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How to Tell Real Cordyceps from Fake? These Methods You Must Master
In the face of the numerous and varied cordyceps specialty stores on the market, many consumers find it very difficult to tell real Cordyceps from fake. Experts offer consumers tips: real and fake Cordyceps can be easily distinguished by three aspects: shape, color and smell. Grass shape: Cordyceps has a body shaped like a silkworm, generally with only one
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What are the control methods for citrus flat-headed borer?
The citrus flat-headed borer (Agrilus auriventris) has one generation per year in the Chenggu area, overwintering as larvae of various instars inside the branches and trunks of citrus trees. In late March, the larvae bore into the xylem and begin to pupate; mid-to-late April is the peak pupation period, with the pupal stage lasting about 25 days. Early May is the peak emergence period for adults, and mid-May
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What are the control methods for the Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis)?
[Morphological characteristics] The adult is 6-8 mm long with a wingspan of 16 mm, and the whole body is alternately dark black and yellow. The thorax has a total of 11 pairs of bristles, mostly yellowish-brown, including 2 pairs of scapular bristles, 2 pairs of dorsocentral bristles, 1 pair of presutural bristles, 2 pairs of postsutural bristles, 1 pair of mesopleural bristles, 1 pair of pteropleural bristles, 1 pair of prescutellar bristles, and 1 pair of scutellar bristles. The abdomen is oval, with 4 segments in males and 5 segments in females. The ovipositor is well developed, but its length is less than half of the abdomen, and the narrow posterior portion is shorter than the fifth abdominal segment. The egg is spindle-shaped, slightly pointed at one end, slightly curved, about 1 mm long and about 0.1 mm wide, milky white. Larva: the first-instar larva is 1.2-1.3 mm long, the second instar is 2.5-5.8 mm, and the third instar is 7.0-11 mm. The first-instar larva is semi-transparent, the second and third instars are milky white, and the mature larva after the third instar is orange-yellow. The body is conical, small and pointed at the front end, the mouth hooks are black, and the button-shaped structure on the inner side of the spiracular plate is relatively large and obvious. The pupa is oval, about 5 mm long and about 2.5 mm wide, light yellow.
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What are the control methods for citrus canker?
Citrus canker Xanthomonas citri (Hasse) Dowson is a bacterial disease that seriously damages citrus, and has been listed as a plant quarantine object at home and abroad. After plants are infected, the tree vigor weakens, and leaves and fruits drop easily; thus reducing yield and affecting fruit quality. Seedlings
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What are the control methods for citrus fruit flies?
The citrus fruit fly is a major pest harming citrus fruit. After the fruit is damaged, it softens, turns yellow, rots and drops. When the infestation is severe, it can cause the orchard to have no harvest at all. It can be seen year-round, with July to October as the peak period of damage, and there is no overwintering phenomenon. The female lays eggs in ripe
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What are the control methods for nutrient deficiency diseases in citrus
Zinc deficiency causes mottled leaf disease. Citrus mottled leaf disease is a common disease, with the typical symptom being mottled small leaves. When new leaves begin to turn green, the main veins and lateral veins appear markedly green, while the remaining tissue is light green to yellowish white and glossy. In severe cases, only the area near the main vein or thick lateral veins is green, and the new leaves are narrow and mottled, mostly upright, with short internodes and clustered branches. Mottled disease is caused by zinc deficiency. Many soils are deficient in zinc, such as soils formed from granite, gneiss, and serpentinite, which contain little zinc; acidic sandy soils lose zinc easily; in alkaline soils zinc readily forms insoluble compounds, thus causing zinc deficiency. In addition, soil that is too dry or too wet, low humus content or excessive application of organic matter, which hinders contact between roots and soil, as well as heavy pruning, all make zinc deficiency likely to occur. Foliar fertilization can achieve fairly good results in controlling zinc deficiency. It is advisable to spray 0.2%-0.3% zinc sulfate solution (with an equal amount of lime) once during the tender shoot stage, and spray 2-3 times for severe zinc deficiency.</p><p></p><p>Copper deficiency or boron deficiency causes dieback disease. In the early stage of copper deficiency in citrus, new shoots are long, soft, and slightly curved, the leaves are large and dark, and fruiting is low, so it is easily mistaken for excessive vigor. In severe cases, the tips of the shoots turn tea-brown and die, short weak clustered branches appear, and they dry out and drop early and gum exudes; when the branches mature, the wounds are reddish brown, and parts of the leaves are reddish brown. Citrus has a very small copper requirement, and ordinary spraying of Bordeaux mixture is already sufficient. However, copper deficiency is likely to occur in peat soil, acidic sandy soil, soil with high organic matter content, as well as on abandoned grazing land and abandoned cemetery land; excessive application of barnyard manure and phosphate fertilizer also causes copper deficiency; newly reclaimed citrus orchards that have not been sprayed with Bordeaux mixture or other copper preparations for several years are prone to copper deficiency. Boron deficiency in citrus: the growing points of buds die continuously, forming clustered buds; leaf veins swell, become corky or split; the fruit is small and deformed, with thick hard peel, and brown resin deposits are present in the fruit center and spongy layer. Boron is easily lost from acidic soil, hence boron deficiency. In soil parent materials such as granite, gneiss, and schist, boron content is extremely low; in alkaline soil its solubility is poor, so boron is also deficient. Excessive application of phosphate fertilizer or lime, or soil drought, all affect the availability of boron and the absorption of boron by roots; sour orange has weak boron uptake, so citrus grafted onto sour orange rootstock is generally deficient in boron. For copper deficiency, Bordeaux mixture or other copper fertilizers can be sprayed. To supplement boron, soil application can be used, or 0.05%-0.1% boron fertilizer solution can be sprayed at the bud stage, flowering stage, and small fruit stage.</p>
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How to apply winter fertilizer to citrus? Master the correct fertilization method
After the Start of Winter, once the citrus harvest is complete, seizing the opportunity to promptly apply winter fertilizer is of great significance for the healthy growth of citrus trees and for ensuring stable yields, high quality and high output. The winter fertilizer applied after fruit harvest is also the base fertilizer for citrus, and its fertilizer dosage should account for
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What are the care methods for citrus trees after freezing damage
After a citrus tree is damaged by freezing, the aboveground part suffers varying degrees of injury or dieback, while the underground part is generally less damaged. Post-freeze care measures mainly make use of its relatively intact root system to promote the sprouting of new branches, restore the canopy as quickly as possible, and gradually achieve the goal of normal growth and fruiting.
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Detailed Guide to the Method of Cultivating Mango Grafting Rootstock Seedlings
In monoembryonic mango varieties, a single seed produces only one seedling, while polyembryonic varieties can germinate and grow into multiple seedlings. A monoembryonic seed has only one embryo (a sexual embryo); the embryo is large, and the single seedling it develops into is vigorous. A polyembryonic seed has multiple embryos; the embryos are smaller, and the multiple seedlings they develop into are weaker
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What are the control methods for apple tree root rot?
Apple trees often suffer from root rot. Because the root system is buried in the soil, when the disease is initially contracted or mild, it is either not discovered or, once discovered, not accurately diagnosed, so the right treatment is not applied. In mild cases this leads to weak tree vigor and reduced yield and quality; in severe cases it causes the death of the plant, or even the loss of the entire orchard.
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