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Essential plant nutrients, available forms and sources Nutrients Available forms Specific sources Organic Inorganic Carbon (C) CO2 (mainly by stomata) Air, atmosphere Hydrogen (H) H2O, H+ …
Ladybird Beetle Ladybird Beetle Scientific name: Harmonia axyridis Family name:Coccinellidae Order name:Coleoptera Origin:Asia Nature of damage Ladybugs have always been considered beneficial insects, worthy of protection. Large numbers …
Essential plant nutrients definition, objectives, classification, and sources of plant nutrients elements are given below. Plant nutrition Nutrition may be defined as the supply and absorption of chemical compounds required …
Pest of vegetables with their life history, nature of damage and control measures Lady’s finger/ Okra Shoot and Fruit borer Lady’s finger/ Okra Shoot and Fruit borer Scientific name: Earias faabea …
Pros and cons of agriculture The opportunities and constraints prevailing in the agricultural sector are as follows: Pros 1. Agricultural sector is the single largest contributor to GDP. 2. …
Define agronomy with scope and principles Agronomy Agronomy is the science of manipulating crop environment complexes with the duel aim of improving crop productivity as well as having a better …
Classification of plant disease: Plant diseases are classed as infectious or noninfectious based on the principal causative agent. Pathogenic organisms that cause plant illnesses include fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroid, nematodes, …
3 most common vegetable pests and their control measure Epilachna beetle Scientific name: Epilachna dodecastigma. Family: Coccinelliadae. Order: Coleoptera. This is one of the major pest for vegetable crops in Bangladesh causing considerable damage to brinjal,tomato, potato, bean and cucurbitaceous vegetables. Nature of Damage The beetles as well as grubs cause damage by feeding upon the epidermis of leaf tissues leaving parallel band of uneaten tissues between the leaves. Thus present a tube like appearance. They turn brown, dry up and fall of completely defoliating of the plant. Life History 1. Eggs are laid in batches on the dorsal surface of the leaves. 2. Incubation period 4-6 summer and 9-10 in winter. 3. There larval stages in up to 2 weeks, pupal stages in 1 week. …
Objectives, Scope, and Concept of Plant Pathology are given below- Objectives of Plant Pathology Plant Pathology (Phytopathology) deals with the cause, etiology, resulting losses and control or management of the …
Chemical method of pest control: Different types of chemicals are used for the control of insect pests. Insecticides can be grouped in various ways, such as their chemical composition, mode …