Disease Control
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) will use funding from a new USDA grant to help southern […]
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) will use funding from a new USDA grant to help southern […]
Producing a healthy crop obviously is of the utmost importance to vegetable growers, and among the key factors […]
OxiDate 2.0 Broad Spectrum Bactericide/Fungicide, a tool to eradicate fire blight innoculum on contact, has been registered as […]
Identification In addition to cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, collards, mustards, and other brassicas are commonly infected. Alternaria also can […]
Valent U.S.A. Corporation has announced that Quash Fungicide has been registered by the EPA for use on blueberries. […]
Sometimes keeping a disease from spreading can be as simple as staying out of a field once the […]
The National Organic Standards Board recently made the controversial recommendation to the National Organic Program to let two […]
Blossom Protect was approved this week by the EPA as a biopesticide for the control of fire blight […]
During the 2011 Florida Ag Expo, Dr. Mathews Paret, UF/IFAS, presented his and fellow researhers’ work on grafting […]
Target spot is frequently misdiagnosed in its early stages as symptoms are difficult to recognize and can be […]
Westbridge Agricultural Products of Vista, CA, and Bio-ferm of Tulln, Austria, have announced a new partnership that grants […]
When equipment is moved from field to field or across the country, it has the potential to bring […]
Tomato packinghouses that rely on flume systems to sanitize tomatoes might do a more effective job of eliminating […]
Cornell plant pathologists have issued a warning to New York apple and pear growers after discovering a strain […]
Growers concerned about Potato Virus Y (PVY) can now turn to a Web page dedicated to the disease, […]
Identification The first symptom noticed is usually wilting of the outer leaves. Infected plants have sunken, reddish-brown lesions […]
“It was such a bad disease year,” said Sally Miller, a plant pathologist at The Ohio State University, […]
Purple blotch, which attacks onions, leeks, and shallots, is primarily caused by Alternaria porri and Stemphylium vesicarium. It […]