• Leaf miners

  Biological control of leaf miners Leaf miners are damaging pests that tunnel through leaves, reducing photosynthesis and weakening plant growth. Their [...] form the family Agromyzidae. This is a family of small flies whose larvae tunnel into the leaves of plants, creating ‘mines’. There are many species of leaf [...] of foliage can be lost before the harvest is affected. The size of a leaf tunnel depends on the stage of development of the leaf, the species of host plant

• American serpentine leaf miner

  get damaged before the harvest is affected. The older larvae make wider tunnels. Feeding spots made by adult females can also reduce yield, although except [...] form small plates. In various other crops one finds intermediate forms of tunnelling between these ‘plate mines’ and normal mines, making it an unreliable [...] the larva hatches from the egg, it begins to eat into the leaf at once, tunnelling down into the mesophyll tissue where damage is caused by extensive mines

• Biological Solutions Meet Peri-urban Horticulture

  February 5, 2019

  recording a clean healthy crop in the greenhouse tunnels under the Koppert IPM program compared with the tunnels managed under the standard practice. They also [...] crops on small farms and often entails the use of greenhouses or small tunnels. Crop protection activities are an important part of the production process [...] premium prices in the market. “I harvested 6 tonnes of tomato from the IPM tunnel” says Mrs. Mary Nyaga of Marp Farm. “I only made 2 sprays of insecticide

• False codling moth

  hole to leave the fruit and pupate. Excreta can be found within the larvae tunnels in the fruit. An infested fruit usually falls from the tree 3-5 weeks after

• Rainy Woes – Conquering Downy Mildew and Botrytis Naturally

  November 3, 2023

  temperature. It is prevalent in unheated crops, such as those grown in plastic tunnels and greenhouses where temperatures fall drastically at nighttime. Quick

• Predatory mites

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