• Artificially lit crops pollination advice

  after the shortest day, depending on latitude and environment) rapid decline in colonies could occur. In the ever-evolving world of agriculture, the utilization [...] navigation. To counter this, synchronize the opening of bumblebee hives with the energy screen and daylight cycle, allowing the bees to fly only when there is [...] bumblebee orientation. Moreover, the heat from the lamps can damage bumblebee wings while flying to the lights, and multiple light sources can cause confusion

• Better insights and digital advice with Natutec Scout

  contact with the Koppert consultant using the Natutec Scout app as a tool. It allows us to take the measures we need to take quickly, based on the advice provided [...] in the software reporting these kinds of measurement. The threshold value works as an alarm bell – as soon as the level of infestation exceeds the threshold [...] insight into the level of infestation.’ Respond quickly and accurately on IPM A major advantage of the Koppert app is the ability of the consultant to

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  Biosulfur-S Crops Horticultural crops. Biosulfur-S is registered for sale in the following U.S. states and territories: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA

• Cotton leafworm

  caterpillars crawl to the ground and settle in the surface layers. The pupa is 15 to 20 mm long and reddish brown in colour. The forewings of the adult cotton leafworm [...] found in Africa, the Canary Islands, the Middle East and parts of Mediterranean Europe including the Balearic Islands, Madeira and the Azores. Damage symptoms [...] 20 to 500 pieces on lower leaf surfaces, often on the lower parts of the plant. The female covers the eggs with brownish-yellow hairs from her abdomen to

• Diamond back moth

  antennae. The hindwings are narrow, pointed toward the apex. The tips of the wings appear to turn upward slightly when viewed from the side. In males, the upper [...] and active. Except for the first instar, which mines in the leaf tissue, the larvae are voracious surface feeders. The pupae of the diamond back moth (Plutella [...] upper edge. In females, the upper two-thirds of the forewings are light ochreous and the markings are like those of the males. The back is marked with a

• Asian citrus psyllid

  through most of the southern states and Mexico however the state of Florida is the most affected area by the vectored disease. Damage symptoms The psyllid is [...] mature. Worst damage is done when the insect is vector of the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus that cause the fatal citrus disease called citrus [...] Huanglongbing. It is widely distributed in southern Asia and the disease is responsible for the destruction of several citrus industries in Asia and Africa

• Cabbage looper

  mainly on the leaves causing irregular holes. The first three instars make small holes, while the following stages feed on the tissue between the veins, [...] 300 eggs on the underside margins of the upper leaves of plants. The eggs have a spherical shape, with the flattened part attached to the leaf, and are [...] white band on both sides of the body. Pupation takes place in webbed cocoons often on the underside of the host plants. The pupae have a green colour and

• American serpentine leaf miner

  exit hole in the leaf with its mouth parts. After roughly one hour the larva crawls out of the leaf and falls to the ground. This occurs in the early morning [...] criterion for the identification of the species. Indirect damage arises when disease causing fungi or bacteria enter the plant tissue via the feeding spots [...] feeding spots. The larvae of Liriomyza trifolii are entirely ochre-yellow. When the larva hatches from the egg, it begins to eat into the leaf at once,