• Impatiens thrips

  americanus) is an increasing problem in greenhouse cultivation, having spread to many countries within the last 30 years. The thrips have mostly been able to spread [...] spread as a consequence of the trade in foliage plants. Impatiens thrips (Echinothrips americanus) has a wide range of hosts. In addition to many ornamental [...] become serious the leaves themselves can shrivel. Echinothrips americanus is often found low in the crop. In sweet pepper the damage can be seen as discolouration

• Bugs

  bodies and fold their wings flat over their body when at rest. The wings overlap each other exposing the scutellum, a prominent triangular region of the thorax [...] produce a pungent odour. Heteropteran bugs are hemimetabolous insects. Their life cycle consists of an egg, usually five nymphal instars and the adult insect [...] species of especially the families Miridae and Pentatomidae are found as pests in agricultural crops. Bug damage Phytophagous bugs damage plants by puncturing

• Amazone Plants continues the path of organic cultivation

  high product quality, and excellent varieties, Amazone Plants are at the top end of the market. Biological plant protection is an additional pillar that [...] Lex Scheffers and Fred van Zijl did not immediately have the wind at its back but the business started to take off in 2015. In 2019, the tomato nursery also [...] owned by Van Zijl was converted, before being added to the anthurium nursery in 2020. A remarkable move ‘Well, we had ten good weeks, Fred and I said to

• Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies

  such as near the eyes. As soon as possible after being stung, the person should take an anti-inflammatory (such as aspirin or ibuprofen) and place a cold [...] reaction, or an anaphylactic reaction. Because an allergic reaction involves antibodies formed during a previous exposure to an antigen, it is not possible [...] can result in blocked airways. At the hospital, the patient will be given corticosteroids (such as prednisone) and will be kept for observation. Allergic

• Tomato looper

  prolegs, instead of the normal five and therefore the caterpillar moves with the same looping motion as an inchworm (geometrid). The cocoon is usually attached [...] originating in the Mediterranean and northern Africa. The larva is highly polyphagous and feeds on plants of over 20 families, among them crops such as cauliflower [...] pepper and tomato but also chrysanthemum and geranium. An annual migrant from southern Europe, the golden twin-spot moth ( Chrysodeixis chalcites ) spreads

• Green peach aphid

  General The green peach aphid ( Myzus persicae subsp. persicae ) is an important insect pest in sweet pepper, tomato, cucumber and many other greenhouse [...] symptoms Of all the aphids , the peach potato aphid ( Myzus persicae subsp. persicae ) is the most important vector of viral diseases. It can transmit at least [...] viruses and is thus rightfully feared by many growers. Nymphs and adults extract nutrients from the plant and disturb the balance of growth hormones. As a result

• NODOKARE_LSC_0-0-5__FPL__v.1.0_23.12.12_.pdf

  etc.): Apply 64 to 128 ounces of NODOKARE™ per acre starting at regrowth in the spring. Repeat treatments every 7-30 days. At transplanting, a root treatment [...] pressurized, inject finished solution for at least one hour and follow with clean water for at least two hours. Avoid heavy irrigations immediately following [...] application in varieties that are prone to under shatter. Use high rate in pre-bloom sprays on varieties that tend to over shatter. 4th-6th applications:

• Stable fly

  flies become an economic concern when the average number per leg is as low as two. When populations are very large (> 25 flies/leg), the insects will begin [...] with large amounts of decaying organic matter, such as compost piles, hay bales, spilled feed and near the edge of silage pits. As with all flies, development [...] belong to the genus Stomoxys , Latin for “sharp mouth”; a fitting moniker, as these flies are the only members of the Muscidae family that feed on mammalian

• Eretmocerus eremicus

  insect is used as an important biological control agent of whiteflies in agricultural and horticultural settings. Eretmocerus eremicus is used for the control [...] eremicus is available at Koppert as Ercal . Eretmocerus eremicus products Enermix Ercal Expand all items How to use Eretmocerus eremicus The natural enemy [...] planting of the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 1-10 per m2/release. Releases should be repeated at least 3 times at weekly intervals or until

• Lesser house fly

  considered a serious pest because: The males form swarms above the ground at head height inside barns and hen houses, making them a particularly annoying deterrent [...] confirmed to carry the viruses that cause Newcastle disease and hog cholera, protozoan parasites such as Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma , and bacteria such [...] such as Salmonella Life cycle and appearance of the Lesser house fly Lesser house flies and other Fannia spp. are medium-sized to small flies with dark