bean, pigeon bean and tick bean are all different names for the Vicia faba , a flowering plant and species belonging to the vetch and pea family…
from the ovary of a pea flower and carry numerous peas. The vegetable is a bright green colour, sometimes yellow or purple and widely grown as a cool…
to cultivate and most often grown for its leaves. It is, however, often plagued on by a number of insect and mammal pests and fungal and bacterial…
target pest larvae, offering a natural and environmentally friendly approach to pest management in agriculture and horticulture. Steinernema feltiae…
species of thrips (first and second larval stages) and eggs and larvae of greenhouse whitefly ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ) and tobacco whitefly (…
biological control method, offering a natural and environmentally friendly approach to pest management in agriculture and horticulture. Steinernema…
plants are self-fertile and bear separate male and female flowers on the same vine. Flowers are approximately 1-inch in diameter and range from pale…
remarkable move ‘Well, we had ten good weeks, Fred and I said to each other when the coronavirus crisis erupted and exports came to a standstill,’ Lex…
moths and leafrollers at the time and switched to biocontrol to save my production,’ Michael remembers. ‘I was suffering from heavy pest pressure, and…
there was a lot of damage and loss of production at the end of cultivation. Whole mats and whole rows had to be rejected, and the fungus would spread…
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