pest control agent by observing their unique characteristics at each stage: Egg stage: Cryptolaemus montrouzieri eggs are small, oval-shaped, and…
the final stage of the disease, only vascular tissue remains because the cortex (outer layer) has rotten away. Infection in the early stages of the…
an influence. After completion of nymph stage, it drops to soil and pupate in soil. There are two pupal stages viz., prepupae and pupae. Adults are…
larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult with quiescent stages in between two successive active stages. Females lays 40 to 50 eggs in their life cycle.…
toward the head, and grey-brown in colour. Larvae have 4 instars (larval stages) an reach 2.5 cm in length when fully grown. Pupae are greyish-brown,…
attacks adult spider mites but the earlier development stages only feed on smaller prey stages. The larvae do not eat. They develop quickly to…
days. Over the next 2 to 3 weeks, the larvae pass through 5-6 stages and the pupal stage takes 9-13 days Damage symptoms The developing larvae eat…
ferrugineus ) presence and only later stages of attack are conspicuous. However, the damage done before these later stages when detection becomes…
ed to neighbouring ears where they can infect seeds at any stage up until soft dough stage. Infection occurs between 10 and 33 °C. Infected seeds can…
third larval stage the larvae stay in their cuticle for one or two days and then emerge as adults. This stage is often considered a fourth stage…
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