they offer an abundant food source for flea beetles when pepper plants are young and vulnerable. In late spring, after the ...

These insects also may transmit various plant diseases, including cucumber and melon mosaic, potato leaf roll, beet mosaic, potato virus, zucchini yellow mosaic, numerous virus diseases of pepper, and ...

The only markings on the bodies of wingless adults are darkish patches at the base of the cornicles. Aphids can be present in the pepper crop very early, even while the plants are just in the seedling ...

In the spring, the eggs hatch and new female aphids feed and reproduce. Green peach aphids feed on hundreds of different plants including potato, pepper, cabbage, spinach, asparagus, aster, dahlia, ...

Rough treatment when harvesting can injure the plant as the stems are very brittle and can snap off easily. Spider mites and aphids are two common pests of peppers, especially when grown under a ...