• Silver-Y moth

  shades of brown to grey, but the most distinctive feature is the irregular white mark. The hindwings are brown with a broad, dark band along the margin [...] above the body. The female lays up to 2,000 eggs on the underside of the leaves of their host plant, usually separately but sometimes in small groups. These [...] leaves, accumulation of frass and destruction of growing points. Life cycle and appearance of Silver-Y moth The forewings of the silver-Y moth ( Autographa

• Pea blight, leaf and pod spot

  pods of peas. The spots on leaves and pods are round, on the stems they are more elongated. The lesions are light brown, sunken and surrounded by a dark [...] fungal structures are transmitted on the outside of the seed coat and cause primary infection. The conidia germinate and infect through the stomata or directly [...] directly through the cuticle. On the lesions, pycnidia are formed from which orange-red masses of two-celled conidia are exuded. Secondary infection is by

• Orius insidiosus

  nymphs are voracious predators, capable of piercing and feeding on the soft bodies of their prey. The predatory bug Orius insidiosus is used for the control [...] It also feeds on pollen. The prey is pierced with the mouthparts and the body contents are consumed. All stages of thrips are preyed on. Adult females [...] Apply in groups of at least 50 insects in order to establish a population and encourage mating Make sure the material remains undisturbed at the introduction

• Yes, I’m satisfied with Natupol Booster and Koppert’s services!

  MerryBerry is the largest plantation of bio blueberries in Romania. The farm is located in the village of Mija deep in the picturesque county of Dambovita [...] ’ ‘Part of the plantation is in the third year of production and we used one Natupol Booster hive per hectare last spring. The other part of the plantation [...] at MerryBerry for the past four years, the advantages of using Koppert hives are that: Bumblebees are more active at low temperatures or bad weather than

• Buckthorn-potato aphid

  half the body length. The aphids overwinter as eggs on buckthorn. After emerging in spring, the aphids mainly feed on the underside of leaves of their [...] wingless and winged forms are produced parthenogenetically. They are usually found in the lower parts of the plants and are not very mobile. In autumn [...] deformation. The major problem in potatoes is the transmission of viruses. Life cycle and appearance of Buckthorn-potato aphid Aphids have a complex life

• Smaller green leafhopper

  grape varieties, the feeding of the leafhoppers initially causes light green and later yellow discolorations of the areas between the leaf veins, starting [...] General The smaller green leafhopper or vine leafhopper, Empoasca vitis , is mainly a pest of grapevine but can also attack a variety of other fruit crops [...] starting from the leaf margins. Later the leaf margins roll inwards and the margins turn dry and brown. On red varieties, the affected areas are red instead

• Thripor-L

  Apply in groups of at least 50 insects in order to establish a population and encourage mating Make sure the material remains undisturbed at the introduction [...] mouthparts and suck out the contents. Visual effect Orius laevigatus sucks out the body contents of its prey leaving only the empty skin. Pack size 500; 2 [...] for a few hours after application Dosage The dosage of Thripor-L depends on climate, crop and thrips density and should always be adjusted to the particular

• Large blackberry aphid

  Wingless females of the large blackberry aphid are 2.6-4.1 mm long, pale to yellowish green with long antennae, legs and siphunculi. The cauda is short and [...] and triangular. The aphids overwinter as eggs on blackberry plants. After emerging in spring, the aphids mainly feed on the underside of leaves and start [...] General The large blackberry aphid, Amphorophora rubi , is very similar to the large raspberry aphid Amphorophora idaei . As both aphid species are host specific

• Mottled arum aphid

  green with black cross bands behind the head, broken along the midline, and a large horseshoe-shaped spot on the back of the abdomen. These black markings can [...] large amounts of honeydew, which provides an excellent substrate for the growth of black sooty mould. Large areas of mould covering the leaves can reduce [...] producing new generations of females. There is no sexual stage in the life cycle. Wingless females of the mottled arum aphid are shiny whitish, yellowish

• Sycamore lace bug

  glued to the underside of the leaves. There are 5 nymphal instars. All are armed with spines along the margins of the body and head as well as on the back [...] extrude the cell contents. The nymphs congregate in groups around the major leaf ribs on the underside of the leaf, toward the leaf petiole. The adults [...] forming a broadened lace-like covering of the body. The pronotum is inflated anteriorly into a bulbous “hood” which covers the insect’s head. The outer margin