generally do little harm to healthy plants, sciarid flies are particularly problematic in cuttings and other young growing plant material. Life cycle…
throughout the plant. Infection by other PepMV isolates is severely compromised due to its degradation by RNA silencing. In this way the plant is…
a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. Hops are the female flowers (seed cones, strobiles) of the plant and are considered the…
‘potato’ ( S olanum tuberosum ) is used to refer to the plant itself or its edible tuber. The plant is an herbaceous perennial and came to Europe from…
greatly reduce plant vigour and kill the plant through sucking of plant sap. However, also at lower densities the aphids can damage plants because…
found in the top of the plant and on the underside of young leaves, where they deposit their eggs. When shaking infested plants, adults will first…
grams of Trianium-G on each mat before putting out the new plants in ‘duo’ pots (two plants in one rockwool cube). He decided to do this in response…
into corms, rhizomes and stem bases of plants. Larvae can also feed above ground within the stems of the plants. Both adult beetles and larvae are…
these moths usually feed on roots and plant parts close to the ground, thereby often cutting the stems of young plants. This is where their common…
trade in foliage plants. Impatiens thrips (Echinothrips americanus) has a wide range of hosts. In addition to many ornamental plants it also attacks…
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