Acadian

solution. When mixing with calcium products, thoroughly mix ACADIAN® Liquid Seaweed Concentrate with the water in the tank prior to adding the calcium product [...] every 1-4 weeks from harvest to dormancy. Applications can be made either foliar or to the soil. Apply 3-5 days prior to an anticipated plant stress. Other [...] Follow with applications of 10 to 16 ounces per acre at key growth stages (see specific recommendations). Applications can be made either foliar or to the

The journey of sustainable citrus farming in agriculture

Get to know Balbino Garre Martínez, a grower with over 35 years of experience in citrus and livestock farming. Balbino, along with his two brothers, operates [...] leading to the adoption of biological control methods. He has been actively controlling mealybugs with Citripar and Cryptobug , armoured scales with Aphytis [...] lifelong passion. Adapting to challenges and embracing change Balbino's agricultural journey hasn't been without obstacles. Faced with different pests, he sought

Rhizoctonia solani

fusion site die. To complicate matters further, subgroups can be distinguished within AG’s. The different AG’s are more or less specific to the pathogenicity [...] long known as Rhizoctonia solani , the vegetative stage. It was long believed to be a sterile fungus, but recently it was discovered that the fungus produces [...] general, the fungus causes symptoms on all plant parts that are in or close to the soil. Early infection of the growing tips of the roots shortly after

Acadian Organic

solution. When mixing with calcium products, thoroughly mix ACADIAN® Organic Liquid Seaweed Concentrate with the water in the tank prior to adding the calcium [...] every 1-4 weeks from harvest to dormancy. Applications can be made either foliar or to the soil. Apply 3-5 days prior to an anticipated plant stress. Other [...] Follow with applications of 10 to 16 ounces per acre at key growth stages (see specific recommendations). Applications can be made either foliar or to the

Red palm weevil

but has spread to Africa and Europe with distribution through the Mediterranean since the 1980s. Damage symptoms It is very difficult to recognize the first [...] (growth areas) with a low to moderate proportion of fibres. Their feeding causes deterioration of this tissue, making it easier for adult weevils to lay eggs [...] legless, pyriform with a brown head and body comprised of 13 segments. Fully grown larvae migrate to the periphery of the palms to build a solid elongated

Tomato pinworm

emerge 4 to 7 days after being laid. The larvae have a yellowish-grayish body, changing to gray with purple spots or completely purple, with a dark brown [...] potato. It is frequently confused with similar species that might be present, with which it shares similar habits. Due to the initial damage of the larva [...] mine, it can be confused with the eggplant leafminer (Gnorimoschema glochinella). For control, pheromones are usually used to disrupt the mating of adults

Common cockchafer

The adult beetle is 25 to 30 mm long, with a dark head, black pronotum covered with short hairs, and reddish brown elytra with four longitudinal ribs each [...] are 10 to 20 mm in the first autumn, 30 to 35 mm by the following autumn, and 40 to 46 mm in the spring of their third year. The pupa is 25 to 35 mm long [...] body, large head, with strong mandibles and long, hairy, well developed yellow legs. It takes three or four years for the larvae to fully develop. The

Coleobug

mm. Pupae can range in color from yellowish to deep orange with dark spots. Eggs are laid in clusters of 10 to 40 and are light yellow. Pack size 1,000 predator [...] the cooler and allow it to reach ambient temperature. Lay the bottle horizontally and rotate it to homogenize the mixture with the carrier material. Remove [...] populations to establish quickly. Pests Effective against different aphid species. Crops Coleobug can be used on a wide variety of crops thanks to its adaptability

House fly

at which point they crawl to a cool, dry place near the breeding site to pupate. Flies in the pupal stage are oval-shaped, with bluntly rounded ends, about [...] about 8 mm long and change in colour from yellow to red, to brown, to black as the pupa ages. New adult flies will emerge as early as two days after pupation [...] and home. Believed to have originated in central Asia, the insect expanded its range worldwide long ago as a commensal organism to human populations; the

Cotton leafworm

pale green with a brownish head. In the last larval stage, they are 35 to 45 mm long. Coloration varies from grey to reddish or yellowish, with a median [...] the plant. The female covers the eggs with brownish-yellow hairs from her abdomen to make them less conspicuous and to protect them from desiccation. The [...] littoralis) can lay up to 3,000 eggs. Each egg is roughly spherical, about 0.6 mm long and whitish yellow. They are laid in clusters of 20 to 500 pieces on lower