Vegetable Growers: Don’t Take Lygus Bug Lightly By Shimat V. Joseph|April 5, 2016 California’s Central Coast has perfect conditions for lygus bug, a pest of strawberry, celery, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, to be successful.Read More
Cox Farms Launches as One of the Largest Greenhouse Growers in North America Posted by Growing Produce Staff|March 28, 2024
Healthy Soils at Center of New $5 Million Initiative for California Citrus Growers By California Farm Bureau|March 27, 2024
Bayer Nematicide Gets The Nod For Use On Potatoes Posted by Rosemary Gordon|March 30, 2016 Velum Prime is a non-fumigant nematicide offering disease control benefits.
Corn Insecticide Receives EPA Registration Posted by Rosemary Gordon|February 23, 2016 New soil insecticide targets a variety of pests including corn rootworm, grubs, maggots, and wireworms.
Prepare For Corn Earworm By Lauren María Alexander|February 23, 2016 Tips to manage this troublesome pest include purchasing pheromone traps, use of Bt varieties, and a proper spray plan.
Oriental Fruit Fly Successfully Eradicated In Miami-Dade County Posted by Paul Rusnak|February 22, 2016 Quarantine no longer in effect; products now allowed to move freely.
Biopesticides And IPM By Rosemary Gordon|February 9, 2016 Dr. Surendra Dara, Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor and Affiliated IPM Advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension, […]
7 Steps To See If Biocontrols Pencil Out For Your Operation By Lauren María Alexander|February 8, 2016 Have you considered adding biocontrols to your operation? If you have, there’s no doubt you’ve already weighed the […]
Moving Beyond Methyl Bromide With Biofungicides Posted by Richard Jones|February 5, 2016 Editor’s note: University of California Farm Advisor Mark Bolda will present much more information on this topic at […]
Agriculture Agents Intercept Invasive Beetle At Miami’s Seaport Posted by Paul Rusnak|January 20, 2016 Notorious wood borer hitched a ride in a container of cucumbers arriving from Costa Rica.
Revised Label For Nimitz Nematicide Ties In Tomatoes Posted by Paul Rusnak|December 21, 2015 Removal of direct-seeding restriction reinstates the crop back onto the approved fruiting vegetables list.
Attract Bats For Improved Insect Control By Ann-Marie Jeffries|December 9, 2015 Would you like to reduce insecticide applications while also lowering the number of codling moths in your orchard? […]
Take Lettuce Pests Head On By Lauren María Alexander|December 3, 2015 Tips for you to manage key lettuce pests in the Southwest.
Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Expands In Pennsylvania Posted by Christina Herrick|December 2, 2015 A quarantine for the spotted lanternfly, which was discovered last year in Pennsylvania, has expanded to several townships […]
Take Caution When Dealing With Yellowstriped Armyworms By Gene McAvoy|November 19, 2015 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable pest.
Michigan State University Researchers To Study Non-Spray Pest Management Posted by Christina Herrick|November 17, 2015 Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have received a $173,151 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food […]
New Biopesticide Helicovex Receives U.S. Registration Posted by Rosemary Gordon|November 16, 2015 Product from Andermatt Biocontrol Ag controls several pests including corn earworm.
New Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Killer Discovered In Pacific Northwest Posted by David Eddy|October 22, 2015 Parasitic wasp find leads Washington State University researchers to declare ‘We struck it rich.’
USDA Awards $6.7 Million To Stifle Spotted Wing Drosophila Posted by David Eddy|October 19, 2015 North Carolina State University’s Hannah Burrack will spearhead research.
EPA Registers New Bionematicide Posted by David Eddy|October 15, 2015 Marrone Bio Innovations product provides new mode of action, keeping insect eggs from hatching.
New Invasive Vegetable Pest Found In Michigan Posted by Rosemary Gordon|October 6, 2015 Swede midge impacts cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and other crucifers.