your crop Life cycle of thrips Thrips damage Thrips cause damage to the plant by piercing the cells of the surface tissue and sucking out their…
armyworms feed on the leaves, stems and reproductive parts of more than 100 plant species causing major damage to cultivated grasses, such as maize,…
First instar nymphs also called as crawlers are mobile, start sucking the plant sap and form colonies and are orange in colour. Female mealy bugs are…
world. Life cycle and appearance Pink bollworm lays eggs all over the cotton plant, preferably on or near the buds and flowers. Each female lay egg…
by aphids. In summer, winged aphids spread the infestation to other rose plants and sometimes also to secondary hosts. Colonies are often present on…
year. Damage symptoms Larvae, nymphs and adults causes damage to the tea plant which sucks the sap of leaves and occasionally on petioles. Red spider…
or indirect destruction of the apical bud will lead to the death of the plant, which makes the red palm weevil ( Rhynchophorus ferrugineus ) a very…
pepper, and tomato. They primarily feed on flowers and fruit from the host plant, as well as on the corn of immature cobs and ears. Adults of corn…
species . The main host is tomato but it also feeds on other solanaceous crop plants including potato, eggplant, capsicum pepper and tobacco as well…
green areas of stems and pods causing whitening of the crop. Heavily damaged plants appear stunted and will, in most cases, die. On rapeseed, larvae…
Get the latest news and information about your crops directly in your mailbox