The production period of saffron lasts 3 or 4 years. Other measures to prevent infections are careful handling, avoid mechanical injury and store in cool, dry & well ventilated conditions. Sanitation: Remove and burn infected plants. Rats, moles, mice, rabbits Rats are brown-black-gray Clean rodent habitats such as weeds and brush No treatment threshold found. medium-size, 15-20cm, rodents. away from field. No rodenticides recommended. Mice and moles are smaller, Destroy rodent tunnels. brown-gray to black Put fences to keep rabbits out. rodents. Set mechanical traps at rodent holes. Use cultivation to destroy ground nests near Rodents chew on and eat saffron field. leaves and corms, greatly lowering yeild per unit area. Most damage occurs in late winter. Corm thrips, Corm thrips are tiny, 1-2mm, dark Clean weeds from field and field edge. No treatment threshold found. Thrips tabaci slender insects with fringed wings Populations build at end of the season, after No insecticidal control is that pupate underground. They are harvest. recommended. seasonally transported on rain/wind storms. They feed by puncturing plant tissue and sucking out the cell contents. Nymphs and adults may feed on leaves causing white and yellow spots and may damage the terminal buds and flowers, causing flower damage, lower quality and yield loss. PESTS AND DISEASES OF UKRAINE HERBS: basil, rosemary, thyme, Thymus Ocimum basilicum, Rosmarinus officinalis, vulgaris Thrips, Herb thrips are tiny, 1-2mm, dark Predatory thrips, species, as well as No treatment threshold found. Aelothrips
The production period of saffron lasts 3 or 4 years. Other measures to prevent infections are careful handling, avoid mechanical injury and store in cool, dry & well ventilated conditions. Sanitation: Remove and burn infected plants. Rats, moles, mice, rabbits Rats are brown-black-gray medium-size, 15-20cm, rodents. Mice and moles are smaller, brown-gray to black rodents. Rodents chew on and eat saffron leaves and corms, greatly lowering yeild per unit area. Most damage occurs in late winter. Clean rodent habitats such as weeds and brush away from field. Destroy rodent tunnels. Put fences to keep rabbits out. Set mechanical traps at rodent holes. Use cultivation to destroy ground nests near field. No treatment threshold found. No rodenticides recommended. Corm thrips, Thrips tabaci Corm thrips are tiny, 1-2mm, dark slender insects with fringed wings that pupate underground. They are seasonally transported on rain/wind storms. They feed by puncturing plant tissue and sucking out the cell contents. Nymphs and adults may feed on leaves causing white and yellow spots and may damage the terminal buds and flowers, causing flower damage, lower quality and yield loss. Clean weeds from field and field edge. Populations build at end of the season, after harvest. No treatment threshold found. No insecticidal control is recommended. PESTS AND DISEASES OF UKRAINE HERBS: basil, Ocimum basilicum, rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, thyme, Thymus vulgaris Thrips, Herb thrips are tiny, 1-2mm, dark Predatory thrips, Aelothrips species, as well as No treatment threshold found.