Aphids, a common pest problem that you can actually solve, look like tiny white raised dots on your plants that cluster and cause tomato leaves to curl. Spray them off with water, plant nearby trap plants like nasturtiums and treat the tomato with a spray of soapy water. Aphids on tomato...
Plant sciences Tomato-Potato Aphid Interactions| Insights into Plant Defense and the Aphid Pest UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIARIVERSIDE Isgouhi Kaloshian AtamianHagop SarkisAphids cause extensive economic losses to cultivated crops worldwide. Their success as pests is in part due to their complex life ...
In general, parasitic micro-organisms, pests, and several nonparasitic diseases have different effects on the different parts of the tomato plant, as seen in various chapters of this book. They particularly affect growth, including that of the aerial parts of the plants. The latter often have ...
Aphids Suck Plant Juices and May Transmit Diseases© Steve Masley (Click IMAGE to Enlarge) Some of these pests do little damage on their own, but can transmit viruses from other infected plants, or the physical damage caused by their feeding becomes an infection site for bacterial or fungal...
They feed on plant sap and excrete a sticky substance called honeydew, which can attract other pests like ants and promote the growth of sooty mold. There are several ways to control aphids. You can spray your plants with a strong stream of water, introduce natural predators (like ladybugs)...
Chives help repel pests like aphids, which love to feed on tomatoes. They also repel nematodes, and mites. Another good tomato companion plant. Petunia | Tomato Companion PETUNIA, an edible flower (with edible leaves), will repel tomato worms. ...
Plant several plants ofbasilaround the base of your tomato plants. Not only does this delicious and fragrant herb naturally repel destructive pests like aphids, hornworms, and spider mites, but basil will actually enhance the flavor of yourjuicy tomato crop. ...
Curling leaves on a tomato plant could caused by a virus such as tomato yellow leaf curl virus, (spread by the silver leaf whitefly) or tomato mosaic virus (spread by aphids.) High temperatures and low humidity can make the problem worse. If your tomato plants become infected with the ...
This virus is spread by aphids, so prevention methods should be aimed at getting rid of these pests. This fatal disease mainly affects gardeners who grow tomatoes near alfalfa fields. Almost all commercial alfalfa fields in the U.S. have the AMV virus. It is easily spread between species via...
(redirected fromtomato hornworms) Related to tomato hornworms:Manduca quinquemaculata horn·worm (hôrn′wûrm′) n. The caterpillar of a hawkmoth, having a hornlike structure on the last abdominal segment. Some hornworms are agricultural pests. ...