• Nopath

  bottle or container well before use Fill the tank with half of the required amount of water Add the required amount of Nopath Stir well Add the remaining [...] depends on the crop and disease situation and should always be adjusted to the particular conditions Apply 0.1-0.5 litre/100 litre water Always check the product [...] Application Nopath can be applied via drench or drip at the base of the plant around the roots or sprayed on the plant canopy. Do not apply Nopath with fogging

• Cotton leafworm

  caterpillars crawl to the ground and settle in the surface layers. The pupa is 15 to 20 mm long and reddish brown in colour. The forewings of the adult cotton leafworm [...] originates in Egypt, and is currently found in Africa, the Canary Islands, the Middle East and parts of Mediterranean Europe including the Balearic Islands [...] by the larvae may lead to complete stripping and skeletisation of the leaves, whereby all that remains are the bigger veins. Young larvae also bore into

• Tackling Tuta absoluta: Koppert proposes IPM

  October 11, 2018

  regions. Additionally, the project also seeks to enhance and facilitate knowledge exchange and dissemination whilst building the capacity of farmers, a [...] control solutions and validate the use of these IPM strategies to control Tuta absoluta and Fusarium wilt -Nematode complex in Tomatoes. The role of biological [...] in combination with Deltatraps and Tutasan watertraps on the other hand are crucial in monitoring and mass trapping of the adult Tuta absoluta male moths

• Top diseases in roses - Powdery Mildew

  February 17, 2023

  surface and the germ tubes grow and branch out on the leaf surface. Small structures called haustoria are produced, from which the fungus penetrates the plant [...] plant cell and takes up nutrients from the epidermal layer of plant cells. Most of the fungus remains on the outside of the plant surface. On the mycelium [...] available Extra Silicon and/or Calcium nutrition hardens the cell walls and makes it harder for the fungi to enter the leaves To reduce the chances of powdery

• Biological Solutions Meet Peri-urban Horticulture

  February 4, 2019

  Rironi -Kiambu County. The crops grown by the said farmers were tomato and capsicum (sweet pepper) respectively. The program entailed the use of biological [...] with the farmers recording a clean healthy crop in the greenhouse tunnels under the Koppert IPM program compared with the tunnels managed under the standard [...] involves the management of plant pests and diseases using other organisms. The concept relies on an active human management role to achieve this and is an

• Neoseiulus californicus

  colour. In many cases the colour of the food ingested shines through the skin and shows up as an X-shaped marking on the back. If the food supply has been absent [...] persimilis in the complete absence of food, remaining in the crop to await the arrival of new prey. Life cycle of Neoseiulus californicus The developmental [...] al stages are the same as for other members of the Phytoseiidae family: egg, larva, proto- and deutonymph, and adult males and females. Adult mites are

• Greenhouse whitefly

  to a crop is the result of sucking out the sap from the plant leaves and secreting honeydew. This can have the following consequences: If the population [...] influence the development of fruit and lead to a reduction in yield. The honeydew deposited on fruit makes it sticky. Dirt adheres to the fruit, and the growth [...] This is called the pupa stadium and these pupae are found on the oldest leaves. The adult emerges from the pupa via a T-shaped fissure. The adult whiteflies

• Thrips

  cause damage to the plant by piercing the cells of the surface tissue and sucking out their contents, causing the surrounding tissue to die. The resulting [...] on leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop. At a later stage, the empty cells become desiccated and the adjacent [...] are among the most challenging pests in greenhouse and field crops. Their feeding and virus transmission cause leaf deformation, silvering and fruit damage

• Tobacco whitefly

  which the red eyes and white wings of the adult are already clearly visible. These pupae are found on the oldest leaves. The adult emerges from the pupa [...] influence the development of fruit and lead to a reduction in yield. The honeydew deposited on fruit makes it sticky. Dirt adheres to the fruit, and the growth [...] strictly spoken this is not true) and adult. The larvae are found on the underside of young leaves and have an oval shape. The first instar larvae (crawlers)

• Panoramix-GR

  soil application. It contains Phosphobacteria, soil probiotics and prebiotics which act as bio primer that stimulates the crop growth and root system, nutrient [...] healthy crop and higher yield. How does Panoramix-GR work? Panoramix-GR improves the overall soil health by increasing and activating the beneficial microbes [...] microbes in the soil and near root zone. Application of Panoramix-GR Broadcast homogeneously to the plant’s root zone. Granules can also be applied by line