About Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) belongs to the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is a hardy annual that is easy to cultivate and most often grown for its leaves. It is, however, often plagued on by a number
About The so-called Prunus persica is a deciduous tree indigenous to Northwest China. There is was first domesticated and cultivated for its fruit. The description ‘persica’ refers to the popularity o
About The gooseberry is belongs to the species of Ribes . The plant originates from Europe, Northwestern Africa, and West, South and Southeast Asia. The gooseberry is also sparsely habituated in vario
About The blackberry is an edible fruit that originates from a wide range of species belonging to the genus Rubus that is part of the family of Rosaceae , but also from hybrids within the Rubus subgen
About The common grape vine ( Vitis vinifera ) is a species of Vitis . The plant comes originally from the Mediterranean region, central Europe and southwestern Asia and thus has been cultivated in Mo
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 from Asia and Europe and were grown there for
About The gerbera belongs to the family of daisies or Asteraceae . The flowering plant is originally from South Africa and grew among others in the Cape Province and Transvaal region. Nowadays, the ge
The pepper plant (genus Capsicum ) belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae. This plant genus includes all varieties of peppers, including the mild bell pepper and hot peppers in jalapeno and haban
About The sweet pepper, also referred to as bell pepper or just pepper, is part of a specific group of cultivars that belongs to the species Capsicum annuum . These different cultivars of the sweet pe
Cucumber grower Kees Hendriks (Qcumber) explains how his plant protection strategy has moved from integrated to ‘almost’ biological, using fewer and fewer chemicals. He has been using Trianum for the
