Gerbera

greatly in size, shape and colour. The main colours are white, yellow, orange, red and pink, but one flower can have petals in varying colours. In addition [...] family of daisies or Asteraceae . The flowering plant is originally from South Africa and grew among others in the Cape Province and Transvaal region. Nowadays [...] the gerbera is still popular and extensively used as a decorative garden plant or sold as cut flower. Domesticated cultivars are usually the result of crossing

Banana

large, herbaceaous flowering plants belonging to the genus Musa . Botanically speaking the fruit is a berry and it varies in colour, size and firmness. Bananas [...] flesh is soft, rich in starch and its skin (usually easy to peel) can be green or yellow, or red, purple or brown when ripe. Bananas grow in bunches downwards [...] downwards from the top of the plant. Nowadays, almost all edible, seedless (parthenocarpic) bananas derive from only two different, wild species; Musa acuminata

Cherry

Isles, in Morocco and Tunisia and up north in the Trondheimsfjord region of Norway and in the Caucasus and northern Iran. Cherries even grow in a small [...] wild cherry, sweet cherry, or gean, is a species of cherry and a flowering plant that belong to the rose family of Rosaceae . Cherries are indigenous to Europe [...] small and isolated cluster in the western Himalaya. The sweet cherry is regarded as the most important ancestor of today’s cultivated cherry and it is one

Onion

of the genus of Allium . The onion plant is usually a biennial or perennial plant. When cultivated however, the plant is mostly handled as an annual and

Bugs

Pentatomidae are found as pests in agricultural crops. Find solutions for bugs in your crop Bug damage Phytophagous bugs damage plants by puncturing leaves and [...] Hemiptera Bugs What are bugs? Heteropteran bugs form a group in the order Hemiptera , a highly diverse group of insects, containing both harmful and beneficial [...] beetles , which have hard, leathery forewings that meet, but do not overlap, in the dorsal midline. Some bugs produce a pungent odour. Heteropteran bugs are

Chrysanthemum

mum or chrysanth, is a flowering plant that belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum of the family of Asteraceae. The plant is originally from Asia and northeastern [...] and the majority of the different species derive from East Asia. Especially in China a wide range of varieties and cultivars has been developed for commercial [...] al purposes. Traditionally, yellow is the main colour of this flowering plant. Nowadays, a wide range of other colours is available such as white, purple

Raspberry

particular plant species has its origins in Europe and northern Asia, but nowadays the fruit is being extensively produced in other temperate regions. In North [...] The fruit of the raspberry plant is red, tasty and sweet but tart-flavoured. Raspberries are a seasonal fruit and produced in summer or early autumn. B

Cabbage

biennial plant with green, white or purple leaves. This plant is usually grown as an annual vegetable crop for consumption. Cabbage heads come in various

Obscure mealybug

therefore the yield. Flowers and fruit often drop off. Plant sap is rich in sugars, but low in proteins. In order to gain an adequate intake of protein, mealybugs [...] viruses. Mealybugs inflict damage on the crop in various ways: Nymphs and females extract the sap from the plant, stunting growth and causing deformation and [...] value of the affected plants. Fruit and flowers are also fouled, rendering them unfit for sale, and the reduced level of photosynthesis in the leaves also reduces

Macadamia

important for their fruit, the macadamia nut. The plant is native to Australia and is grown commercially in a number of subtropical areas. Macadamia trees [...] Macadamia integrifolia Macadamia About The macadamia plant (Macadamia integrifolia) belongs to the Proteaceae family, known for their richly flavoured