• Don Sanchez Fresh innovates with biological control in avocados

  January 1, 1970

  Mexico, this family business started using biological control in its raspberry production when it successfully controlled the white mite, a pest that had been [...] increasingly strict. Oscar Alvarez, orchard manager of Don Sanchez Fresh, it is important to be patient and develop knowledge about the behavior of beneficial [...] says: "One of the reasons why we are getting into biological control is because a law is coming that will limit the use of many molecules and insecticides

• Impatiens thrips

  January 1, 1970

  addition to many ornamental plants it also attacks sweet pepper, cucumber and eggplants. It lives exclusively on the leaves and is often present on weeds in g [...] the plant is reduced by loss of chlorophyll. When infestations become serious the leaves themselves can shrivel. Echinothrips americanus is often found [...] General Impatiens thrips (Echinothrips americanus) is an increasing problem in greenhouse cultivation, having spread to many countries within the last

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  January 1, 1970

  for export, since it is produced in safer conditions." Importance of bell pepper cultivation in Mexico The profitability of a crop is based on the quantity [...] implementation of a biological control program is one of the key tools that can help you achieve this. This is attested to by La Hacienda Fresh, a company [...] In the crop production process, harvest is where the results of agronomic management can be seen. Good management not only results in quality fruit with

• Leek

  January 1, 1970

  plant that can be eaten is at times erroneously called a stem or stalk. This part is actually a bundle of leaf sheaths. This bundle is blanched by putting [...] around it (so-called ‘trenching’). The plant is usually sold as a small seedling and planted in a greenhouse. Later on, as weather permits, the leek is planted [...] Once outside, the plant is rather hardy and many varieties can be left in the soil during winter and harvested when there is a need for them.

• Mango

  January 1, 1970

  ‘common mango’ or ‘Indian mango’, Mangifera indica , found its way to the rest of the world and it has become one of the largest cultivated products in the [...] About Mango is a stone fruit (drupe) that grows from various species of tropical trees that belong to the flowering plant genus Mangifera and the cashew [...] the tropics. Mango trees grow up to 35-40 meters (115-131 feet) tall and its crown can expand to 10 metres (33 feet) wide. The trees can grow really old

• Turf and grass

  January 1, 1970

  the perfect base for a wide variety of sporting grounds around the world. It is also prized as a ground cover for recreational purposes such as green urban

• Tobacco aphid

  January 1, 1970

  East and is a key pest of tobacco crops in both the United States and South America. The tobacco aphid ( Myzus persicae subsp. nicotianae ) is also encountered [...] sap to get sufficient protein. The excess sugar is secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds ( Cladosporium [...] denser colonies, closer to the top of the plant, than the peach potato aphid. It is not known to what extent tobacco aphids ( Myzus persicae subsp. nicotianae

• Pea blight, leaf and pod spot

  January 1, 1970

  dark brown to red-brown border. The first infection is often on the primary leaves. The fungus is seed borne and thus also causes post- and pre-emergence [...] on crop residues because of its poor saprophytic competitiveness and because chlamydospores are rare. Primary infection is purely seed-borne. Conidia and [...] two-celled conidia are exuded. Secondary infection is by splash dispersal of these conidia. There is no known sexual stage. Ascochyta fungi develop most

• Rice

  January 1, 1970

  especially in Asia. Rice is a monocotyledon and is usually cultivated as an annual plant. In tropical climates however, it can be grown as a perennial [...] About Rice is actually the seed of two particular species of grass: Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). Rice is a serial grain

• Potato/tomato psyllid

  January 1, 1970

  Overview It is a pest of huge economic importance, which initially affected potatoes and in recent years has become a problem for other Solanaceae crops [...] to some parts of Europe, and the import into Mexico, is difficult, since Candidatus Liberibacter is considered a quarantine pest. Damage symptoms The main [...] aubergines, and tobacco. The potato psyllid was considered a minor pest until it was found to be responsible for serious crop damage, both directly and indirectly