• Artificially lit crops pollination advice

  shortest day), with an additional half-hour per week. For optimal pollination duration, you can connect the WBH-system to your climate computer to measure actual [...] advised to turn off grow lights well before sunset to encourage their return to the hive. LED lights and pollination Based on experiences with LED lights [...] provide valuable advice on how to overcome potential obstacles. From understanding the role of various pollination methods to implementing smart strategies

• Cutworms

  close to ground level. The larvae are yellowish when hatching with a dark head capsule and prothoracic shield, later they become earth-brown to dingy grey [...] symptoms Early instar cutworm larvae can create 'shotholes' while feeding on tender leaves of seedlings. Third to seventh instars become negatively phototaxic [...] appearance of Cutworms The adults of Agrotis spp. have pale grey to grey-brown forewings with a faint kidney-shaped marking and a red spot. They have broad

• Plant Pollinator interactions in high temperatures

  temperature to affect pollination takes at least one to two weeks. Similarly, it takes two weeks of cold weather for pollination to return to normal. 2 [...] brown within one to four hours and make it possible to check the bumblebees’ work. These brown marks can be used to help determine how many hives must be [...] related to fruit set, yield, and quality. Poorly pollinated flowers never become premium fruit, no matter how perfect a climate the grower creates. Pollination

• Root rot of carrot

  -3°C to 25°C, with an optimum around 18°C. Lesions are dark brown to black, moist, mostly circular spots 0.5 -1.2 cm diameter that extend only to 2 mm [...] proportional to the proximity to carrot rootlets. Conidia on leaflets produced a germ tube, an appressorium and an infection peg into an epidermal cell [...] leading to less mechanical damage of the carrots. Temperature: Rhexocercosporidium carotae develops at temperatures ranging from -3°C to 25°C, with an optimum

• Crop Protection

  t interval – Safe to apply up to harvest with no waiting period. Low resistance risk – Pests typically do not develop resistance to natural enemies. Supports [...] benefits. Lower risk to human health Biological crop protection poses minimum to no risks to growers and consumers. It reduces exposure to toxic chemicals, [...] growers can develop expertise to fine-tune their pest management practices. Growers will be ready to meet future challenges with confidence and a well-established

• Municipality Enschede: Entonem nematodes against oak processionary caterpillar

  only do this at an early stage, there is no secondary effect on other caterpillars . We’ve treated a total of 2600 to 3000 oak trees with nematodes.’ Maintenance [...] biodiversity The municipality also used pheromone traps last summer, to help it to determine how many oak processionary caterpillar moths were still present in [...] methods have been used. ‘With that information, and based on the nuisance that we experience, we’ll be able to decide whether to expand the use of nematodes

• Steinernema carpocapsae

  agriculture and horticulture. How to apply Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes? Nematodes can be applied using a watering can, an airblast sprayer, through a [...] Continuous mixing should take place to prevent nematodes sinking to the bottom of the spray tank Avoid sprayers equipped with centrifugal or piston pumps Water [...] applied to the soil or sprayed onto plant foliage as a biological control method, offering a natural and environmentally friendly approach to pest management

• Steinernema feltiae

  often applied to the soil as a biological control method to target pest larvae, offering a natural and environmentally friendly approach to pest management [...] management in agriculture and horticulture. How to apply Steinernema feltiae nematodes ​​​​Nematodes can be applied using an airblast sprayer, a vehicle-mounted [...] Continuous mixing should take place to prevent nematodes sinking to the bottom of the spray tank Avoid sprayers equipped with centrifugal or piston pumps Water

• Pollination checklist outdoor

  positioning, wait 30 minutes before opening the little doors to give the bumblebees to time to become calm again. Transportation and shaking movements can [...] matter with your advisor. Consult the list of side effects, on paper or via the Internet . This list states how each product can be integrated with the use [...] crop immediately after delivery, or a maximum of one day later, to allow the bumblebees to gather food. Position the hives evenly throughout the plot for

• Pepino mosaic virus

  some tomato varieties are more susceptible to quality losses due to PepMV than others and climate also has an impact. In general, when a plant has more [...] d surfaces for several weeks, remaining infectious and ready to infect new plants. How to prevent Pepino mosaic virus Pepino mosaic virus is highly infectious [...] most effective way to prevent symptoms of PepMV is cross protection. With this technology, the plants are purposely inoculated with a mild isolate of the