Gooseberry

(varying to purple), yellow and white varieties. The wild berries are smaller than cultivated kinds, but do have a nice flavour. Nowadays, gooseberries are

Maize

and volumes; there is more maize produced every year (in terms of weight) than of any other grain.

Chrysanthemum

production. The current, commercially cultivated chrysanthemums are more striking than the wild varieties. The flower heads can look like daisies or pompoms or

Apple

is the most common cultivated species of the genus Malus . Currently, more than 7,500 known varieties of apples are being cultivated, each with their own

Cucumber

regarded, prepared and eaten as vegetables. Cucumbers consist of water for more than 90%.

Citrus mealybug

slightly longer ‘tail filaments’ . The tail filaments are always shorter than 20% of body length. They produce little wax, so that the light yellow to [...] The adult males are short lived and can be hard to spot. They are smaller than the females, have two pairs of wings and two long tail filaments. Their sole

Trianum effectively controls Pythium in cucumber

ticking over. Those sorts of conditions have a bigger impact on the beneficials than on the thrips, which means I need to be alert. The same goes for caterpillars [...] levels above 180 micromol. But the variety has a slightly weaker root base than other varieties. ‘This is another reason why I’ll continue to use Trianum

Tobacco thrips

head and thorax lighter than the abdomen, and measure about 1 mm in length. Adult males are yellow-orange and much smaller than females, measuring approximately [...] eyes. Adult females are brown, with the head and thorax lighter in color than the abdomen. Tobacco thrips ( Thrips parvispinus ) usually pupate in the

Cut flowers

Rosaceae family. The flowers of the plant are also called rose. There are more than a hundred species and thousands of different cultivars. Hydrangea, or Hydrangea

Aphidius colemani

the aphid with her ovipositor and deposits an egg. All this happens in less than half a second. Apart from the parasitization itself, the disturbance of the [...] male wasp has slightly longer antennae, a rounded abdomen that is shorter than the wings, and is black with dark brown legs. A female has a more pointed