Aflatoxin for pistachios

Aflatoxin is a toxin secreted by a group of fungi (Aspergillus) that are part pistachio shell of the mold. These fungi produce poisonous food by feeding on it and leave it inside or on the food. This fungus begins to grow on the host (pistachios) in conditions of suitable temperature and humidity and produces poison, which causes great harm to humans and animals.

 

Pistachio psyllids (dry juice)

 

This insect excretes a lot of honey, which dries quickly in the presence of air. For this reason, this pest is called dry sap in the local language. Biology Adult overwintering insects Psyllids settle on trees from early April. This pest causes a lot of damage to domestic and wild pistachios.

 

Pistachio

 

The nymphs of the first generation of this pest appear in late April and early May. This pest damages pistachio crops by feeding on plant sap and reducing seed growth and crop failure, reduced vegetative growth and drying of twigs.