Greenhouse Pest and Diseases

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Across
  1. 1. a living organism that can cause injury or loss to a plant.
  2. 4. an oval-shaped, whitish insect that produces small cottony masses, pierces plant tissues and sucks the plant juices
  3. 6. a small, pear-shaped, soft-bodied, usually wingless insect
  4. 8. mite a plant-eating mite that resembles a tiny spider
  5. 9. the larva of various butterfly and moth species.
  6. 10. a disturbance to the normal growth and development of the plant
  7. 11. a solution of pesticide mixed with water that is poured onto the soil in a plants pot.
  8. 12. the effort made to keep a greenhouse clean of weeds, debris, and diseased or infested plants
Down
  1. 2. a bacterial disease that causes soft rot of plant tissues.
  2. 3. a poisonous gas distributed through the air that reaches all parts of the greenhouse.
  3. 5. a pesticide that comes in a dry, pellet form.
  4. 7. an organism that lives and feeds off another organism.
  5. 8. a pesticide applied as small droplets that cover the surfaces of a plant.
  6. 10. a biological organism that causes disease.
  7. 11. a solution of pesticide mixed with water in which plants are submerged.