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Brussels sprouts (B. oleracea Group Gemmifera), a herbaceous dicot biennial, are a cool-season, frost-tolerant crop. The origin of the Brussels...
Kohlrabi is a low and stout cool-season biennial with a short stem that enlarges just above the ground into an edible shapely 'tuber' or swollen...
Kale (Brassica oleracea var. viridis), a member of the cabbage family, is a hardy leafy crop that is grown as an annual throughout Europe, USA,...
EggsEggs are laid in clusters and held together by a gelatinous glue. The colour of egg mass is green on the first day turning to reddish-brown after...
EggsEggs are ribbed and about 0.45 mm high. Newly laid eggs are whitish yellow and become darker as hatching approaches.LarvaeThe general body colour...
EggsThe egg of Pieris rapae is pale yellow and about 1 mm long. It is twice as high as it is wide, giving it a spindle shaped appearance. It has a...
Adult The adult is greyish brown with a 9-mm-long body and a wingspan of about 12-15 mm (Anonymous, 1983; Reid and Cuthbert, 1971). In males, upper...
Eggs The eggs are spherical, somewhat flattened, and 0.6 mm in diameter. They are usually pale orange-brown or pink in colour, laid in batches and...
EggThe eggs are round or slightly dome-shaped with ridges. They are pearly or silvery white and are laid singly, usually on the undersides of...
H. undalis is a sandy brown pyralid moth with irregular cross-lines. At rest it adopts a triangular stance approximately 12 cm in width.The eggs are...