17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… 0% Search PublicationsLimit to: Publications:About us TOF TOF Home Help Contact You are here: Home > Plant Health > Crops/ fruits/ vegetables Back Print Crops/ fruits/ vegetables Images African Nightshade Passionfruit Amaranth Avocados Bananas Beans Cabbage/Kale, Brassicas Carrot Cashew Cassava Citrus plants Cocoa Coconut Coffee Cotton Cowpea H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 1/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Cucumber Eggplant © A.A.Seif, icipe Green gram Groundnut Passionfruit ( Passiflora edulis ) flower Maize Mango Millet Okra Onion Papaya Passion fruit Peas Peppers Pigeon pea Pineapple Potato Pumpkin Rice Sesame Sorghum © Breithaupt J., Courtesy of EcoPort, Soybean www.ecoport.org Spider plant Spinach Passionfruit ( Passiflora edulis ) Sugarcane Sweet potato Tea H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 2/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Teff Tomato Wheat Yam Zucchini/Courgette Pests/ diseases/ © French B. Courtesy of EcoPort weeds (www.ecoport.org) Medicinal plants Alternaria fruit spots on passion fruit Fruit and vegetable processing Natural pest control Cultural practices © A. A. Seif, icipe H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 3/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Septoria leaf spot on passion fruit. Note fruiting bodies containing fungal spores seen as minute black dots within the spots. © A. M. Varela, icipe Septoria spot on passion fruit. Note fruiting bodies containing fungal spores seen as minute black dots within the spots. H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 4/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. M. Varela, icipe. Alternaria leaf spot © A. A. Seif, icipe Fusarium collar rot H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 5/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. A. Seif, icipe Passion fruit vine H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 6/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. M. Varela, icipe Wilting of passion fruit vines due to fusarium wilt © A. M. Varela, icipe Fusarium wilt. Note browning of water conducting tissues H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 7/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. M. Varela, icipe Close-up of a cut stem showing brownish water- conducting tissues due to Fusarium wilt © A. M. Varela, icipe H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 8/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Phytophthora blight on a passion fruit leaf © A. A. Seif, icipe Phytophthora blight on fruit H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 9/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. A. Seif, icipe Passion fruit woodiness virus © A.A. Seif, icipe Passionfruit woodiness virus - Fruit cracking H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 10/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A.A.Seif, icipe Passionfruit woodiness virus. Internal fruit symptoms H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 11/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A.A.Seif, icipe Woodiness virus on leaf © A.A.Seif, icipe Woodiness virus on passionfruit H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 12/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A.M. Varela, icipe Broad mite damage on passionfruit H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 13/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A.M. Varela, icipe Broad mite damage on passionfruit © A.M. Varela, icipe Green stink bug on passionfruit H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 14/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A.M. Varela, icipe Stinkbug damage on passionfruit © A.M. Varela, icipe H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 15/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Tip wilter / giant coreid bug © A.M. Varela, icipe Thrips damage on passionfruit H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 16/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A.A.Seif, icipe Mar 24, 2010 - Disclaimer Search PublicationsLimit to: Publications:About us TOF TOF Home Help Contact You are here: Home > Plant Health > Crops/ fruits/ vegetables Back Print Crops/ fruits/ vegetables Images African Nightshade Coconut tree ( Cocos nucifera ) Amaranth Avocados Bananas Beans Cabbage/Kale, Brassicas Carrot Cashew Cassava Citrus plants Cocoa Coconut H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 17/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Coffee Cotton Cowpea Cucumber Eggplant Green gram Groundnut Maize Mango Millet Okra Onion © Prasad S.K. (CPCRI). Courtesy of Papaya EcoPort (www.ecoport.org) Passion fruit Peas Coconut palms killed by lethal disease Peppers Pigeon pea Pineapple Potato Pumpkin Rice Sesame © B. Loehr, icipe Sorghum Lethal yellowing disease of coconut palms. Note Soybean yellow leaves and a dead palm without leaves. Spider plant Spinach H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 18/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Sugarcane Sweet potato Tea Teff Tomato Wheat Yam Zucchini/Courgette Pests/ diseases/ weeds Medicinal © B. Loehr, icipe plants Adult coconut bug on coconut bunch Fruit and vegetable processing Natural pest control Cultural practices H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 19/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © B. Loehr, icipe Nymph of coconut bug © B. Loehr, icipe Coconut bug damage on mature nuts H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 20/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © B. Loehr, icipe Young nuts (nutlets) showing gummosis due to feeding by the coconuts bug H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 21/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © B. Loehr, icipe Poor nut set due to coconut bug attack © B. Loehr, icipe Coconut nutlets damaged by the coconut bug H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 22/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © B. Loehr, icipe Coconut damaged by the coconut bug. Inset: adult of the coconut bug © A. M. Varela, icipe Weaver ants preying on nymph of coconut bug (marked H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 23/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… by black arrow) © A. M. Varela, icipe Weaver ant nests on coconut palm H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 24/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. M. Varela, icipe Weaver ant nest on bush growing in the surroundings of a coconut plantation © A. M. Varela, icipe Nuts damaged by the coconut mite H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 25/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. M. Varela, icipe Rhinoceros beetle. Real size: 3.5-5 cm long H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 26/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © KARI, National Horticultural Research Centre. Grubs of the rhinoceros beetle. Grubs live and feed in dead coconut logs. © National Coconut Development Program (NCDP), Tanzania Coconut leaf showing damage by the rhinoceros beetle. Note typical V-shaped damage. H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 27/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © B. Loehr, icipe Iron rods use for hooking rhinoceros beetles out of coconut palms. © Z. Seguni, MARI, Tanzania Coconut scale © B. Loehr, icipe Damage by the coconut mite. Note splitting of the husk due to mite attack. H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 28/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. M. Varela, icipe Coconut palm infested with bud rot ( Phytophthora palmivora ) H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 29/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © Jürgen Kranz (Courtesy of EcoPort, www.ecoport.org) Damage by palm weevil © Chayopak Taweesak (EcoPort, www.ecoport.org) H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 30/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Lethal bole rot ( Marasmiellus cocophilus ) © Grahame Jackson (EcoPort, www.ecoport.org) Lethal yellowing disease of coconut. Necrosis (blackening) of newly emerged inflorescence on the Atlantic tall coconut ecotype. H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 31/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © N.A. Harrison. Reproduced from the Crop Protection Compendium, 2006 Edition. © CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 2006. Coconut scale ( Aspidiotus destructor ) H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 32/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA ARS, Bugwood.org African palm weevil adults ( Rhynchophorus phoenicis ). © Reproduced from: Date Palm Cultivation: FAO Plant Production and H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 33/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Protection Paper. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Rome, 2002. (www.fao.org) Mar 24, 2010 - Disclaimer Search PublicationsLimit to: Publications:About us TOF TOF Home Help Contact You are here: Home > Plant Health > Crops/ fruits/ vegetables Back Print Crops/ fruits/ vegetables Images African Nightshade Cashew apples and nuts Amaranth Avocados Bananas Beans Cabbage/Kale, Brassicas Carrot Cashew Cassava Citrus plants Cocoa H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 34/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Coconut Coffee Cotton Cowpea Cucumber Eggplant Green gram Groundnut Maize Mango Millet Okra Onion Papaya Passion fruit Peas © A.M.Varela Peppers Cashew panicle Pigeon pea Pineapple Potato Pumpkin Rice Sesame Sorghum Soybean Spider plant H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 35/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… Spinach Sugarcane Sweet potato Tea Teff Tomato Wheat Yam Zucchini/Courgette Pests/ diseases/ © A. M. Varela weeds Adult cashew weevil ( Mecocorynus loripes ). Real Medicinal size:about 20 mm long. plants Fruit and vegetable processing Natural pest control Cultural practices H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 36/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… © A. M. Varela Immature stage of the red-banded thrips. Real size: circa 1mm long. Note typical transverse red band on the abdomen. © A. M. Varela Mar 24, 2010 - Disclaimer Search PublicationsLimit to: Publications:About us TOF TOF Home Help Contact You are here: Home > Plant Health > Crops/ fruits/ vegetables Back Print Crops/ fruits/ H:/biovision/ag_crops_15_bv_lp_.htm 37/204 17/10/2011 <b>www.infonet-biovision.org 201003… vegetables African Images Nightshade Amaranth Healthy avocado fruits on a tree. Avocados Bananas Beans Cabbage/Kale, Brassicas Carrot Cashew Cassava Citrus plants Cocoa © A.A.