protein although the leaves and immature seed pods can also be consumed. Unlike most legumes, cowpea requires less maintenance throughout its growing…
cultivation history goes back some 3000 years and it is now being produced on most continents. The cucumber plant is a creeping vine that grows up…
soil and adequate rainfall or irrigation. Today, in the United States, the most important commercial varieties include oranges, grapefruit, lemons,…
General The western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) is currently the most damaging thrips species in many greenhouse crops. The western…
adult fly. Adult leaf miners are small yellow and black coloured flies , at most only several millimetres long. When the adult females feed or lay…
and 26 °C with an optimum between 13 and 15 °C. Germination and infection mostly take place at high soil water content over a prolonged period of…
of these conidia. There is no known sexual stage. Ascochyta fungi develop most rapidly at temperatures below 20 °C and the spores require water for…
instar before reaching the adult stage. Larvae have biting mouthparts and mostly feed on the same food as the adults. The pupae do not make a cocoon…
present wherever its cruciferous hosts exist and it is considered to be the most universally distributed lepidopteran species. It is highly migratory…
comprises 443 pages, 700 photographs, and dozens of illustrations of the most prevalent pests, diseases and their natural enemies. This book provides…
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