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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

INSECT ORDER<br />

Common names of<br />

members<br />

HEMIPTERA<br />

Bugs<br />

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES<br />

Life cycle<br />

Damaging stages & method of feeding<br />

ADULT<br />

Wings<br />

Antennae<br />

Mouth<br />

Odour<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

<strong>PLANT</strong> DAMAGE<br />

(not exhaustive)<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Mottling eg<br />

Spots eg<br />

Wilting eg<br />

Flowers Distortion eg<br />

Fruit Marking eg<br />

Shoots Wilting eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Disfigurement with excreta eg<br />

BENEFICIAL BUGS<br />

HEMIPTERA<br />

Hoppers<br />

ADULT<br />

Wings<br />

Antennae<br />

Mouth<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Mottled eg<br />

Wilting eg<br />

Stems, Egg laying eg<br />

buds<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Honeydew (sooty mould)<br />

May transmit virus diseases eg<br />

BENEFICIAL LEAFHOPPERS<br />

HEMIPTERA<br />

Aphids<br />

ADULT<br />

Wings<br />

Cornicles<br />

Antennae<br />

Mouth<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Death eg<br />

Distortion eg<br />

Galls eg<br />

Flowers, Distortion eg<br />

buds<br />

Fruit Distortion eg<br />

Reduction in size eg<br />

Stems, Death of shoots (dieback) eg<br />

trunks Distortion eg<br />

Galls eg<br />

Roots Death eg<br />

Distortion eg<br />

Galls eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Honeydew (sooty mould) eg<br />

May transmit virus diseases eg<br />

BENEFICIAL APHIDS<br />

HEMIPTERA<br />

Lerp insects<br />

ADULT<br />

Wings<br />

Antennae<br />

Mouth<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Dead areas eg<br />

Defoliation eg<br />

Mottling eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Honeydew (sooty mould) eg<br />

BENEFICIAL LERP INSECTS<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Review questions <strong>and</strong> activities 219

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