• Shallot aphid

  shiny brownish green to dirty yellow. Their legs and antennae are pale, apart from the ends of the antennae and the tarsi. The siphunculi are short an swollen

• Cabbage looper

  manner. They take 15 to 20 days to pass through 5 instars, changing colour from yellowish green to pale green with a white band on both sides of the body

• Capyphor

  tree weevil ( Naupactus xanthographus ) White grubs ( Scarabaeidae ) mainly from the following species (not exhaustive): European chafer ( Amphimallon majale [...] biodegradable carrier. Downloads FAQ Nematodes Preparation Remove the sachets from the box and keep them at room temperature for 30 minutes Empty the contents [...] Dosage Capyphor is typically applied against soil pests at a rate ranging from 500 million to 5 billion nematodes per ha (200 million to 2 billion per acre)

• Buxatrap

  Dosage 1 trap per 30-180 m 2 . Timing Use Buxatraps when moths are active: From May/June until the end of November (depending on geographic location). Combined

• Viridis PRO

  work? Viridis PRO is composed of PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria) from the genus Bacillus that interact with turf grass, resulting in: Colonization [...] Test the effect on a small number of samples before use; Results may vary from one site to another. Apply the Viridis PRO working solution as a spray for

• How Does Buzz Pollination Work?

  July 10, 2024

  increased pollen transfer on each visit, both from the anther to the stigma in self-pollinating species, and from flower to flower in plants requiring cros [...] through small apical pores or slits, from which pollen can be released in massive quantities. Extracting pollen from this type of specialized flower is achieved [...] multiple short vibrations lasting from a few ten hundreds of milliseconds will occur. This is how buzz pollination was termed; from the “buzz” that can be heard

• Fusarium spp.

  same time, the plant produces gum as a defence mechanism to stop the fungus from spreading. This gum blocks the xylem and causes the wilting which is the

• Chrysoperla carnea

  or the rim of the pot, during daylight hours. The larvae grasp their prey from below and lift them in their jaws. The prey is injected with a salivary fluid [...] body. Pupal stage: The pupae of the Chrysoperla carnea are usually separate from each other, but sometimes appear in groups when the population density is

• Trianum effectively controls Pythium in cucumber

  Kees Hendriks (Qcumber) explains how his plant protection strategy has moved from integrated to ‘almost’ biological, using fewer and fewer chemicals. He has [...] product colonizes the plant’s root system and keeps pathogenic fungi away from the roots. He puts two grams of Trianium-G on each mat before putting out

• Parasitic wasps

  newly emerged larvae begin to feed on the host pest. They consume the host from the inside, which ultimately leads to the death of the host. Pupal stage: [...] host's body. Emergence: Once the parasitic wasp reaches maturity, it emerges from the host's body or the cocoon. The host pest is typically killed in the process