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Cut Flowers

Biocontrols For Your Cut Flowers Crop Individual species or varieties may only suffer from one or two of the pests listed below, while others suffer from a wider range of pests. There may also be pests, specific to some cut flowers, which are listed below. Sensitivity to pests is also high because of the stringent [...]

Bedding plants

Biocontrols For Your Bedding Plants Crop Individual species or varieties may only suffer from one or two of the pests listed below, while others suffer from a wider range of pests. There may also be pests that are specific to some ornamental plants which are listed below. Tolerance of pests may be very low for [...]

Pepper

Biocontrols For Your Pepper Crop The most common pests that affect greenhouse bell pepper crops are thrips and aphids but also spider mites, broad mites (begonia mites), Loopers/Catepillars and whitefly can also establish well. The use of BCA’s is an excellent resistance management tool and can be used very successfully right from the start. BCA’s [...]

Cranberry

Biocontrols For Your Cranberry Crop The pests affecting cranberry crops will vary between protected and open field growing, and from northern to southern climate zones. Control techniques will also vary depending on crop conditions. Cranberries attract very many species of aphids, and populations can develop too rapidly for parasitoids to perform well. Predators that will [...]

Raspberry

Biocontrols For Your Raspberry Crop The pests affecting raspberry crops will vary between protected and open field growing, and from northern to southern climate zones. Control techniques will also vary depending on crop conditions. Raspberries attract very many species of aphids, and populations can develop too rapidly for parasitoids to perform well. Predators that will [...]

Blueberry

Biocontrols For Your Blueberry Crop The pests affecting blueberry crops will vary between protected and open field growing, and from northern to southern climate zones. Control techniques will also vary depending on crop conditions. Blueberries attract very many species of aphids, and populations can develop too rapidly for parasitoids to perform well. Predators that will [...]

Strawberry

Biocontrols For Your Strawberry Crop The pests affecting strawberry crops will vary between protected and open field growing, and from northern to southern climate zones. Control techniques will also vary depending on crop conditions. Strawberries attract very many species of aphids, and populations can develop too rapidly for parasitoids to perform well. Predators that will [...]

Caterpillars

Caterpillars (Lepidoptera Spp) The larvae (caterpillars) of various species of moth and butterfly produce plant damage, mainly by feeding on foliage, but also in some cases by burrowing into developing fruit, or into plant stems or roots. Some species are very selective and will feed on only a single species or family of plants, whereas [...]

Pests

Spider Mite (Tetranychidae) Biological Controls To Use Anderline Californiline Feltiline Phytoline Thrips (Thysanoptera) Biological Controls To Use Amblyline Exhibitline Sf Oriline Swirskiline Thripline Trapline Trapline T+ Aphids (Aphidoidea) Biological Controls To Use Adaline Anderline Apheline Aphidoline Aphiline Aphiline M Chrysoline Erviline Whitefly (Aleyrodidae) Biological Controls To Use Encarline Eretline Hesperusline Swirskiline Trapline Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) Biological [...]

Mealy bug

Mealy bug (Pseudococcidae) Mealy bugs are insects which are covered with a white waxy powder. They feed in groups by puncturing the leaves and sucking out a meal of plant sap. They secrete honeydew that can lead to secondary disease infections such as sooty moulds. Males have a single pair of wings and fly to spread [...]