Archive for Pest Control
October 10, 2009 at 2:31 am · Filed under Pest Control, Plant Protection ·Tagged adults, adverse effects, biological nature, control insects, egg, eggs, human beings, insect bites, insect families, insecticide, insecticides, larvae, life cycle, many things, micro size, money worth, right time, social insects, vital information, vulnerability
Pest control insects are those insects that have been, for years, creating much of the trouble to the human beings. Small size of the insects does not help us either, and they get advantage of their micro size and escapes every of our attempt to kill them. But, there is a brighter and sure fire thing to bring them down, that is the insecticide. There are many insecticides in the market, but to get your money worth you should select the best insecticide that is doing well at the market. There are many dangers that arise from the insects and insect bites. Some of the adults and most of the children are the victims of the potentially toxic bites of the insects. There are umpteen numbers of insects in this world and each insect has its own kind of adverse effects on the human, either directly or indirectly.
Steps to control insects
Before buying any of the insecticide there are many things which you should take a look at. One such thing is the biological character of the insect. Only if you know the biological nature of the insect you can then decide upon the chemical that can be used as insecticide. The biological nature influences much of the reaction of the insect towards the insecticide we are going to use. Studying the insect up and close will reveal much vital information about the insect, which will reveal the possible stages in the life cycle of the insect and hence will let you to pin point on the vulnerable part of the life cycle. Once you know the vulnerability of the insect then you can start applying the insecticides to the nest of the insect.
Exterminating insects
There are so many way in which you can control the expansion of the insect families, and one of the best and oldest method is to destroy the eggs of the insect. The egg or the larvae stage is the most passive stage of the life cycle of the insect, and hence it is the right time to attack the insect with the insecticides. Most of the insect are not so social insects, that is, they do not live in groups like the ants do, so it will be really difficult to kill them in groups. The other thing about pest control is that the price. Many of the insecticide that is available in the market come at cheaper price, because of the competition in the insecticide field.
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October 10, 2009 at 2:29 am · Filed under Pest Control, Plant Protection
Slugs are nothing but some kind of mollusk creatures, which contains jelly like fluid inside their body. The mollusk phylum family is a group of slimy creatures, which are loathed all over the world. The slimy nature makes it slippery and they are not easily attacked physically. These slimy creatures attack the low lives in your garden or in your crop field. The only remedy to this oldest problem of farmers is to use the pesticide. Pest control slugs are the one thing which will get you out ion this trouble. The kinds of plants these slimy creatures attack are those important that provide necessary foods in the form of vegetables and fruits. The vegetables that are frequently under attack are cabbage and lettuce, which is widely planted all over the country. These slimy creatures are active in the season of spring.
The one thing which you should know before using a slug control pesticide is that these slimy creatures come out and work effectively at slightly higher temperatures than those prevailing in the early morning. The temperature range of about twenty two to twenty six is perfectly suitable for the activities of the mollusk creatures. These mollusk creatures are found in groups at some shady places and some dampen places. The most likely places of their habitat is the moist foundation and the watery sands.
There are several techniques that you can employ to exterminate the mollusk out of your garden or your crop field. One of the most important techniques is the use of baits. The baits will be useful in effectively trapping the mollusk and then you can man handle them and throw them out of your garden. You can control the invasion of the mollusk creatures in to your garden by avoiding the plants that attract the slimy creatures. The one sure fire technique to trap the snails is to keep a bottle half filled with beer and keep it dipped in the sand. See that the bottle in dipped such that the neck of the bottle, that is the opening of the bottle is level with the ground surface. By ensuring that both the bottle and the ground are level, you can make sure that the mollusk drop inside the bottle in search of the food. This technique will surely work if you employ them in a correct manner. The good thing about this technique is that they are cheap.
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October 10, 2009 at 2:28 am · Filed under Pest Control ·Tagged amount of money, Beetle, beetles, concentration, farmers, food habit, fruits and vegetables, fungi, habitats, human population, insecticide, maggot, methodology, money loss, pest control sprays, pests, poor farmer, reproduction rate, sheep, two ways
A beetle is commonly known to many of us. But what it really does is not known by many of our people. The one unique feature about the beetle is that it is having the most number of species that is ever known. Other feature of this is that the beetles are common in all habitats. The reason for the beetles to be available in all habitats is due to the fact that beetles adapt to any climate and the other thing is that their reproduction rate is far higher than any other living beings. In a square mile the beetle population is 70 times the human population. They mostly feed on the plant and fungi.
Why is beetle harmful?
The reason for the farmers to worry about the beetle is that due to their two ways of causing damage to the farmers. The first one is due to their food habit. As they feed on the plant and fungi they largely damage the plants which form the major source of income for the normal farmer. If the plants are eaten by these pests then automatically the price of these fruits and vegetables will go down causing a large loss of money for the poor farmer. The second case is that when the beetles decompose the dead things. They also have the capability to decompose dead decaying matter. So they will be attacking the skin of the living beings too. This represents the sheep. This will also result in a large amount of money loss for the people who are living on them.
Ways to solve this problem?
The one and only way to solve this problem is to go in for the usage of pest control beetles. This also a spray of insecticide similar to the maggot pest controls. They work similar to the maggot pest control in all their procedures. They two work in two fashions. The preventive and the killing way and thereby eliminate the beetles once and for all. The only difference that it has over the other is that it would be more intense in its concentration. This would cause the plants to react fast to the control spry than the other pest control sprays.
The methodology of the pest control usage:
The pests eat away the plants so it is mandatory to use the pest control methods. The usage of the beetle pest control is much simpler when compared to maggot pest control. The only thing to be kept in mind is that the concentration must be kept low and the spray must be done only once in three months.
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October 10, 2009 at 2:26 am · Filed under Pest Control ·Tagged boon, cattle, caution, farm animals, farmers, Insect, intervals, larval phase, living organisms, maggot control, maggot therapy, maggots, medical industries, nearby farm, paralysis, Pest Control, remedy, sheep, spoilage, two ways
A larval phase of any insect is known as the maggot. These things usually feed on the dead tissues of living organisms. It has both good and bad associated with it. In most medical industries it is used to make living things cure from their respective diseases. This form of therapy is known as maggot therapy. But it is also accepts a large no of living things too. Only if they are in controlled state they are helpful to the society in other cases they form the killer for the society.
Why maggot is harmful?
The reason for the question is quiet simple. In large cases of the maggots, form a threat to the pets and the nearby farm animals. This largely mentions the sheep. This is a big fact for the farmers to worry as they face this as a major problem. This is because most of the farmers depend upon the sheep for their source of income. If something is bothering it them it is bothering their whole economy. If the maggot attack is untreated then it would even result in the death of the cattle.
Ways to treat?
The only remedy to this problem is to go in for the maggot pest control. This is nothing but spray of pest control fluids that are more effective in controlling the growth and attack of the maggots. These attack the maggots in two ways. One is that it would directly cause a paralysis in the maggot. The other is that it would restrict their growing area. This is found to have a high effect over the maggots. This has formed a major boon for the farmers in fighting the diseases and effects caused by the maggots. They are hundred percent safe to use and will not cause any effect to the crop or the pest. So usage of this is recommended by many of the people.
Usage manual:
The ways to use the maggot control is very simple. The procedures main aim is to spray it at proper intervals and proper amount of the spray has to be done. If improper procedures are followed it would result in the spoilage of the crop. For this reason alone the caution is taken in these matters. The amount of this must be used in proper proportions. There is no standard proportion for this. It varies for each and every brand. But everything works great on the crops and fights best on the maggot.
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October 10, 2009 at 2:24 am · Filed under Cabbage, Pest Control ·Tagged attackers, brassica, cabbage family, cabbage worm, cabbages, common disease, cut worm, destructive effect, fungus, head cabbage, infector, Insect, larva, lesions, major disaster, pests, remedy, snakes, web worm, worms
All of us irrespective of the continent we live irrespective of the country we live there are many common things between us. One such thing is the vegetables we eat. The most common vegetable of all time is the cabbage. Cabbage has a long history associated with it. The most common color of the cabbage is the green color. But in many cases the color of the cabbage is in red or white. The vegetable is usually has a small stem and the leaves rotate and arrange themselves into a state of rounded flower. The plant belongs to the family Brassica and they belong to the species oleracea. The plant is usually called as the head cabbage. It is also known as the castok.
Problems faced in its cultivation:
The main problem associated with the cabbage cultivation and selling is the diseases it gets and the pests which disturb them. The black stem is the most common disease found in the cabbage. This disease is caused by a fungus. This also causes lesions on the walls of the cabbage along with sunken of the stem. The other major and most common problem faced is by the pests and worms. There are three types of worms that cause a destructive effect on the plant. They are imported cabbage worm, cabbage web worm and cut worm. These worms come and form on the developing cabbages as larva and develop here into a worm and then eat the cabbages. Other major infector is the cabbage fly. They usually attack the root part of the plant. There are also snakes that are seen in these areas. They are known as the cabbage snake. There is also a wide variety of attack over the cabbage family. The major attackers are only said here. There are 127 diseases that are possibly felt on the cabbage. And there are 12719 species of insect that will feed on the cabbage and are capable of causing damage to the plant. There are more than ten million families which feed only on the amount earned from the cabbage farming and selling. These pests would cause a major disaster if the problem is not seen.
Remedy:
The only remedy for this problem is to go in for the pest control treatments. These pest control sprays are more specific in their action. So the spray that to be used has to deal with all their problems and also must take care of the factor of not harming the plants. So a combinational usage of the pest control sprays is used.
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October 9, 2009 at 1:42 pm · Filed under Pest Control, Plant Protection ·Tagged breeding grounds, bright lights, chemicals, earwig, earwigs, favorable conditions, habitats, herbs, Insect, insecticide, insecticides, little creatures, moist places, nuisance, offspring, Pest Control, sabotage, twelve months, underground nest, vicinity
Earwig is a small insect which is easily identifiable by its claws like rear part. These claws like structure are extremely innocuous and are called pincers. Even though they are harmless to us, they are much of a nuisance to the plants and the herbs that we grow in our backyard. The problem with the earwig is that it reproduces once in every twelve months and if favorable conditions prevail, they can produce up to 6o offspring. If you ever want to exterminate them from your garden or anywhere from the vicinity of your home, then the first thing that you ought to do is to get rid of moist places. The moist places are there breeding grounds.
Habitat sabotage
Before thinking of exterminating earwigs try to sabotage and destroy the habitats of earwigs completely from the vicinity of your home, because once you use chemicals on them and kill most of the earwigs, the remaining earwigs can again reproduce inside their habitat. So, first destroy their habitat and then their whole generation.
Prevention
Preventing the earwig from camping in and around your home will help in solving most of the problems. To do that you should first try to bring down the light outside your home down, because these nasty little creatures are highly attracted to the bright lights. So, once the sun sets try to reduce the use of artificial lights. Clean the surrounding land because once you are equipped with necessary equipments to apply the insecticide, it will be useful and easy to apply on a plain ground rather than on a bushy mass.
Insecticide
There are times which are best suited to apply insecticides so that the effect is felt, one such season is the summer, to carry out the mission pest control earwigs. Because of the scorching sun the earwigs will come out of their underground nest. Cyper Cp is found by many of the users to be very effective in getting rid of earwigs. The one place where you should apply the insecticide is the foundation of your home. The foundation, most obviously, the moistest place in your home, so there you can get to many earwigs than elsewhere. See that your insecticide was provided with the crevices tool, which will be helpful in applying the insecticide into the crevices of the wall, and also in some gaps. Aerosol is the best form of insecticide because it spreads uniformly and easily even in the smallest of the gaps. Once you apply the insecticide most of the earwigs will die and you should clean them off instantly.
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September 10, 2009 at 5:45 am · Filed under Orchard, Pest Control ·Tagged admirers, ambient conditions, asparagus beetle, attractive gardens, cabbage looper, common garden pests, foliage, garden pest control, garden plants, gardeners, green plants, home gardens, initial attack, insects, maturity, mealy bugs, morphological features, peril, premature death, soap
People would always love to have attractive gardens at home. Gardens may consist of diverse plants that tend to make the admirers spell bond. Gardening work consists of major work namely garden pest control. There are different types of garden pests that tend to provide hindrance to the growth of the plant.
Common garden pests
These are different kind of insects involving certain intricate morphological features. These insects do persist in leaves of green plants. The mode of attack can vary depending upon the specific species. The hairy appearance gives the pest to be flexible for any kind of ambient conditions. The bugs are known for extracting all the juice part that is present in the leaves.
The cabbage loopers generally infects plants like cabbage and beans. These pests offer great challenge to the gardeners. Its main mode of attack is to target the leaves. These have tendency to churn the leaves after the initial attack. This hinders the growth of the plant. These pests are also infects crucifiers.
Asparagus beetle affects the foliage part of the asparagus. This tends to make the overall green part of the plant to become pale. These also bring up problems for the shoot of plant to attain maturity. Premature death to the shoot tips is witnessed with the attack of asparagus beetle.
Garden Pest Control
Use of soap water is readily used as best method of control for garden pests. The garden pests also form the community that hinders the growth of plant comprehensively. Manual picking of pests are sometimes employed for the removal of localized attack of some pests. Sprays are also developed in homes to control the garden plants from attack from pests. Crop covers are also used for some varieties of plants to shun pests at peril.
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September 9, 2009 at 4:09 pm · Filed under Greenhouse, Pest Control ·Tagged beneficial insects, control measures, effective control, effective management, fungus gnats, green house, green houses, greenhouse pest, greenhouse pests, greenhouses, growth of plants, house pests, initial investments, morphological features, organic chemical, organic matter present, pest control techniques, soil surface, sticky traps, Water supply
Greenhouses are gaining sufficient importance in the recent years. People are ready to adopt new techniques of plantation that tends to involve some amount of initial investments. As in any plantation, there are opportunities for the entry of pests. One needs to know more about the common pests that attack the plants that shelter under the greenhouses. The entry of pests in the ambient atmosphere within the greenhouses can lead to several other complications related to the growth of plants.
Greenhouse Pest Control
Greenhouse pest control involves the effective management of pest control techniques for elimination of the common greenhouse pests. Several techniques adopted in control of green house pests involve the use of sprays to control spread of pests. Certain insects involve use of soap preparations to wash off the green parts of the plant. Organic chemical scan also be sprayed to nullify certain pests. Constant monitoring is required to make sufficient control measures for plants in green houses. Life cycle of certain pests is to be carefully monitored in order to plan for effective control methods. Development of the beneficial insects can be solution to tackle certain pests. The predators can be used to stop the attack of pests like aphids.
Common Greenhouse Pests
The common greenhouse pests involve aphids and scale inspects. The morphological features of the insects vary depending on the habitat that it survives. The common greenhouse pests like fungus gnats require presence of moisture around the plants, which encourages the growth and spread of fungus gnats. These tend to occupy the soil surface drying up all the organic matter present in soil. This greatly affects the growth of younger plants. Providing interrupted water supply can provide the pests inaccessible. Also the plant can be offered great defense by doing so. Sticky traps can be used to prevent the entry of some common greenhouse pests.
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September 5, 2009 at 8:38 am · Filed under hazelnut, Pest Control ·Tagged active ingredients, almond moth, ambient conditions, beetles, climatic conditions, climatic regions, control methodologies, hazelnut, hazelnuts, initial growth, kinds of pests, massive impact, mite, mites, moth, peop, pest control techniques, quality nuts, rich protein, spring season
Hazelnuts can be cultivated in hot climatic regions. These regions should have sufficient supply of water to produce quality nuts. These nuts tend to provide better results to all dietary needs exhibited by the body. Several vitamins can be extracted out of these nuts. These nuts are active ingredients of rich protein that are essential to carry out all the basic functions in human body. The climatic conditions and available nutrients from the soil determine the quality of nut obtained through cultivation. Also one needs to understand about the basic methodology about the hazelnut cultivation.
Issues in Hazelnut cultivation
Hazelnut cultivation is carried out in countries like Australia. The ambient conditions in these countries facilitate the production of nutrient-rich nuts. These nuts can also be exported to other countries to fetch huge profits. Hazelnut cultivation involves presence of soil that tends to permit adequate penetration of roots deep inside the soil. These nuts can be cultivated in the spring season so that adequate temperature is maintained. Presence of nutrients such as phosphorous is essential to get better growth. But there are certain issues that tend to produce massive impact over the growth of hazelnut cultivation. Elimination of pests is some of defining tasks to be carried out by the cultivators.
Pests in hazelnut cultivation
There are several kinds of pests that are present in the fields wherein hazelnut cultivation takes place are Almond moth, hazel aphid, beetle and mites. These tend to hinder the normal growth of hazelnuts. Bud mite that causes severe damage to hazelnuts should be identified early. Also presence of hazel aphid can cause direct impact over the crops. The big beetles and bud mites can inhibit the initial growth of crop. This can also institute the entry of secondary damages caused by pests. These serve as platform for attack from other pests too.
Pest control techniques
There are several pest control methodologies adopted by the people. Using organic fertilizers can bring down pests level considerably. Also one can maintain proper balance between organic fertilizers and soil nutrients by initiating growth of insects and plants that are beneficial for hazelnut crop. This is widely used method of pest control.
Article Summary:
Hazelnut cultivation involves effective management of pests by using proper pest control methods. There are varieties of pests that cause damage to growth pf hazelnut crops. Using organic fertilizers attack from pests such as bud mites can be prevented. Also employing proper beneficial insects growth can eliminate some of common pests involved in hazelnut cultivation.
Resource Box Info: One may get sufficient information about easy pest control methods adopted in hazel nut cultivation. To gain some more details about hazelnut pest control, one can visit http://www.agricultureguide.org/. This website offers comprehensive knowledge about the hazelnut cultivation techniques.
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September 5, 2009 at 8:34 am · Filed under Pest Control, Tomato ·Tagged aphids, crop cultivation, crops, cultivator, daunting task, ecosystem, foliage, food chains, griculture, insecticide, measurable change, nutrients, organic manures, pest control methods, pest control techniques, pests, sophisticated tools, stems, tomato cultivation, tomato plants
Agriculture has witnessed diverse changes in recent years. Employment of sophisticated tools can produce amplified productivity. Also use of organic manures can produce efficient retrieval of lost nutrients. In any crop cultivation, pest control seems to be daunting task to be carried out by the cultivators. Use of proper pest control methods can eliminate the pests completely from the field enabling better growth of plant. This in turn can influence increased productivity. One can witness measurable change in the amount of output obtained from a field when he/ she carries out efficient pest control techniques.
Need for pest control
Ecosystem has been balanced with help of several food chains. This can also produce implied changes in agriculture. Presence of pests in the food chains affects the growth of crops in the field. So in order to have better growth of crops, one needs to have pest control techniques. The pest control techniques differ based on the type of crop that is cultivated. Hence it is the duty of the cultivator to take care of the pests that affect plants and hinder growth.
Pests in tomato cultivation
There are several pests that are involved in the building of obstacles in tomato cultivation. Common pests that can be related with tomato cultivation can be studied. Aphids that are present beneath the leaves tend to eat up all the green leaves making it unfit. It tends to produce premature foliage in the tomato plants. Also local infections are caused in the stems of these plants enabling invasion of other pests too. Hornworms can also be observed in tomato plants. These are long worms that feed on the leaves. These tend to migrate from one to plant to another causing severe damage to leaves.
Pest control at tomato growing
Use of insecticide soaps is regarded to be best method of pest control in tomato cultivation. These pests can be controlled also by pruning them. Also handpicking of these pests are also possible enabling better control of pests. One can also rely upon use of Neem oil to reduce the effect of pests on tomato plants.
Article Summary:
Tomato cultivation can be profitable only if efficient pest control measures are taken up. There are several pest control techniques adopted in the tomato cultivation. Use of insecticide soaps can be handful to eliminate pests like Aphids. Also application of neem oil over the tomato leaves can prevent most of pests. Handpicking can also be adopted to remove pests to certain extent.
Resource Box Info: Information about pest control techniques adopted in tomato growing is discussed in this forum. To acquire more knowledge about the topic one can also surf through pages at http://www.agricultureguide.org/. Also one can acquire sufficient knowledge about efficient tomato growing methods
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Agricultural Biodiversity 