Crop protection

Chemical pesticides are synthetic substances created to manage plant pests. Frequent chemical usage causes extensive damage to crops and contributes...

South American tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is native to South America, but is a major invasive and quarantine...

The tomato potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli Šulc, originating from North and Central America, poses a serious threat to Solanaceae crops in Australia....

Tomato cultivation across the world is severely affected by emerging plant viruses. An effective method for protection of commercial crops...

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is regulated as a quarantine pest in many countries worldwide. To assess whether ToBRFV...

Chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the most important commercially cultivated and consumed vegetables in Turkey. During a...

Fresh fruits and vegetables contaminated with microbial pathogens can cause outbreaks of food poisoning and other enteric diseases if consumed...

Root-knot nematodes, particularly, Meloidogyne incognita, are among the most destructive endoparasitic nematodes, infecting a diverse range of plant hosts. Nematode-trapping fungi...

Three fluorinated, one carbamate nematicide, as well as two biological control agents were tested in greenhouse trials to determine their...

Soft rot is the most important bacterial disease of postharvest pepper during storage and transportation. Pathogens Pectobacterium carotovorum, Enterobacter sp., Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. were verified...