• Aphipar

  mummy. The adult parasitic wasp emerges through a hole at the rear of the mummy. The first mummies are noticed in the crop around 10-14 days after the first [...] for advice on the best strategy for your situation. Environmental conditions Most effective between 20 and 25°C (68 and 77°F). Effectivity is reduced at [...] parasitic wasps emerge from the mummies and females lay their eggs into aphids . The next generation of parasitic wasps develops inside the aphid, which converts

• Cannabis

  business is the same regardless of the amount of the purchase. They are invested in the strength and success of each individual client over the long term [...] Actively Participates in the Legal Cannabis Market Just How Compostable are Ulti-Mite Sachets? Insight to the Production of Nematodes Help! How Does Thrips [...] is the best way to listen to a grower’s concerns. Managing pests isn’t only about bugs , it also involves the people and procedures that keep the farm

• High-tech Insect Production

  January 12, 2021

  care of the purchase of the location and the permit application process. Following a year and a half of preparations, the construction of the production [...] designed? What is needed to rear insects and what central facilities are required for this purpose?" Jansen names some of the considerations. The design of [...] aspects of the greenhouse are placed outside the cultivation departments or can be accessed by the maintenance department via a service room," says the Project

• Plant Pollinator interactions in high temperatures

  protection, the plant aborts the fruit to reduce fruit load on the plant and directs the assimilates to the vegetative growth of the plant. This is undesirable [...] One of the most clearly defined guidelines in the greenhouse industry is the optimum temperature range for pollination. Growers want to keep the greenhouse [...] energy from the plant, and it is one of the first processes to fall by the wayside if the plant cannot produce enough assimilates. In the act of self

• Miglyphus

  larvae in the mine and lay their eggs next to them. The eggs develop into parasitic wasps inside the mine (but outside the leaf miner), using the dead larvae [...] Visual effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain dead leaf miner larvae. Older larvae and pupae are visible [...] in the morning or in the evening Dosage The dosage of Miglyphus depends on climate, crop and leaf miner density and should always be adjusted to the particular

• Spidex

  shake the bottle gently before use Push the centre of the cap to open the dosage hole Sprinkle material on leaves or pour into Diboxes Make sure the material [...] Mite Control: The Essential Guide Phytoseiulus persimilis Predatory mites The various stages of the spider mite Getting a handle on the spider mite – how [...] Start introduction as soon as the first pest mites are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 2-50 per m2/release. Releases should

• How do you identify a ‘thrips intruder’?

  September 20, 2021

  length, shape of the antenna, hairs on the head and thorax, pattern on the head and thorax, fringe and hair on the forewings, and pattern on the forewings. Get [...] two orange spots on the abdomen. Onion thrips females are greyish yellow to brown. Males are lighter and have no wings. Onion thrips are often found along [...] and let us help you identify the thrips problem you are dealing with, as choose the best solutions to control it effectively! Contact us

• Neoseiulus cucumeris

  hairs or in the axils of main and side veins. They are oval, white and have a diameter of approximately 0.14 mm. The larvae have six legs, are the same colour [...] colour as the eggs, and are only slightly larger. They do not need to feed to develop into a protonymph. The nymphs are larger than the larvae, have eight [...] for instance in sweet pepper crops as the predatory mite can establish itself in the crop before the pest appears. The success of predatory mites in controlling

• Gummy stem blight

  lesions on the foot and higher up on the stem. On the lesions, golden-brown gummy drops occur, hence the name gummy stem blight. On the lesions, black specks [...] be recognized from the outside by the small narrowing of the tip of the mature fruits. The symptoms on stems, leaves and inside the fruits may occur together [...] hydathodes (the end of leaf veins) or the hair bases. Stems are infected through wounds and by the infected leaves through the petioles. Fruits are infected

• Entonem keeps young orchids free from fungus gnats

  solution moving to ensure that the composition is homogeneous and the nematodes are distributed adequately and evenly over the crop.’ Important to avoid slower [...] also uses the predatory soil mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus . Investigating the effect of spraying Every week, Floricultura examines the action of the nematodes [...] come out of the packaging and later after spraying. Dennis van der Wel explains, ‘We dampen the potting soil and then spray the nematodes over the young plants