The ecological requirements for tomatoes are moderate rainfall of about 760-1300 per year. Too much rainfall increase fungal diseases and prolong maturity. It is a warm season crop that requires…
Category: Agriculture
Stalk Borer Inflicted Disability ‘Polio’
In addition to the damage caused by feeding of the such pest like stalk-borer, there is also the other damage to the foliage due to toxic effect of the saliva injected into the attacked that can cause distortion.
Maize Crop Disabled by Pest and Hormones Wrestling
Some pests secrete toxic saliva into the plant. This saliva may either kill the shoots, or cause distorted growth if the soil contain zinc mineral element that play part in…
Photosynthesis : Why True North Orientation
To study heliotropism-a growth response in a plant which results to a gradual turning of leaves and of the whole plant towards a light source; I sowed a single maize…
Can be Called Crops Cancer?
Toxic saliva by those nematodes [Meloidogyne spp] can also be carcinogenic.