• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  One of the key factors for the successful implementation of the biological control program was the training of personnel in pest monitoring and the release [...] product at the next level Mexico is the leading exporter of several varieties of chili, representing 90% of total world consumption. In the last 10 years [...] around 99% of the total volume exported is destined. "One of the main challenges we face in exporting to the United States is that there is a legal framework

• Onion

  particular species is the most extensively produced species of the genus of Allium . The onion plant is usually a biennial or perennial plant. When cultivated [...] results onion fly, bean seed fly and fusarium wilt About The onion ( Allium cepa L.) , also referred to as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable [...] cultivated however, the plant is mostly handled as an annual and harvested at the end of its first production season. Onions are popular and therefore cultivated

• Caterpillars

  to crops. The most harmful caterpillars that occur in greenhouses belong to the Noctuidae (the noctuid or owl moths), which is the largest of all lepidopteran [...] greenhouse crops is the leafroller family, the Tortricidae. The name ‘leafroller’ refers to the fact that the caterpillars often live in rolled-up leaves [...] crops. Most of them feed on nectar. In contrast, the caterpillars have biting and chewing mouthparts and can devour large amounts of plant tissue. Many

• Pollination

  pollination, is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower on the same plant or on another plant. Many flowers [...] anthers of the flower to the stigma of the flower. If the pollen is transferred from anther to stigma on the same flower it is called self-pollination. Cross [...] crops result in considerably higher yields and improve the quality and shelf-life of these products. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anthers

• European red mite

  generations in one year. The European red mite overwinters in the egg stage; the “winter eggs” are laid in the wooden parts of the host plants in autumn. [...] attack a large scale of other woody plants and is occasionally a problem on roses and other ornamentals of the family Rosaceae grown in greenhouses. It originates [...] Europe (as can be seen from the common name, European red mite) but is now distributed in all important apple growing areas of the world. European Red Mite

• Onion thrips

  patches on leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop. The vigour of the plant is reduced by loss of chlorophyll. When [...] eggs of the onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) are laid in leaves, flower petals and in the soft parts of stalks. They are inserted into the plant tissue with a [...] General The onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) is distributed throughout the world. It is found outdoors on many plants and particularly damaging on onions, leek

• Trial results Onion fly and Fusarium wilt

  against onion fly (Delia antiqua) in onion Effective control of onion fly Capirel efficacy (% reduction compared to untreated control) against onion fly damage [...] Protect your onion crop against soilborne diseases and onion fly Effective results in onion crop with Biological Crop Protection Proven results Before [...] with Trianum against Fusarium oxyporum in onion Trianum provides highly effective control of basal rot in onions during cultivation and storage Yield increase

• RedStar places trust in Natutec Scout

  view, it is not even about the exact number of whitefly stuck on the sticky traps. ‘No,’ he says, ‘I am more interested in seeing the trend. Is the level of [...] others still can. The app is very reliable, the chance of mistakes in biological plant protection is now much smaller. We have tested the app extensively [...] you how the level of infestation is developing.’ At RedStar, Jan van Nieuwkerk is responsible for plant protection at the company's six locations in Voorne-Putten

• Flies

  both directly and indirectly. The type of damage depends on the species of the flies. Direct damage is the immediate result of larvae feeding on root hairs [...] control Learn more about The adult form of the onion fly Delia antiqua What are flies? There are several flies that are pests in agriculture, horticulture [...] small flies of the families Sciaridae ( sciarid flies ) and Ephydridae (shore flies). The larvae of these insects generally live on rotting plant material

• Phytoseiulus persimilis

  larvae or eggs per day. Because the development rate of the predatory mite is roughly twice that of the spider mite, the number of predatory mites increases [...] disadvantage is that it disappears rapidly in the absence of suitable prey. When prey is in short supply, mainly adult females will leave the prey patch in search [...] on spider mites. The quantity of prey consumed depends on the predator and prey populations, the sex and age of the predator, and the temperature and relative