Corn

About Corn or maize ( Zea mays subsp. mays ), is a large grain plant that divided in six main types: flint corn, dent corn, popcorn, pod corn, sweet corn [...] the preparation of Mexican food dishes. The leafy stalk of the corn plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences, also specified as ears [...] corn and flour corn. Already about 10,000 years ago, corn was domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the

Common cockchafer

on roots of grasses and clover. The adults feed on the leaves of trees, mainly on oak, maple, beech and plum. Life cycle and appearance of Common cockchafer [...] European beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Scarabaeidae. Damage symptoms The common cockchafer ( Melolontha melolontha ) does most of its damage [...] cockchafer The life cycle of the common cockchafer ( Melolontha melolontha ) has the following stages: egg, three larval instars, a pupal instar and the adult

Corn earworm

lays small quantities of eggs, between one and three, in the hairs of green ears of corn. The larvae feed on the hairs of the young corn and on the young kernels [...] flowers and fruit from the host plant, as well as on the corn of immature cobs and ears. Adults of corn earworm are nocturnal, since they react to light radiation [...] open the crop to detect the pest. Life cycle and appearance of the corn earworm The eggs of corn earworm are a milky-white colour, which turn dark grey before

Disease control

Plant Disease Management

What is biological disease control? Biological control of plant diseases is a method used to manage and reduce the impact of plant diseases by utilizing beneficial [...] disrupts disease cycles and reduces the buildup of pathogens in the soil. Disease-resistant varieties Another vital aspect of prevention is the use of dise [...] pathogens Preventing plant diseases Effective prevention of plant diseases involves several key practices. Monitoring Regular monitoring of your plants is vital

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Black leg of seedlings

infection is the easy stripping of the skin from the root cortex with a finger nail. Life cycle and appearance of Black leg of seedlings Pythium belongs to [...] temperatures and causes among others cereal diseases. Damage symptoms Pythium affects roots, in particular those of seedlings. Infected plants lag in growth [...] and very little of the root system survives. On the border between air and soil or substrate the plant turns brown. A typical symptom of a Pythium infection

Bacterial canker of tomato

the disease usually only occurs in the second half of the season. The first symptoms are wilting of the lower leaves and subsequent expansion of the wilt [...] crops of at least two years and alternate with a non-host crop Apply deep-ploughing to stimulate the decay of crop residues Prevent plant diseases by optimizing [...] foot shows whitish ooze with bacteria in the case of C lavibacter infection, but other than that the disease is difficult to distinguish from wilting caused

Downy mildew of Cucurbits

On the underside of the leave fluffy growth appears which is first white and later turns grey-brown. This is actually the sporulation of the pathogens extruding [...] extruding from the stomata. Life cycle and appearance of Downy mildew Pathogens causing downy mildew are not fungi but Oomycetes and related to Pythium [...] protruding from the stomata. Because there are more stomata on the underside of the leaf, this is where most fluffy symptoms are found. How to prevent Downey