Eggplant

widely produced for its tasty fruit. In North America and Australia the fruit is called eggplant and in South Africa and Southeast Asia it is known as brinjal

Diamond back moth

now present wherever its cruciferous hosts exist and it is considered to be the most universally distributed lepidopteran species. It is highly migratory [...] Plutellidae . It only attacks Brassicaceae species, including cruciferous weeds. The diamond back moth (Plutella xylostella) is suggested to have its origin in

Rhyzobug - Ready to deal with armoured scales and long tailed mealybugs

others and is easy to apply. It’s recommended to start introduction as soon as the first armoured scales are detected. You apply it in the evening and tap the [...] severe damage in your crop and can have a significant impact on your yield. It is therefore important to recognize the damage in an early stage, so you can [...] possible Easy to combine with other natural enemies like Aphytis melinus Makes it easier to comply with the pesticide backlist in the value chain Reduces the

Onion

however, the plant is mostly handled as an annual and harvested at the end of its first production season. Onions are popular and therefore cultivated and used [...] cooking all around the world. Their flesh is pungent when chopped, because it contains particular chemical elements that irritate the eyes. Recommended

Chula Brand is a pioneer in biological pest control in papaya

This has contributed to achieving its mission as a producer company, to improve and care for the health of the crop, its workers and the final consumer, [...] papayas, which has managed to control the pests responsible for losses in its production in a safe and effective way. Chula Brand is a company with more [...] to the resistance generated by these pests, Chula Brand began to develop its biological control programs in cooperation with Koppert more than two years

Green peach aphid

The aphid may originate from Asia, where its winter-hardy host plant, the peach tree, is native, however it is now a pest with a world-wide distribution [...] persicae subsp. persicae ) is the most important vector of viral diseases. It can transmit at least 100 different viruses and is thus rightfully feared [...] The excess sugar is secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds ( Cladosporium spp.) grow on this honeydew

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Macadamia nut borer

Macadamia is the major host of this moth, it has not been linked to any other crop or indigenous host in South Africa. It is a quarantine pest and control procedures [...] fruit. The moth is small and grey with indistinct darker and paler markings. It has a characteristic saddle-like structure behind the head. Damage and symptoms

Apricot

cultivars are larger) and its colour varies from yellow to orange, and is often a bit reddish on the side that caught the sun. Its skin can be either smooth

Maize

years ago, maize was domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the preparation of Mexican food dishes. The leafy [...] practices. Nowadays, maize is extensively cultivated all over the world. When it comes to numbers and volumes; there is more maize produced every year (in