Consider a Synergistic Approach To Disease Control in Peaches By David Eddy|April 27, 2024 Using both biocontrol agents and synthetic fungicides can increase overall effectiveness. Read More
By The Numbers: Latest Fruit Production Trends in the U.S. Posted by Growing Produce Staff|May 10, 2024
New Report Demonstrates Economic Benefits to Potato Trade By Bob Mattive, National Potato Council|May 10, 2024
New Efforts Grow To Help Protect the U.S. Avocado Industry Posted by Paul Rusnak|April 22, 2024 A multistate survey from researchers seeks to find out more about avocado disease management.
Pistachio Growers on High Alert for Botryosphaeria Disease By Thomas Skernivitz|April 16, 2024 Consecutive wet winters the perfect catalyst for blight spread by a family of fungi.
Take Control Now of Brown Rot In Stone Fruit Crops By Thomas Skernivitz|April 15, 2024 Between resistance and restrictions, fine-tuning a fungicide program grows in importance.
California Farmers Get Early Jump on Disease Control Efforts By Bob West|April 10, 2024 Data show early-season applications have helped produce a significant increase in crop protection activity thus far in 2024.
Choose Cover Crops That Suppress Pathogens in Your Vegetable Plantings By Anthony P. Keinath|April 2, 2024 While cover crops help growers overall, some choices can actually host plant diseases.
Fruit Researchers Get Backing To Help Snuff Out Fire Blight By Virginia Tech News|March 8, 2024 Multistate scientific project supported by a $5.7 million grant from USDA NIFA.
Criteria for Successful Biocontrol Candidates on the Farm By Steven T. Koike|March 7, 2024 Field conditions are dramatically different from lab conditions. Here’s the type of research we need to assess just how effective this new tool is.
USDA Set To Give Plant Protection Efforts a Big Boost By USDA-APHIS|February 9, 2024 Government agency is investing more than $70 million in 374 projects through the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program.
Welcome to the Next Phase of Breeding Disease-Resistant Spinach By AgriLife Today|February 5, 2024 Multi-state project aims to develop cultivars resistant to five common spinach diseases.
Ways Phenotyping Has a Growing Sense for Plant Health By Thomas Skernivitz|January 29, 2024 Purdue University blends agriculture and bioengineering to develop patented phenotyping tool.
How Good Crop Breeding Impacts Plant Health By Carol Miller|January 15, 2024 We asked an expert about how breeders keep up with rapidly developing disease strains.
The Most Problematic Weeds, Diseases, and Pests for Vegetable Growers By Growing Produce Staff|January 12, 2024 The country’s leading experts weigh in on why these insects, weeds, and diseases are such a problem.
Vegetable Seed Breeders Taking on Susceptibility in Cucurbits By Thomas Skernivitz|December 30, 2023 Companies turn focus to Phytophthora-resistant varieties.
What a Wet Winter Means for White Mold and Your Vegetable Crops By Anthony P. Keinath|December 28, 2023 Here are some hard-earned lessons for growers on managing the disease.
Facts Growers Should Know About Blueberry Shock Virus By USDA-ARS|December 12, 2023 Though this virus found in Pacific Northwest berries is not a huge concern, blueberry shock virus still bears monitoring.
What’s Being Done Now To Figure Out Blueberry Fruit Rot By Michigan State University AgBioResearch|December 6, 2023 Learn how a $3.95 million grant from USDA is being used to develop effective management strategies for blueberry fruit rot.
The Key To Bitter Pit in Apples? Unlock The Calcium By Thomas Skernivitz|December 4, 2023 While there is no simple solution to improving uptake of the nutrient, ‘Honeycrisp’ growers have various options.
Breakthrough in Protecting Almond Trees From Canker By Thomas Skernivitz|November 20, 2023 Successful chemigation via drip. Flutriafol applied as a drench product benefits in the battle against malady.
NASA Helps Researchers Get to the Top of Grapevine Leafroll Virus By Sally Younger, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory|November 13, 2023 Successful early detection could provide grape growers with up to one year of warning to intervene.