• Buxatrap

  cannot escape and are easy to detect, count and identify. Trapping males also aids in reducing the number of eggs laid by females as they fail to mate

• Rose aphid

  winged aphids spread the infestation to other rose plants and sometimes also to secondary hosts. Colonies are often present on rose bushes throughout

• Don Sanchez Fresh innovates with biological control in avocados

  to know which substances affect the performance of beneficial insects. It also takes a lot of dedication to obtain the favorable results that biological [...] strategy that has not only given them access to all the world's markets, but has also guaranteed the implementation of sustainable agricultural practices, reduced

• Integrated Pest Management

  the presence of pests and respond accordingly. The use of insect traps can also be an effective way to control pests without resorting to chemicals. Mass [...] not only includes the minimal presence of soil borne pests or diseases, but also well-balanced minerals in the soil matrix or nutrient solution and a porous

• Two-spotted spider mite

  contents. The empty dead cells become yellow, and in many plants the damage can also be seen on the upper surface of leaves as small yellow dots. The destruction [...] damage of the leaf surface can lead to loss of the crop. The nymphs and adults also produce webs, and plants can get completely covered with such webs in which

• Municipality Enschede: Entonem nematodes against oak processionary caterpillar

  3000 oak trees with nematodes.’ Maintenance of biodiversity The municipality also used pheromone traps last summer, to help it to determine how many oak p

• Shallot aphid

  Petioles are shortened and leaves curled and twisted. Blossom trusses are also affected, fruits remain small and yield is reduced. On bulbs and shallot

• Crane flies

  grasslands, turf and cereal fields. Exit holes of the burrows of the larvae might also be visible. Secondary damage may come from birds and rodents feeding on larvae

• Cabbage looper

  a is not only a damaging pest in crucifers, their favourite host, it can also be found in crops such as tomato, pepper, some cucurbits, soybean, sesame

• Bugs

  holes. The most obvious damage is the deformation of growing points. They also cause tissue damage and deformed growth as a result of toxic substances that