• Lettuce

  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

• Cut flowers

  About Many plants with an ornamental value are specially grown as cut flowers. This concerns various types. Origin, cultivation method and substrate differ greatly. Important types are: Rose: The rose

• Cucumber

  Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in cucumber crops Integrated pest management ( IPM ) is of importance in cucumber cultivation, to ensure the health and productivity of cucumber crops. Cucumbers are e

• Turf and grass

  About Used for lawns and sports fields, such as stadiums, golf courses, horse-racing tracks, athletic grounds, cricket pitches and football fields, turf provides the perfect base for a wide variety of

• Pepper

  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

• Strawberry

  Integrated pest management in strawberry Integrated pest management (IPM) plays a crucial role in ensuring the health and productivity of strawberry crops due to the presence of various pests and dise

• Tobacco whitefly

  General The tobacco whitefly ( Bemisia tabaci ) belongs to the family Aleyrodidae , and the sub-family Aleyrodinae . This insect was first identified on tobacco in Greece in 1889, hence the name tabac

• 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

• Eggplant

  About Eggplant or aubergine ( Solanum melongena ) is a specific species of nightshade and is widely produced for its tasty fruit. In North America and Australia the fruit is called eggplant and in Sou

• Melon

  About A melon can be any one of several plants belonging to the family of Cucurbitaceae . The melon plant produces a usually sweet and edible, fleshy fruit. The term "melon" is used for the plant, but