Integrated Pest Management

What is IPM? Integrated Pest Management, often referred to as IPM, is a sustainable and environmentally responsible approach to pest management. It employs a combination of strategies to prevent and c

About bumblebees

Approximately 4 weeks after the first eggs are laid, the first worker bumblebees (all females) start emerging and carry out work both inside and outside the nest

Pollination

What is pollination? Pollination is an annual challenge for growers when it comes to the production of vegetables, fruit and seed. Well pollinated crops result in considerably higher yields and improv

Paul Koppert shares how it all started – Original Stories about Predatory Mites

Tomato russet mite

was detected for the first time in Australia and is a pest in tomatoes in all areas where they are grown. Other members of the plant family Solanaceae may [...] upwards as the mites ascend. Life cycle and appearance of tomato russet mite All life stages of the tomato russet mite are extremely small and difficult to [...] divided into two parts: the head with the mouthparts, and the rest of the body. All mobile stages have only two pairs of legs, whereas other mite groups have

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Beetles

(elytra). With more than 350,000 known species, Coleoptera is the largest of all insect orders and displays an enormous variety of form, size and habit. A [...] complete metamorphosis, that is, the larvae do not resemble the adult at all, and must pass through a pupal instar before reaching the adult stage. Larvae [...] wing covers. Many species are very capable fliers but others cannot fly at all. Beetle damage Both larvae and adults of beetles can cause damage to crops

Powdery mildew

Leveillula. Damage symptoms Powdery mildew symptoms are fairly similar in all plant-pathogen combinations. The symptoms are white fluffy colonies, first [...] that cause powdery mildew ( Erysiphe, Podosphaera, Oïdium, Leveillula ) are all biotrophic fungi, meaning they feed on living plant cells and barely survive [...] structures containing ascospores. Ascospores have not been found yet for all powdery mildew fungi and especially in greenhouse crops they don’t play a

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

Cryptobug-L . Mealybug species Citrus mealybug Long-tailed mealybug Expand all items Best conditions for use of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri The minimum temperature [...] 25°C and 28°C (68 and 82°F). Feeding behaviour of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri All moving stages of Cryptolaemus montriouzieri prey on mealybugs , seizing their [...] larvae prefer the eggs and young larvae, while older larvae appear to prey on all stages of mealybugs equally. Adult ladybirds are good fliers and can disperse

Rice root aphid

rufiabdominale) is a well-known pest in North America that survives outdoors all year round. It can affect plants grown in both soil and hydroponic systems [...] from the roots, plants infested with rice root aphids will exhibit some or all of the following symptoms: Wilting; leaves become discoloured and yellow.