• Plant Disease Management

  crop in the same location year after year. Rotating crops disrupts disease cycles and reduces the buildup of pathogens in the soil. Disease-resistant varieties [...] the development of resistant diseases. Biological control helps break this cycle by offering a sustainable alternative. Reduced chemical residues Biological

• Help! How Does Thrips get Into My Crop?

  Life cycle of thrips

• Black leg of seedlings

  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 the Oomycetes

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  the tubers. This discolouration is round, hence the name ring rot. Life cycle and appearance of Bacterial canker of tomato Clavibacter is seed-borne and

• Grey mould

  cuttings die due to carry-over infection from infected parent plants. Life cycle and appearance of Grey mould Spores of grey mould ( Botryotinia fuckeliana

• Bacterial wilt, brown rot

  This is the way to distinguish it from Verticillium or Fusarium wilts. Life cycle and appearance of Bacterial wilt, brown rot Ralstonia solanacearum is a

• A step-by-step guide to whitefly control

  diverse control mechanisms to target various stages of the whitefly life cycle. The foundation of effective whitefly control Monitoring for early detection [...] their population and ability to reproduce. This interrupts the whitefly life cycle and lowers infestation levels, while also serving as a monitoring tool for [...] beneath whitefly larvae, penetrating the host at the fourth larval stage. Life cycle: Shorter lifespan than E. formosa, but exhibits faster egg-laying rates.

• Atheta

  move quite quickly and are capable of flight when needed. Life cycle The complete life cycle of Atheta takes about 21 days (at about 70°C). The sex ratio [...] up to 7 days. Typically, one application at the beginning of the growing cycle, and a small re-application at each transplant is sufficient to enable Atheta

• Rhizoctonia solani

  therefore not a good feature to determine the cause of the disease. Life cycle and appearance of Thanatephorus cucumeris The mycelium infects the plant

• Powdery mildew

  grey. Severely affected leaves may turn yellow, curl up or drop off. Life cycle and appearance of Powdery mildew The fungi that cause powdery mildew ( Erysiphe