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| lay eggs on or in prey, larvae feeds on insect, usually kills |
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| feed directly on host, usually doesn't kill |
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predator for aphids or soft bodied insects
"hoverbee larvae" adult mimics bee/wasp
sucks dry and leaves empty skin |
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generalist predator
commercially available
looks like alligator |
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generalist predator
eat good and bad
raptoral limbs
eat aphids/small insects
available commercially |
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predatory on aphids in adult and larval stages
drain aphids |
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| assassin bug (nymphs too) |
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looks similar to stinkbug
small-medium insects (caterpillars, leafhoppers, aphids...)
piercing/sucking mouthpart
may also eat beneficials
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do not build webs, hunt and ambush
important to pest control
gen predator for soil and plants |
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| popular with greenhouse growers, important biological control of spider mites |
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| adults and larvae feed on soil-dwelling insects |
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parasitoid
feeds on aphids
also eat hornworm
lay eggs in aphids, mummy
ovipositor stinger, not stinger stinger |
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act as parasitoid/ beneficial
ovipositor, beetle larvae and caterpillar larvae |
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| braconid/draconid wasp eggs |
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blocky and blunt
not pungent, recessive gene
red >vit c&a
green--open pollinated |
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cayenne subgroup
all pungent
green when immature
smooth |
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can be pungent, not always
small and rounded
hand-picked |
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small or large
yellow color when immature
pungent oder nicht |
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most pungent grown commercially in N. America
immature fruits pickled
mature used in sauces |
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alkaloid compound
affects mucous membranes
glands in placental tissue that hold seed to pod wall
temp stable |
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| scoville organoleptic test |
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| human subjects taste test |
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| more precise, high performance liquid chromatography |
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temp stress, nonviable flowers
tarnished plant bug |
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Ca deficiency
mold is often secondary infection |
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basically sunburn
white bleached area |
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COVER SPRAY
leaves turn yellow and fall off |
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viruses-peppers
tomato spotted wild virus |
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transmitted by thrips
aluminum mulch
resistant varieties |
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viruses-peppers
TMV--Tobacco mosaic virus |
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mechanically transmitted
infected plant or tobacco product |
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viruses-peppers
aphid transmitted viruses |
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transmitted via "dirty needle" method, aphid mouthparts
cucumber mosaic
tobacco etch
potato vines y
watermelon mosaic |
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fungal diseases-peppers
cercospora leaf spot |
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targets, long ovals, not holes
COVER SPRAY |
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fungal diseases-peppers
phytophthora foliar blight |
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fungal diseases-peppers
root rots |
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damping off
shore shin
prevention is key
rotation
early season pest
cool/moist |
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fungal diseases-peppers
southern blight |
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white mold
likes hot and wet
solarization or prevention
no cure/fruit edible |
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underground
tin can method
nocturnal
shoots at soil surface |
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