Don’t risk your Mangoes!
March 16, 2023
White felting on leaves, fruit set failure, loss of production. Your mango trees face great danger caused by mango powdery mildew....
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Eastern Fruit Moth, a Dread on Stone Fruit Trees
January 12, 2023
The eastern tortrix, Grapholita molesta is a Lepidoptera that appeared in Algeria in peach and nectarine orchards in the Mitidja plain during the last 10 years (between 2010 and 2011). It can also attack apple and pear...
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Complete Defoliation, Yield Loss… Protect your Cucurbits Now!
January 4, 2023
Downy mildew is a serious disease on Cucurbits. It may be especially devastating to cucumbers where complete defoliation may occur...
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Mites on Strawberries
July 14, 2022
The intensive production of strawberries coincides with the development of plasticulture in Algeria, in 1989 for the wilaya of Tipaza. Strawberry cultivation was launched on an experimental basis in Jijel in 2001-2002, on a four (4) hectare surface area. Today two (2) wilayas TIPAZA and...
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What happened to the oaks in Lebanon?
July 7, 2022
The phenomenon of leaf loss of oak trees in most Lebanese regions is due to the feeding of the larvae of the gypsy moth insect on their leaves. However, the oak tree, known for its resilience, eventually recovers, as its shoots and leaves grow back...
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Phytophthora infestans (late blight)
June 23, 2022
Late blight is a fungal disease which considered as one of the important diseases that affect tomato and potato crops and causes them significant economic losses. Its danger stem from its rapid spread....
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Potato golden Cyst Nematodes – Globodera rostochiensis
June 9, 2022
Potato Golden Cyst Nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) is a serious agricultural and quarantine pest. Cysts can live in soil for 30 years and the nematode can cause direct crop losses, increase pest control costs, constrain cropping patterns, and devalue infested land. Potatoes and tomatoes are the...
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Peach Leaf Curl
May 5, 2022
Taphrina deformans is the causative agent of peach and almond leaf curl disease. The fungus spends the winter period on twigs, under affected buds, and in the cracks of bark. The climatic factors suitable for the spread of this disease are a relatively warm and...
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Strawberry Fruit Rot or Gray Mold
March 17, 2022
Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that causes a commercially damaging disease in strawberries, known as Botrytis rot or gray mold. The disease can infect strawberries in the field, as well as during transportation, can invade storage rooms, and can induce problems in the marketing of...
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Pre Harvest Interval PHI
February 10, 2022
The Pre-Harvest interval (PHI) for agricultural pesticides is the period that must be observed before the harvested produce becomes safe for consumption. Respecting this period aims to preserve the safety of the consumer by producing a clean crop that contains low percentages of sedimentation that...
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Bacterial Spots on Tomato Fruits and Leaves
August 26, 2021
Tomato farmers often notice spots of various shapes and sizes on tomato fruits and leaves in the open field or inside greenhouses. These spots increase in size and number when the weather is humid and moderately warm. It is a sign that these plants need...
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Disease Resistant Varieties … Are They Genetically Modified?
July 2, 2021
Diseases affecting tomatoes in greenhouses have changed over the past years. Up until 2015, nematodes and TYLCV were the main concern of farmers, yet Fusarium became the most widespread and harmful disease and the first concern for farmers, merchants and agricultural companies. Fusarium is the...
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