enormous variety of form, size and habit. A number of species are a serious pest in crops or stored products. There are many useful beetles as well.…
to any other crop or indigenous host in South Africa. It is a quarantine pest and control procedures have to be carried out to enable export.…
moth General The codling moth ( Cydia pomonella ) is a notorious, worldwide pest of apple and also occasionally of pear, quince, peach and other…
years using chemical treatments. Even though citrus thrips is an important pest, it is unlikely to be on the fruit at harvest, so it’s not considered…
Spodoptera frugiperda Fall Armyworm General The fall armyworm is a polyphagous pest that is indigenous throughout the Americas. Recently, it has been…
Planococcus ficus can make the plants more susceptible to injury caused by other pests and fungal diseases. Solution Finder Find solutions for your…
probably evolved from the peach potato aphid in the Far East and is a key pest of tobacco crops in both the United States and South America. The…
distributed throughout the world but prefers the warmer regions. It has been a pest in European greenhouses since the late 1980’s, particularly…
used to control leaf miners disrupt the biological control of other crop pests. The leaf miner species that cause damage in horticultural crops are…
absoluta Tomato leafminer General The tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta), a major pest of field- and greenhouse-grown tomatoes, belongs to the family…
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