• Choosing parasitic wasps for different pests

  friendly tool for controlling pests in a variety of agricultural settings. However, selecting the right species is crucial to ensuring successful pest [...] species is effective in vegetable crops such as lettuce, spinach, and celery by laying eggs inside pest larvae. Anagyrus vladimiri : This species is used [...] Decision-making guide Selecting the right parasitic wasp species depends on several factors: Identify the primary pest: Determine the dominant pest species affecting

• Litchi moth

  eggs singly on the fruit, rarely on the leaves. On hatching the larvae feeds on the fruit skin and then tunnels towards the seed. Larvae usually do not [...] not pupate in fruit on the tree but leave the fruit to pupate in the soil. [...] extent. Damage and symptoms The newly hatched larva penetrates the litchi fruit and feeds its way through the fruit flesh and into the seed. Such feeding causes

• Apple scab

  free water is available. They infect the plant by direct penetration of the cuticula and then grow between the cuticula and the epidermis of the plant cells [...] overwinters in the form of unripe fruiting bodies in infected fallen leaves or in lesions on twigs. These unripe fruiting bodies, or pseudothecia ripen in winter [...] through the cuticula. The asexual conidia are released and repeat the cycle of infection of new plant parts and spore production. In autumn, the fungus

• Nutari

  montdorensis ) in the beginning of the season and at low prey densities. Mode of action When density of the target pest is low and there is no alternative [...] available in the crop Nutari can be provided as alternative food source for predatory mites . This will ensure a standing army of predatory mites in the crop [...] sprinkling on the leaves by hand or with an Air(o)bug Large heaps of carrier material may cause leaf damage, so make sure the material is distributed as

• Capsanem

  tank mixing with a compatible product) Maintain agitation of mixture in the tank (e.g. with a recirculation pump) Fill the spray tank with the required amount [...] ) Mode of action The nematodes enter the pest and release symbiotic bacteria into the pest's body cavity. These bacteria convert the host tissue into a [...] Nematodes Preparation Remove the sachets from the box and keep them at room temperature for 30 minutes Empty the contents of the sachets into a bucket containing

• Spidex Vital Plus

  on Sachets in cardboard box Carrier Wood chips. Application Hang sachets in and around spider mite hotspots, in sheltered locations in the crop, not exposed [...] multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory mites use their piercing mouthparts to extract the contents [...] already have an exit hole Hold sachets by the cardboard strip at the top, to avoid damaging the predatory mites Dosage The dosage of Spidex Vital Plus depends

• Olive scale

  General The olive scale, Saissetia oleae , is a cosmopolitan pest of citrus and olives and occurs widely in tropical regions and in greenhouses throughout [...] is. Eggs are protected under the shield until they hatch. The emerging crawlers settle mostly along the main veins on the lower sides of mature leaves [...] throughout the world. It is a severe pest in coffee and citrus. Many ornamental crops can also be affected. Damage symptoms Olive scales produce large amounts

• Triticale

  About This is a hybrid cereal – a crossing of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale ) created in laboratories in Scotland and Germany in the late 1880s – to [...] create a cereal with the yield potential and grain quality of wheat, and the disease resistance and environmental tolerance of rye. It is grown for forage [...] forage or animal fodder. It is now a commercially viable crop and can be found in certain breakfast cereals and in health food stores.

• Aphidend

  n Open the bottle in the greenhouse Place the bottle directly on the soil or rockwool slabs or hang it in-between the plants Do not scatter the contents [...] gall midges emerge from the pupae and deposit their eggs in the aphid colonies. After emerging from the eggs the larvae consume the aphids . Visual effect [...] should always be adjusted to the particular situation. Start introduction as soon as the first aphids are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically

• Miglyphus

  larvae in the mine and lay their eggs next to them. The eggs develop into parasitic wasps inside the mine (but outside the leaf miner), using the dead larvae [...] using them as a food source. This is known as host feeding. Visual effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain [...] through the leaf. Pack size 500 adults. Presentation 100 ml bottle. Carrier None. Application Release parasitic wasps between the leaves of the crop in the