• Mushroom

  may be picked by hand. Edibility may be defined by criteria that include absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma. Most mushrooms [...] fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several [...] it is grown in controlled, sterilized environments. Several varieties of A. bisporus are grown commercially, including whites, crimini, and portobello.

• Stable fly

  insects and can travel up to 20 km in search of new hosts. Damage symptoms Stable flies typically congregate on the legs of livestock to feed, and the population [...] undersides and flanks as well. Stable flies are persistent, intermittent feeders, returning time and again to feed off animals in short 2–5 minute sessions [...] (EIA) and hog cholera, and the protozoan trypanosomes that cause surra. Life cycle and appearance of the Stable fly Adult stable flies are between 5–7 mm

• Long-tailed mealybug

  growth and causing deformation and / or yellowing of leaves, sometimes followed by defoliation. The overall effect is a reduction of photosynthesis and therefore [...] the yield. Flowers and fruit often drop off. Plant sap is rich in sugars, but low in proteins. In order to gain an adequate intake of protein, mealybugs [...] reduced level of photosynthesis in the leaves also reduces flower and fruit production. In ornamental crops, the mere presence of mealybugs is sufficient

• Potato/tomato psyllid

  greatest concern and proving difficult to control. In light of this, the export of fruit from susceptible crops to some parts of Europe, and the import into [...] disease in potatoes and permanent yellowing disease in tomatoes, both of which are very harmful to the affected crops. Lifecycle and appearance of the p [...] white or yellow lines and a distinctive white stripe on the abdomen. They are small in size, around 2.5 mm, and they live between 20 and 60 days.

• Nematodes established solution for Nesidiocoris in France

  pressure. ‘We produce five hectares of tomatoes, through direct and hydroponic cultivation, in Châteaurenard near Marseille, and have done for four generations [...] backpack sprayer directed at the head of the plant in a very localized way, and also the treatment robot, which is used by blocking the lower nozzles so that [...] Koppert Spain in breeding cages in Almeria, demonstrating the interest in the method that we have validated in the field. The results are very clear. It is very

• Viridis PRO

  bacteria in this combination fertilizer-protector increase nutrient availability by fixing nitrogen and solubilizing phosphorus in the soil and improve [...] The bacteria in Viridis PRO increase the solubilization of phosphates and also allow better absorption of N, K, Fe, Ca and Mg. Facilitated grass growth [...] improve disease resistance by secreting substances that suppress soil-borne pathogens and by outcompeting them for space and nutrients. How does Viridis Pro work

• Japanese beetle

  to rapidly build up and spread steadily in the US. In Europe, Popillia japonica was for the first time reported in northern Italy in 2014 where official [...] are most abundant in well-kept lawns and golf courses, and less often in pastures. The grub feeds just below the surface, it cuts off and consumes the grass [...] yellowing, and wilting, culminating in large patches of dead, brown grass that appears in late summer or early autumn. Secondary damage from mammals and birds

• Beetles

  is the largest of all insect orders and displays an enormous variety of form, size and habit. A number of species are a serious pest in crops or stored [...] adults of beetles can cause damage to crops. The larvae of some species feed on growing tips and roots or chew and bore into stems, but in other species also [...] Biological control of beetles Beetles can cause serious damage in many greenhouse and field crops by feeding on leaves, roots, or fruits, leading to reduced

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• Aphidoletes aphidimyza

  or black, and eventually decay. The quantity of aphids consumed by a gall midge larva depends on temperature, relative humidity, age and size of the aphids [...] adult gall-midges will leave the bottle and spread The dosage of Aphidend depends on climate, crop and aphid density and should always be adjusted to the particular [...] condition of the predator, as well as the size of the prey. Life cycle of Aphidoletes aphidimyza Growers can recognize the different life stages of the gall