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Cabbage
pests (Northern Namibia)
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Brassica oleracea var.
capitata
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Cabbage (English)
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1. Cabbage Introduction
Cabbage is a popular crop in northern
Namibia. It is grown in small plots in gardens with additional water or
in larger more commercial farms with irrigation systems. It grows throughout
the year, but production is still best during the cold or cooler season,
as the summer months are too hot for good quality cabbage.
2. Cabbage
pests
The main pests are Diamond-back moth,
cabbage
webworm, bagrada bug and cabbage aphids. Each of these
pests have the potential of reducing the marketable yield severely or completely
destroying the crop.
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