cuticula. For germination free water is required. For most downy mildews [...] required. Inside the plant, the pathogens produce haustoria, small organs with which the pathogen can take up nutrients from the living plant cells. The pathogens [...] remove crop residues and prevent splashing water. Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• 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 [...] s this increases to 12-28 hours of leaf wetness for successful infection. Conidia also need water for germination. How to prevent Apple scab Use resistant [...] not harmed by for example application of compounds against stem canker, since they help in decomposing the infected leaves Prevent plant diseases by optimizing

• Akanthomyces muscarius

  a natural and environmentally friendly solution for managing insect populations and safeguarding plant health . Lecanicillium muscarium product Mycotal [...] muscarium requires sufficient humidity inside the crop canopy for several hours after application for the spores to germinate and infest the pest Spray at late [...] beneficial fungi commonly used in biological pest control . This fungus is known for its effectiveness in controlling various insect pests, including whitefly

• Bacterial soft rot, bacterial stem rot

  carotovora subsp. carotovora or Pectobacterium carovora infects plants through fresh wounds, for example pruning wounds. It cannot infect healthy green leaves [...] required for disease development. Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora or Pectobacterium carovora can also be found as secondary pathogen in plants that are [...] of wounds Disinfest recirculating irrigation water Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Fusarium head blight or scab

  a similar life cycle. Fusarium overwinters for many years in the soil and on crop residues of infected plants as chlamydospores (thick walled mycelium cells) [...] tools, machinery and irrigation water in greenhouses Prevent stress for the plants Ensure there is adequate soil drainage Apply nitrogen in the form of [...] wound healing after harvest, depending on the crop Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience.

• Cottony soft rot

  irrigation Use wide plant spacing Remove diseased plants in a closed plastic bag Remove crop residues Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and [...] 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 symptoms of a cottony [...] above-ground plant parts. In greenhouses, usually only mycelium is produced by the germinating sclerotia. The fungus grows quite rapidly inside the plant and kills

• Loose smut of wheat

  and compensated for Use resistant cultivars Perform field checks for infected seed and prevent the use of seeds from infected fields for further cropping [...] cropping Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop resilience. [...] the seed germinates, the mycelium of the fungus grows upwards inside the plant into the growing tip and the seed primordia. It only becomes visible after