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Dutch plant ecologists have investigated how the potato cyst nematode can be controlled using Solanum sisymbriifolium, a member of the potato family. The plant produces a hatching agent which ...
A seed rate of 20kg/ha, encompassing a lentils seed filler, to bulk out the very fine Solanum seeds, was used. In general, a 75kg N/ha seed-bed nitrogen application is recommended.
An invasive mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) was first detected and identified in Florida in 2019 as Phenacoccus sisymbriifolium Granara de Willink. This species was described from ...
“There is a plant called Solanum sisymbriifolium, commonly known as vila-vila, that has these tasty red fruits, and people want to develop it into a harvestable commercial crop,” says Sandra. “The ...
Gratiana boliviana Spaeth (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), the first biocontrol agent introduced against tropical soda apple, Solanum viarum Dunal (Solanaceae), was released in Florida in the summer 2003.