• Pseudomonas chlororaphis

  product in both conventional and organic cultivation systems, and combine it with other seed treatment products. Applications of P. chlororaphis should start [...] colonizing the seeds and the first developing roots. Subsequently, Pseudomonas chlororaphis competes with other pathogens for nutrients and space, continuing [...] conditions, including cold environments, and is easy to use, being compatible with existing seed-treatment equipment. With its targeted approach, Pseudomonas

• Bacterial wilt, brown rot

  field symptoms of Ralstonia solanacearum are wilting and yellowing of leaves and stunted plants. Inside, vascular browning is common with bacterial slime [...] tant in tropical and subtropical regions and is transferred by the introduction of propagation materials (seed potatoes, cuttings of ornamentals ) from [...] Different races are distinguished with a differing, but overlapping host-range. Race 3 is pretty much restricted to potato and tomato. Whereas other races have

• Banana moth

  forewings are brown suffused with a golden glow and with two small black dots, and may display dark brown bands. The hindwings are paler and clearer. The [...] maize, potato and sugarcane. The caterpillars are polyphagous and prodigious feeders, attacking large numbers of ornamental plants of tropical or sub-tropical [...] the larvae are found mainly in the stalks, and sometimes in leaves and cotyledons. The presence of yellow white dust left in the openings of bore passages

• Northern Corn Rootworm

  developing kernels of corn, with the following consequences: When corn silks are cut all the way back to the ear and when beetle populations are high, the insects [...] General Corn rootworms ( Diabrotica sp.) are a devastating pest of cultivated corn in North America, with losses and management expenditures totaling over [...] themselves. Life cycle and appearance of Northern Corn Rootworm Adult Diabrotica barberi beetles are between 5–6 mm long and uniformly pale green or yellowish

• Horse-chestnut leaf miner

  surface of the leaflets, especially from July on, when the second and third generations develop. Trees with a low number of attacked leaves are not greatly [...] surface of leaves is covered with mines, the leaves start to dry out and fall off. However, total defoliation does not seem to affect the growth of mature [...] overwintering pupae are not removed in the autumn, trees are usually totally defoliated, year after year. Life cycle and appearance of Horse-chestnut leaf

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• Shore fly

  employees and browsing customers. Are capable of transmitting pathogens such as Fusarium , Pythium , and other root diseases. Life cycle and appearance of the [...] shores and intertidal zones, and they breed readily in other moist environments. In greenhouses, adults feed on algae and their larvae on algae and decaying [...] shore flies are 4–5mm long with large eyes, thick bodies and short antennae, and their wings can have greyish brown patches. While shore flies are strong,

• Lesser house fly

  flies and other Fannia spp. are medium-sized to small flies with dark bodies and legs. When the flies mate, adult males will form swarms in areas with still [...] disease and hog cholera, protozoan parasites such as Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma , and bacteria such as Salmonella Life cycle and appearance of the Lesser [...] tolerate a wide range of moisture levels and are adapted to stay near the surface of near-liquid waste. Depending on temperatures and environmental conditions

• Oak Processionary Moth Thaumetopoea processionea Brochure EN

  cause skin irritation and other health problems. The caterpillars can grow to 3.5 cm in length and moult five times before they pupate and then change into [...] Biodegradable and highly soluble formulation; quick and easy to prepare • Safe for other natural enemies (birds …) * Only use products that are permitted [...] the trunk. Install the traps 6 metres above ground level and fill them up with water and a touch of soap. Pherodis Thaumetopoea processionea 4 dispensers

• Caterpillars

  quality and yield. Solutions for caterpillar control Learn more about What are caterpillars? Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies and moths. Butterflies [...] control of caterpillars Caterpillars are highly destructive pests that feed on leaves, stems and fruits, causing serious damage to greenhouse and field crops [...] Butterflies and moths form the order Lepidoptera, a very large group with more than 150,000 species, that are easily distinguishable from other insects. Many