New Fungicide Approved for Select California Crops Posted by Paul Rusnak|October 22, 2018 Helmstar Plus SC is formulated with two modes of action to knock down diseases.Read More
Biocontrols East Offers Solutions for Spotted Lanternfly, Spotted Wing Drosophila, and Fire Blight By Richard Jones|September 17, 2018 Answers to your most pressing fruit pest problems is a primary focus of unique industry event’s program.
How to Manage Pink Rot in Potatoes By Carrie Huffman Wohleb|September 12, 2018 Learn how to identify and treat this disease. As a bonus, see if your plants are eligible for free sample testing.
Valent BioSciences Opens Research Center with Sustainability in Mind Posted by Richard Jones|July 30, 2018 New 85,000-square-foot Biorational Research Center includes 20,000 square feet of greenhouse space.
Fungicides During Bloom — the Pollination Paradox By Meghan Milbrath | Jacquelyn Albert|July 11, 2018 Practices that maximize productivity can undermine the pollination process, reducing profitability.
Act Now to Get the Jump on Frogeye Leaf Spot of Pepper By Gene McAvoy|June 25, 2018 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable disease.
3 New Crop Protection Products Enter the Vegetable Market Posted by Carol Miller|May 30, 2018 Three new crop protection produces have been approved for new markets or are being introduced: an herbicide; a fungicide; and a biological fungicide.
Researchers Hope to Defuse Fusarium Wilt With Friendly Fungi Posted by Paul Rusnak|May 23, 2018 Unique biocontrol strategy could help vegetable growers manage deadly plant pathogen.
Spinach Crop Down in the Dumps? It Might be Blue Mold By Gene McAvoy|May 22, 2018 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this plant pathogen.
Vegetable Disease Management: Plants and Humans Aren’t That Different By Steven T. Koike|May 14, 2018 Steven Koike says understanding how diseases spread is key to managing them. Here are several ways it happens among plants.
Biocontrol: The Retailer and Consumer Perspective By Daniel Jacobs|April 23, 2018 Increasingly, the general public — and the retailers that serve them — expect food to be produced more sustainability. Biological control is a good option for growers looking to fill that demand.
Take Care to Defend Cruciferous Crops From Black Rot By Gene McAvoy|April 18, 2018 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this damaging disease.
Why Potato Virus Y Needs Your Attention By Carrie Huffman Wohleb|April 10, 2018 This once minor disease is now a serious problem. Here’s why.
New Crop Protection Tool in Walnut Blight Fight By Luke Milliron | James E. Adaskaveg|April 3, 2018 Just in the nick of time, walnut growers can add another weapon to their arsenal in battling this deadly foe.
Protect Watermelon Plantings From Wrath of Fusarium Wilt By Gene McAvoy|March 19, 2018 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this malady.
Biocontrol in Demand from Produce Retailers and Consumers By Richard Jones|March 13, 2018 Biological control has moved into the mainstream. After years of experimentation and new and improved technologies, biocontrol is […]
Pacific Northwest Spinach Seed Crop Threatened by Fungus Posted by David Eddy|February 23, 2018 Researchers battle Fusarium wilt in the only place in the U.S. that can currently grow the high-dollar leafy vegetable.
Pre-Season Vegetable Pest Forecast for 2018 Posted by Carol Miller|February 7, 2018 Forecasting pests can be tricky. While conditions that favor or curb various insects or diseases can give plant […]
Southwest Florida Vegetable Growers on High Alert for Late Blight Posted by Paul Rusnak|February 6, 2018 Weather conditions conducive for possible further development of deadly disease that dogs tomatoes and potatoes.
Refuse to Let Fusarium Wilt Waylay Your Lettuce Crop By Gene McAvoy|January 23, 2018 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this malady.