Fire Blight Preventative For Apples And Pears OK’d By Growing Produce Staff|February 2, 2012 Blossom Protect was approved this week by the EPA as a biopesticide for the control of fire blight […]Read More
Less Common Squash and Pumpkin Varieties for Growers To Pick and Choose By Carol Miller|October 14, 2026
Syngenta Names New Leader for Its North American Crop Protection Operations Posted by Growing Produce Staff|October 13, 2026
How AI-Powered Drones Are Taking More Growers Beyond Crop Scouting By Andrew Mabry, ZenaDrone|October 13, 2026
Grafting For Vegetable Disease Control By Growing Produce Staff|February 1, 2012 During the 2011 Florida Ag Expo, Dr. Mathews Paret, UF/IFAS, presented his and fellow researhers’ work on grafting […]
Keep Target Spot of Tomato in Your Sights By Gene McAvoy|February 1, 2012 Target spot is frequently misdiagnosed in its early stages as symptoms are difficult to recognize and can be […]
Fire Blight Tool Has New U.S. Distributor By Growing Produce Staff|January 17, 2012 Westbridge Agricultural Products of Vista, CA, and Bio-ferm of Tulln, Austria, have announced a new partnership that grants […]
Beware Of What Your Farm Equipment May Be Transporting By Rosemary Gordon|January 13, 2012 When equipment is moved from field to field or across the country, it has the potential to bring […]
Study: Overhead Spray Systems Could Improve Tomato Sanitation By Growing Produce Staff|January 12, 2012 Tomato packinghouses that rely on flume systems to sanitize tomatoes might do a more effective job of eliminating […]
Strep-Resistant Fire Blight Found In New York By Growing Produce Staff|January 10, 2012 Cornell plant pathologists have issued a warning to New York apple and pear growers after discovering a strain […]
New Website Takes Dead Aim At Potato Virus Y By Growing Produce Staff|January 4, 2012 Growers concerned about Potato Virus Y (PVY) can now turn to a Web page dedicated to the disease, […]
Pest Of The Month: Bottom Rot of Lettuce By Gene McAvoy|January 2, 2012 Identification The first symptom noticed is usually wilting of the outer leaves. Infected plants have sunken, reddish-brown lesions […]
Insight On Controlling Bacterial Canker In Tomato By Rosemary Gordon|December 8, 2011 “It was such a bad disease year,” said Sally Miller, a plant pathologist at The Ohio State University, […]
Pest Of The Month: Purple Blotch By Growing Produce Staff|November 28, 2011 Purple blotch, which attacks onions, leeks, and shallots, is primarily caused by Alternaria porri and Stemphylium vesicarium. It […]
Potato Pointers: New Disease, New Problems By Phil Nolte|November 28, 2011 In the early days of 2000, potato growers in the southern U.S. were forced to begin dealing with […]
Citrus Scientists Shine Light On Fungus Problem By Growing Produce Staff|October 27, 2011 Commonly known as green mold and blue mold, respectively, the fungi Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium italicum spoil recently […]
New Application For Fungicide By Growing Produce Staff|September 30, 2011 Tweet//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Valent U.S.A Corporation has announced that it has received registration for drip applications of Presidio Fungicide (fluopicolide) […]
Late Blight Update By Growing Produce Staff|August 24, 2011 Incidence of late blight has been reported in several areas in the North and Northeast. The disease was […]
Citrus Canker Added To Actinovate AG Label By Growing Produce Staff|August 16, 2011 Citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis) is the latest disease that has been added to the Actinovate AG label. Trials […]
Severe Apple Scab Affecting Pennsylvania Crop By Growing Produce Staff|August 2, 2011 Dr. Henry Ngugi, in the Department of Pathology at Penn State University, said he has recently seen two […]
Controlling Tomato Leaf Diseases By Growing Produce Staff|July 27, 2011 Many tomato growers are having leaf diseases this year such as septoria leaf spot and early blight, producing […]
Organic Report: Fire Blight Tools Saved By Growing Produce Staff|July 21, 2011 Editor’s Note: Information for this article originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of the Organic Tree Fruit […]
Combating Rind Necrosis By Growing Produce Staff|July 21, 2011 Bacterial rind necrosis of watermelon, sometimes referred to as rind necrosis, is a fruit defect and can be […]
