Export Cash Crops: Vanilla Flower-feeding beetles and Do regular surveillance and pest removal. No insecticides are weevils (significant) recommended. Shoot, flower, bud, immature Do regular surveillance and pest removal. No insecticides or bean chewers, caterpillars, molluscicides are snails/slugs (very significant, recommended. if unattended/uncontrolled) If needed a molluscicide containing metaldehyde (LIMOXYL) could be used. Growing tip chewers, Do regular surveillance and pest removal. No insecticides are grasshoppers signifitif recommended. Viruses: Mosaic virus, leaf Use disease-free propagation material. No insecticides are curl virus, and Cymbidium recommended, Crops should be kept free of weeds that are hosts to aphids. Mosaic Potex Virus, because aphids can Take care when pruning vines and/or training the vines around their support trees. The sap may transmitted by aphids (very begin to feed contain viruses. Hands should be frequently washed with soap and water, and pruning tools significant) quickly before and knives should be surface sterilised in bleach, or placed in boiling water for 5 minutes. spraying can occur. Remove plants at the first sign of symptoms of any of these viruses. Take the plants out of the plantation and burn or bury them. Take cuttings from healthy, fast growing plants. Never use cuttings from diseased plants, even if part of the plant looks healthy. It is best to take cuttings only from plantations that have never shown signs of the diseases. Anthracnose, Use disease-free propagation material. Application of a Colletotrichum species (very significant) fungicide with Provide plants with adequate fertilization. copper compounds Avoid excess or copper Prune out and destroy infected plant parts.
Export Cash Crops: Vanilla Flower-feeding beetles and weevils (significant) Do regular surveillance and pest removal. No insecticides are recommended. Shoot, flower, bud, immature bean chewers, caterpillars, snails/slugs (very significant, if unattended/uncontrolled) Do regular surveillance and pest removal. No insecticides or molluscicides are recommended. If needed a molluscicide containing metaldehyde (LIMOXYL) could be used. Growing tip chewers, grasshoppers signifitif Do regular surveillance and pest removal. No insecticides are recommended. Viruses: Mosaic virus, leaf curl virus, and Cymbidium Mosaic Potex Virus, transmitted by aphids (very significant) Use disease-free propagation material. Crops should be kept free of weeds that are hosts to aphids. Take care when pruning vines and/or training the vines around their support trees. The sap may contain viruses. Hands should be frequently washed with soap and water, and pruning tools and knives should be surface sterilised in bleach, or placed in boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove plants at the first sign of symptoms of any of these viruses. Take the plants out of the plantation and burn or bury them. Take cuttings from healthy, fast growing plants. Never use cuttings from diseased plants, even if part of the plant looks healthy. It is best to take cuttings only from plantations that have never shown signs of the diseases. No insecticides are recommended, because aphids can begin to feed quickly before spraying can occur. Anthracnose, Colletotrichum species (very significant) Use disease-free propagation material. Provide plants with adequate fertilization. Avoid excess Prune out and destroy infected plant parts. Application of a fungicide with copper compounds or copper
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