• Pomegranate

  tree’s flowers are an attractive, bright red and usually have three to seven petals. Some varieties that do not bear fruit are cultivated for their flowers

• Peach

  corrugated seed shell. Commercially, peaches and nectarines are sold as different products, but they are actually the same species. [...] indigenous to Northwest China. There is was first domesticated and cultivated for its fruit. The description ‘persica’ refers to the popularity of the tree

• Two-spotted spider mite

  Despite their small size, they are capable of very rapidly doing severe damage, due to their great reproductive capacity. There are more than 1200 species worldwide [...] worldwide and many of them are major crop pests. The two-spotted spider mite ( Tetranychus urticae ) is by far the most important species in greenhouses [...] and a resting period of roughly equal duration can be distinguished. Eggs are usually found on the underside of leaves. They have an oval body that is rounded

• Cottony cushion scale

  The 'females' are actually hermaphrodites with fertilization occurring between the eggs and the sperm of the same individual. Males are occasionally produced [...] photosynthesis. Also due to the honeydew, cottony cushion scale infestations are often attended by ants. Life cycle and appearance of Cottony cushion scale [...] orange-brown body that is coated with white and yellow wax. The adult ‘females’ are easily recognized by their large size (up to 10 mm long), red-brown body colour

• Thripor-L

  Koppert products for advice on the best strategy for your situation. Environmental conditions Optimal temperatures for Thripor-L are above 20°C (68°F) [...] Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action The predatory bugs actively search for prey. With their piercing mouthparts, they extract the contents of their prey [...] mating Make sure the material remains undisturbed at the introduction site for a few hours after application Dosage The dosage of Thripor-L depends on climate

• Horiver Wetstick

  ground for young plants and 50 cm above the ground for mature plants Replace the traps when largely covered by insects and/or debris Dosage For monitoring [...] adjust height when plants are growing Do not place traps in-between the plants as parasitic wasps will then also be trapped For Tuta absoluta place black [...] monitoring use one Horiver Wetstick per 200 m 2 For trapping in hotspots use one Horiver Wetstick per 2 to 20 m 2 For trapping Tuta absoluta use at least one Horiver

• Macadamia

  known for their richly flavoured edible seeds. The macadamia is a genus of four species of trees. Three species of the genus are important for their fruit

• California red scale

  measures approximately 2 mm in diameter, male covers are more elongated, smaller and paler. Red scales are ovoviviparous: they produce live offspring. Each [...] eight weeks, at a rate of one to three a day. The crawlers are mobile and very small, so they are spread easily by the wind and birds, as well as by humans [...] case of young citrus. Young trees can suffer greatly and die if the branches are lost. Life cycle and appearance of California red scale California red scales

• Cucumber

  fruit, therefore in botanical terms they are classified as berries. However, like tomatoes and squash, cucumbers are often regarded, prepared and eaten as [...] as vegetables. Cucumbers consist of water for more than 90%.

• Cotton

  plants belong to the genus Gossypium and are part of the mallow family Malvaceae . Cultivation conditions for this important cash crop require plenty of [...] About The cotton boll, a protective casing for the seeds of the cotton plant, is soft and fluffy and is the source of the fibre which is spun into thread