Crop Protection
USDA-APHIS is applying safeguarding measures and restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated plants and produce.
Learn how a $3.95 million grant from USDA is being used to develop effective management strategies for blueberry fruit rot.
While there is no simple solution to improving uptake of the nutrient, ‘Honeycrisp’ growers have various options.
Recent finds involving multiple species of the flying pest have sparked seven different quarantines across the state.
Pheromone mating disruption remains the primary management solution.
To solve this who-done-it, put your gumshoe skills to work.
Successful chemigation via drip. Flutriafol applied as a drench product benefits in the battle against malady.
Florida Crystals has grown its owl nesting box count to more than 2,000 as part of its regenerative agriculture program.
Proposed systems approach would end current requirement that all table grapes from Chile be fumigated before distribution in the U.S.
A $6 million grant from USDA aimed to help researchers explore alternative management solutions in lieu of using neonicotinoids.
Successful early detection could provide grape growers with up to one year of warning to intervene.
Good data can help you ID problems before they overwhelm your production.
Fortunately, unprecedented suppression may be forthcoming with a new insecticide.
Appeals court ruling restores agricultural uses of the controversial crop protection tool.
Researchers say crop sanitation will be key to controlling the invasive carpophilus beetle.
California growers beware. Newly published study expects three major pests — codling moth, peach twig borer, and Oriental fruit moth — to rise up.
Now in its ninth year, industry event offers latest info and real-world guidance on biological products and the technologies that enable their success.
This exotic pest native to Australia is known to target more than 175 different fruits, vegetables, and plant commodities.
Researchers are calling on farming operators in the Mid-Atlantic region to participate in a survey.