Coffea spp. Coffee About Coffee beans are the source of one of the most popular beverages in the world. They are in fact, not actual beans, but the…
and with other forms of controlled environment agriculture. For this reason most commercial produced tropical plants are grown is southern states.…
combination with high humidity or presence of water. These conditions occur mostly in the spring if it rains or when sprinkler irrigation is used.…
leaves usually remain unaffected and stay green. The first symptoms are mostly found after plants are well established and after plants begin bearing…
third and fourth in stars are the most voracious, consuming up to 30 mealybugs per day. 226 Beetles and larvae are most active in sunny conditions.…
daisy family, Asteraceae. It is a hardy annual that is easy to cultivate and most often grown for its leaves. It is, however, often plagued on by a…
Fusarium head blight or scab Most Fusarium species only make asexual spores. Some also produce ascospores. In general, most Fusarium specieshave a…
about whitefly Caterpillars Caterpillars can cause serious economic damage. Most species feed on leaves and young shoots, and their enormous feeding…
pests. The leaf miner species that cause damage in horticultural crops are mostly polyphagous; that is, they feed on many crops. However, this is not…
of the family Caricaceae. First cultivated in Mexico, it is now grown in most tropical regions around the world. The papaya fruit is 15-45 cm in…
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