Articles related to "Parasitic Nematodes"

Beneficial parasitic nematodes work invisibly in the soil to control garden and agricultural pests such as grubs and fungus gnats.

Eel life-cycle, fisheries and farming have been hit by a parasitic worm that was accidentally introduced.

Flea beetles are small garden pests, but they can cause severe damage to vegetable crops such as eggplants and peppers. Control these insects with organic methods.

Devote a permanent area of the organic garden to perennial asparagus plants. This easy to grow vegetable has few pests and increases its yield over time.

If your seedlings look like a team of miniature lumberjacks invaded in the night, you have a cutworm problem. Control these pests naturally.

Capillaria hepatica lives in the liver; Capillaria philippinensis infests the intestine. Both are unusual but serious infections in humans.

If ticks are preventing you from enjoying your organic garden, you can kill or control these pests without using harmful chemicals.

Garden borers affect vegetables, trees, and flowers in a way no other caterpillar pest does, eating plants from the inside out. Kill these insects using organic methods.

The intestinal nematode Trichinella spiralis infects people through undercooked meat, causing trichinosis (or trichinellosis), a potentially life threatening illness.

Bugs and gardening go hand in hand. Sometimes, it is hard to know which insects are bad and which are good in the vegetable patch.

As a rule, walking batfish are best left to advanced aquarists, as there are many challenges in the feeding, housing, and maintaining of these unusual bottom-dwellers.

Understanding the diversity within the cruciferous family will help to avoid the most common mistakes in growing these vegetables. They share common diseases and pests.

Next to deer, moles probably incense organic gardeners more than any other lawn and garden pest. Learn how to control moles without harmful chemicals.

Diagnose, control and avoid nematode damage in Florida turfgrasses such as St. Augustine, Centipede, Bermuda, and Seashore Paspalum.

Gardeners switching to organic gardening may be reluctant to get rid of chemical pesticides that worked in the past. Learn which organic products to replace them with.

Ascaris lumbricoides evolved with humans, and it lives in the intestines of millions of people. Large and active, it has inspired many tales and considerable folklore.

Gnathostoma spinigerum is a parasitic nematode of carnivores, especially dogs and cats, in Southeast Asia and Japan. It sometimes infects humans, causing gnathostomias.

Implement one of 26 A to Z organic gardening tips to increase yields, fight garden pests and diseases, and beautify your landscape.