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Protect your vegetables from whitefly damage with practical advice on identification and prevention for successful gardening.

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Stink bugs literally stink and are also tough to eliminate from your house and garden. We talked to the experts for solutions.

The National Seed Health System has released a new validated seed health testing method for the detection of Tomato Mottle ...

Abstract: In order to help vegetable farmers increase tomato yield, it is crucial to identify diseases and pests accurately. Unlike traditional pattern recognition methods, deep learning techniques ...

1 Department of Crop Protection, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Njala University, Njala Campus, Njala, Sierra Leone. 2 Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Towelhill, Freetown, Sierra ...

Abstract: Prevalence of multiple pests and diseases in the cultivation of tomato poses a significant threat to crop yield and quality. Early prediction and detection are critical to mitigating these ...