Learn how to grow and care for tomatoes in your garden, including when to plant them, how to harvest, and more.

What not to plant with sweet potatoes The above all make great sweet potato companion plants as they actively help the crop grow better. However, there are also some other plants that inhibit the ...

Crop pests include fungi, bacteria, viruses, insects, nematodes (worms) and viroids (plant viruses). Fungi pose the biggest threat globally and in the UK, where they threaten the country’s wheat ...

The UK has “significantly underestimated” the risk that crop pests pose to its food supply. Fungi and viruses present so great a danger to staples such as wheat and potatoes that they may ...

Rise in pests over next 30 years ‘could cause vast potato and bread shortages – and force us to change our diet’ Researchers say UK is particularly vulnerable after underestimating risks ...

And go for blight-resistant types like the 'Sarpo' range. 2. Potato cyst eelworms: These minuscule worm-like critters, which are nematodes, attack the roots of potatoes and cause the crop to fail.

Watch out for sweet potato weevils which make holes in the stems and tubers to lay their eggs. The immature pest feeds on the fleshy roots while the adults feed attack the vines and leaves.

Potato oversupply due to crop pest is driving WA growers out of the industry By Roxanne Taylor Posted Thu 29 Jun 2017 at 3:32am, updated Thu 29 Jun 2017 at 3:37am ...

Outlook Published: 25 September 2013 Crop pests: Under attack Amy Maxmen Nature 501, S15–S17 (2013) Cite this article ...