Cabbage looper

they move in a “looping” manner. They take 15 to 20 days to pass through 5 instars, changing colour from yellowish green to pale green with a white band [...] body. Pupation takes place in webbed cocoons often on the underside of the host plants. The pupae have a green colour and then change to a coffee brown colour [...] deposit up to 300 eggs on the underside margins of the upper leaves of plants. The eggs have a spherical shape, with the flattened part attached to the leaf

Cucumber

in cucumber cultivation, to ensure the health and productivity of cucumber crops. Cucumbers are exceptionally susceptible to a range of formidable pests [...] fields if left unchecked. Concurrently, bacterial and fungal diseases pose a threat to cucumber plants, potentially decimating yields. Implementing IPM strategies [...] image analysis, to track potential threats. Scouting typically begins before planting and continues throughout the growing season, with a focus on early

Beetles

control videos Take a look at the video or go to our Youtube channel to see our beetle control products in action. More beetle control videos How to get rid of [...] habit. A number of species are a serious pest in crops or stored products. There are many useful beetles as well. For instance, ladybirds contribute to the [...] Coleoptera Beetles What are beetles? Beetles belong to the order Coleoptera, a well-known group of insects that are easily recognizable on account of their

Agriflora Pro Leaflet EN

or apply Agriflora PRO to the fertilizer using a concentration necessary to obtain a final dosage when the fertilizer is applied to the plants. FIRST AID [...] unless told to do so by a poison control centre or doctor. Do not give anything by mouth to an unconscious person. If on skin/clothing: Take off contaminated [...] Generalities: Move the victim to a safe and uncontaminated place. Call a poison control centre or doctor for treatment advice. Take container, label or product

Cotton aphid

population. Large individuals (up to 1.8 mm long) are usually dark green to black, while aphids produced in overcrowded colonies at a high temperature can be much [...] Plant sap is rich in sugars, but has a low protein content. Aphids therefore need to extract large quantities of sap to get sufficient protein. The excess [...] Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in colour. In greenhouses reproduction takes place by

Stable fly

even having a four-striped thorax. However, they are light grey in colour; they have a broader abdomen that displays several dark spots in a “checkerboard” [...] the house fly, females tend to be larger and have more widely spaced eyes than males. Females require a blood meal just prior to egg laying and never lay [...] General Stable flies belong to the genus Stomoxys , Latin for “sharp mouth”; a fitting moniker, as these flies are the only members of the Muscidae family

Larvanem

applied using a watering can, an airblast sprayer, through a sprinkler system, with a backpack sprayer, or a vehicle-mounted spray unit To avoid blockage [...] root zone turn red to brown but may be difficult to find, due to rapid degradation. Pack size 50 million – 1 sachet of 50 million in a box. 500 million – [...] within a short timeframe. Do not store mixed suspensions Dosage Larvanem is typically applied at a rate of 250,000 to 500,000 nematodes per m² (2.5 to 5 b

Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

tissue and causes a genetic change in the plant. How to prevent Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall Use clean propagation material Use a strict hygiene protocol [...] disease seems to be caused by a change in the hormonal system of the plant resulting from the Rhizobium infection. Rhizobium rhizogenes puts a Ri-plasmid [...] Adjust the work order in greenhouses to fit with the hygiene protocol Disinfect the nutrient solution in order to prevent biofilm growth inside the irrigation

Cottony soft rot

tubers, thereby creating a source of infection for the next crop. The dispersal to neighbouring plants is by mycelial growth. How to prevent Cottony soft rot [...] 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 soft root ( S [...] between 13 and 15 °C. Germination and infection mostly take place at high soil water content over a prolonged period of time. The sclerotia germinate directly

Cannabis

(IPM) is important when it comes to keeping cannabis plants healthy and productive. This is because cannabis can attract a lot of different pests and diseases [...] image analysis, to track potential threats. Scouting typically begins before planting and continues throughout the growing season, with a focus on early [...] (Horiver) play a crucial role in monitoring and scouting for plant pests in agriculture and horticulture. Rollertraps are used in case large numbers of