• Potato/tomato psyllid

  tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, and tobacco. The potato psyllid was considered a minor pest until it was found to be responsible for serious crop damage, both directly [...] Overview It is a pest of huge economic importance, which initially affected potatoes and in recent years has become a problem for other Solanaceae crops [...] potato/tomato psyllid The eggs are egg-shaped with a bright orange-yellow colour. They are attached to a strand which connects them to the surface of leaves

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  shall see.’ A more robust system Based on his initial experiences, Sjaak van Dijk is pleased with Spidex Vital. ‘It’s a good sign if you have a predatory [...] to doing their job.’ A tense moment Sjaak van Dijk switched over to Spidex Vital at the start of February. ‘I have three crops a year,’ he tells us five [...] That was the reason for me to try the new product.’ Pest control starts sooner So far, Spidex Vital has done what Sjaak van Dijk expected of it. A week

• Carrot

  experiences About The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus ) is a root vegetable and comes in a variety of colours, ranging from the regular orange to black [...] and southwestern Asia. The carrot plant presumably comes from Persia and was originally produced for its seeds and leaves. Carrots can be classified as

• Cannabis aphid

  General Although it was first described in 1860, the cannabis aphid ( Phorodon cannabis ; a.k.a. bhang aphid or hemp aphid) is a very new pest to North [...] offspring. Newborn nymphs will typically reach maturity within a couple of weeks, and adults live up to a month. Outdoors, as the days shorten in late summer/early [...] North America. It was first seen on cuttings originating from Colorado in 2016 and is now widespread throughout that state and Oregon. Its range also includes

• Maize

  Already about 10,000 years ago, maize was domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the preparation of Mexican [...] About Maize or corn ( Zea mays subsp. mays ), is a large grain plant that divided in six main types: flint corn, dent corn, popcorn, pod corn, sweet corn

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  agricultural practices that respect the environment. ‘Without a doubt it is a product with a lot of potential for pepper cultivation,’ says Pedro Militão [...] several growers. One of these trials was carried out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing [...] introduce new means that help protect the roots. It was in this way that we first learned about Trianum-P, a biological solution with which we have confirmed

• Consumers

  to combat pests and diseases in a natural and sustainable way. In this way, we hope to make an active contribution to a sustainable society, with safe food [...] sufficient quantities to feed a rapidly growing population. Producing our natural enemies, bumblebees, and microbiological solutions is a knowledge-intensive process [...] farmers. In order to provide you with the best possible service as a consumer, we have drawn up a list of frequently asked questions. We hope you will find the

• How Does Buzz Pollination Work?

  July 10, 2024

  via physical contact. A single continuous vibration lasting up to a couple of seconds or multiple short vibrations lasting from a few ten hundreds of m [...] benefit from a specific type of pollination to produce an optimal fruit set. This type of pollination is called “Buzz Pollination.” It is a method that [...] milliseconds will occur. This is how buzz pollination was termed; from the “buzz” that can be heard when a bee vibrates the flower, often also called sonication

• RedStar places trust in Natutec Scout

  RedStar, but Jan now has a clear conclusion about the new version: it is a significant improvement. First of all, the scanning function was made much more powerful [...] this amounts to a 28-hectare area. Jan has used the Natutec Scout app since its market launch. Last year, Koppert asked him to test a number of improvements [...] the results were sometimes too high or too low. That’s now a thing of the past. Thanks to a higher resolution, the device scans much more accurately. Whitefly

• Tobacco whitefly

  symptoms The larvae of whitefly need a lot of protein for growth, and thus consume a large quantity of plant sap. This contains a high proportion of sugar, and [...] tropical and subtropical countries of the world. The original habitat was probably a tropical or subtropical area, possibly Pakistan. The tobacco whitefly [...] to the family Aleyrodidae , and the sub-family Aleyrodinae . This insect was first identified on tobacco in Greece in 1889, hence the name tabaci . It