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.Read More
The Hidden Margin Leak Between Projected and Actual Harvest Dates By Muhammad Abdullah, Folio3 Agtech|June 2, 2026
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, TriCal Diagnostics|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.
Take a Hard Line Against Bacterial Soft Rot of Pepper By Gene McAvoy|December 15, 2017 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this deflating vegetable disease.
Tech Tool Saving Strawberry Growers from Being in the Red Posted by Paul Rusnak|November 27, 2017 Study shows web-based advisory system helping cut fungicide use without losing yield.
Could This Biological Control Help Save the Wine Industry? By Karli Petrovic|November 25, 2017 After wreaking havoc on grapevines for 125 years, causing severe wine industry losses, Pierce’s Disease may have finally met its match.
Ways Florida Growers Can Keep Ahead of Pests Post-Irma By Frank Giles|November 25, 2017 Scouting and quick action even more important where fumigation was skipped to catch up after the storm.
