• Tobacco aphid

  East and is a key pest of tobacco crops in both the United States and South America. The tobacco aphid ( Myzus persicae subsp. nicotianae ) is also encountered [...] and disturb the balance of growth hormones. As a result, the plant’s growth is retarded giving rise to deformed leaves or, if the infestation occurs early [...] death of young plants. Retarded growth and defoliation reduce yield. Plant sap is rich in sugars, but has a low protein content. Aphids therefore need to extract

• Natutec Mini-Airbug

  Adjustable dosing pot and mixing pot The Mini-Airbug is also available for use on trolleys and is then delivered with a converter Volume of dosing pot/drum

• Aphidalia

  best strategy for your situation. Environmental conditions Adalia bipunctata is most effective at temperatures between 15 and 30°C (59 and 86°F). Storage

• Artefeed

  Apply weekly until the Macrolophus pygmaeus population is large enough Make sure that Artefeed is distributed on top of the crop Artefeed can be distributed

• Glasshouse potato aphid

  deformations in the growing tip of the plant. Precisely where the plant is pierced is unimportant. The piercing of the lower leaves in the crop can cause deformed [...] reproduction is asexual, the young aphids are born as developed nymphs. They immediately start to feed on plant sap and grow rapidly. When reproduction is sexual [...] abdomen that has pale to dark transverse bands. The body shape is similar to wingless females, but is 2.0-3.0 mm long. The glasshouse potato aphid manifests both

• Greenhouse whitefly

  and the excess is excreted as honeydew, with larger larvae expelling large quantities. The damage that whiteflies cause to a crop is the result of sucking [...] es: If the population is very large, feeding on plant sap can affect the physiology of the plant, as a result of which growth is retarded. In full sunlight [...] General The greenhouse whitefly ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ) is one of the major pests of vegetable and ornamental crops in greenhouses throughout the

• Black vine weevil

  approximately 12 mm. A larva is often curled into the typical C-shape which it assumes whenever it is disturbed. The body is covered with stiff white to [...] Outdoors there is a single generation each year. A population of black vine weevils consists entirely of females and reproduction is by parthenogenesis [...] infested plant material. Because Otiorhynchus sulcatus is parthenogenetic a single female is enough to start a new population.

• Tomato looper

  family of Noctuidae . It is a tropical and subtropical species originating in the Mediterranean and northern Africa. The larva is highly polyphagous and [...] countries and is now one of the most frequently found pest species in greenhouses. Damage symptoms The tomato looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites) is primarily [...] each other. The hindwings are brown. The body is brown and hairy and, when at rest, the hairy dorsal plume is characteristically distinct. The antennae are

• Diamond back moth

  xylostella) is suggested to have its origin in Europe, South Africa or East Asia, but is now present wherever its cruciferous hosts exist and it is considered [...] species. It is highly migratory and wind-borne adults can travel long distances to invade crops in other regions. Damage symptoms The caterpillar is a surface [...] pupa is pinkish-white to pinkish-yellow and changes to brown before adult emergence. The adult of the diamond back moth (Plutella xylostella) is slender

• Tobacco whitefly

  and the excess is excreted as honeydew, with larger larvae expelling large quantities. The damage that whiteflies cause to a crop is the result of sucking [...] es: If the population is very large, feeding on plant sap can affect the physiology of the plant, as a result of which growth is retarded. In full sunlight [...] in (sub-)tropical areas especially. The tobacco whitefly ( Bemisia tabaci ) is feared because of its high level of resistance to many insecticides and its