oxysporum ( Fusarium wilt ): Many different hosts, potato ( Solanum tuberosum ), most vegetables and ornamental crops, tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum )…
low temperatures or sudden fluctuations in temperature. Pythium ultimum mostly occurs at low soil or water temperatures and causes among others cereal…
coloured. Colours range from white to yellow, pink and orange to red, the most popular colour.
its uniform colours and heart-shaped spathes. In many markets, red is the most popular colour. Other types include the obake anthuriums which are…
horticulture. The Western flower thrips ( Frankliniella occidentalis ) is the most damaging species. Thrips form the order Thysanoptera, a name that…
themselves can shrivel. Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) is found mostly along the main leaf veins, with most damage evident where these veins join. Fruit…
scales) or with waxy threads (mealybugs). They suck the sap of plants and are mostly host plant specific. Apart from the damage they cause by sucking…
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come in many different arrangements. Some only have a single flower, but most plants have a racemose inflorescence, which can consist of many flowers.
Triticum spp. Wheat About Wheat ( Triticum spp., most commonly T. aestivum ) is a cereal grain, but botanically a particular type of fruit referred to
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