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A real story: A farmer gets sap-sucking leafhoppers under control with Pilaravia 155SC

That is the honest account of Mr Thương, a durian grower in Phụng Hiệp, Hậu Giang – an area hit hard by sap-sucking leafhoppers last year.

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Thrips on chrysanthemum: How to get even, well-opened flowers?

Thrips are an important pest on many crop groups. Besides sucking sap and stunting plants, they also transmit viral diseases to crops. Viral diseases have seriously reduced yield and product quality…

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Thrips causing rough leaves and misshapen watermelon fruit – what to do?

Among vegetable crops such as cucumber, eggplant, wax gourd and bitter melon…, watermelon is one of the crops most heavily damaged by thrips. Thrips thrive in hot, dry weather, are highly resistant to pesticides and quickly adapt to them…

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Yellow leaves and dry branches on coffee: Are mealybugs the cause?

They cause widespread damage, not only reducing yield but also affecting the quality of finished coffee.

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How to combine products and adjuvants for more effective mealybug control

Mealybugs are hard to control fully with a single product or incorrect spraying. Because they hide deep, have a thick wax layer and live within the plant and below the roots, combining a targeted product with a suitable adjuvant…

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What is Spirotetramat? Is it really a "root-level weapon against mealybugs"?

Spirotetramat is an active ingredient used to control crop pests. With its distinctive mode of action, Spirotetramat can protect the stems, leaves and roots of the plant by stopping the development…

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Spirotetramat vs Abamectin, Imidacloprid… How do they compare?

Comparing Spirotetramat with Abamectin and Imidacloprid by mode of action, spectrum and duration of effect.

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What are mealybugs? How to identify them

Mealybugs (scientific name: Pseudococcidae) are among the most damaging and hard-to-control pests in Vietnamese agriculture. They commonly appear in many fruit and long-term industrial crop areas…

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Mealybugs on pepper: Detect early, treat at the root

Mealybugs are oval, about 4 mm long and 2-3 mm wide. The body is covered with a white wax layer, with long, white, spongy wax filaments around it. The larger the mealybug, the less it moves; they move mainly with the help of symbiotic ants.

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