Digging Deeper - Bulbs: How to keep them healthy
Bulbs are not generally afflicted with lots of diseases or insect pest vectors. They grow rapidly flower, then die down and in doing so conserve their resources, concealing them from most insects. In common with many plants, pests and diseases ... [... more]
Green Fingers AU |
Protective isolate/strain selection procedures
CTV is believed to have been introduced into New Zealand in the late 1800's. The most efficient vector of CTV the black citrus aphid (Toxoptera citricidus) is widespread in New Zealand and therefore almost every tree in New Zealand carries CTV ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Tribe Proconiini
The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) is the most effective and damaging vector of Pierce's Disease of grapevines in California. Pierce's Disease is caused by a bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa. GWSS was detected in Tahiti for the first time in 2001 ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
