prevent infestations by eliminating weed hosts (butterweed, goldenrod, fleabane, etc.) nearby, cultivating preferred host plants away from the edges…
feltiae nematodes infect their hosts by entering through natural openings, releasing symbiotic bacteria that kill the host within a few days. They are…
cottony soft root, is a plant pathogenic fungus. It has a very wide range of host plants. Life cycle and appearance of Cottony soft rot Cottony soft…
xylem, causing bacterial wilt and brown rot in a very wide range of potential host plants. Life cycle and appearance of Bacterial wilt, brown rot…
year-round indoors. However, they can only live a few days without feeding on a host plant and they give birth to live offspring instead of laying…
General Trichoplusia is not only a damaging pest in crucifers, their favourite host, it can also be found in crops such as tomato, pepper, some…
swollen towards the apex. The shallot aphid does not alternate to another host plant for overwintering and there is no sexual stage in the life cycle.…
for a host or using an ambush strategy to reach their host. Once in contact with a host, they try to penetrate it through a body opening. In the host,…
have a strong saw-like ovipositor that is used to penetrate the skin of the host fruit and for laying the egg into the fruit. Eggs are white, 0.6 long…
produced) lifecycles. There is no alternation of hosts, and the two types of life cycles occur on the same host plant. The aphid can overwinter not…
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