• Crop Monitoring and Scouting

  Understanding crop monitoring and scouting In the world of agriculture and horticulture, the phrase "knowledge is power" couldn't be truer. Crop monitoring and scouting are crucial practices that can

• Tomato russet mite

  plants. When newly laid they are creamy white but turn to a patchy yellow as they age. The mites have two nymphal stages: sometimes they are also called larva [...] long. They usually develop to the 2nd stage within a day. All life stages look very similar. The adults develop after about two or three days. They are cream [...] the first time in Australia and is a pest in tomatoes in all areas where they are grown. Other members of the plant family Solanaceae may be affected to

• Beneficial microorganisms

  harnessed for pest control through applications like biopesticides, where they are introduced to target pests, providing an eco-friendly alternative to [...] pesticides, beneficial microorganisms pose minimal risk to the environment. They break down naturally, leaving no harmful residues. Precision pest control

• Angular leaf spot

  initially causes small, water-soaked lesions on the underside of the leaf. They enlarge to angular spots, often limited by the small veins. The distinctive [...] is used, the lesions look dark green, but when transmitted light is used, they are translucent. When conditions are humid, a viscous bacterial exudate forms [...] This exudate changes to a white film when it dries. Lesions may merge as they grow and later also become visible on the upper side of the leaf as irregular

• Potato/tomato psyllid

  during which they visibly change colour over the different instars, starting with orange, then greenish-yellow, and finally green. When they hatch, the adults [...] lines and a distinctive white stripe on the abdomen. They are small in size, around 2.5 mm, and they live between 20 and 60 days. [...] potato/tomato psyllid The eggs are egg-shaped with a bright orange-yellow colour. They are attached to a strand which connects them to the surface of leaves and

• Cyclamen mite

  folded leaves, where the humidity is highest and they are protected from direct sunlight. In such spots, they are difficult to observe. Damage occurs in localized [...] are about half the size of the adult mite. They are oval in form, smooth, transparent and twice as long as they are wide. Both ends are equally rounded. [...] plant growth is arrested and the flower buds are so badly affected that they shrivel and die. Damaged strawberry leaves are wrinkled and irregularly folded

• Tomato leafminer

  whitish to yellowish after emerging. They mine inside the leaf, stem or fruit. In the second to fourth instars they become greenish with a black band behind [...] or on the surface of a leaf, in a curled leaf or in a mine. If they leave the mines they build silk cocoons on the leaflets or in the soil. When pupation [...] blotch-shaped mines in the leaves. Caterpillars prefer leaves and stems, but they may also occur underneath the crown of the fruit and even inside the fruit

• Citrus mealybug

  breadth. Seen dorsally, they have an oval form; they are soft and covered with a fine waxy material. They move very little. They can be distinguished from [...] filaments’ . The tail filaments are always shorter than 20% of body length. They produce little wax, so that the light yellow to pink body is visible through [...] running over the body. 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

• Tobacco aphid

  the leaves is reduced, affecting production. They are usually found in closely packed colonies, although they are also capable of dispersing through the [...] nymphs. They immediately start to feed on plant sap and grow rapidly. Aphids moult four times before reaching adulthood. With each moult they shed white [...] tobacco aphids ( Myzus persicae subsp. nicotianae ) are always pink or red. They appear matt, never glossy. Winged individuals have a brown-black head and

• Two-spotted spider mite

  damage to the host plant by feeding on plant sap. They mainly occur on the underside of leaves where they pierce the cells and suck out the contents. The [...] ) is a pest of many crops throughout the world. Despite their small size, they are capable of very rapidly doing severe damage, due to their great reproductive [...] can be distinguished. Eggs are usually found on the underside of leaves. They have an oval body that is rounded at the rear end. Their colour can vary