Can a Supercomputer Help Save Florida Avocados? Posted by Paul Rusnak|November 19, 2020 Learn more about a new app being developed to guide growers and industry stakeholders on how to best tackle laurel wilt disease.Read More
New Report: Use of Cover Crops Continues to Grow Stronger By Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education|September 4, 2026
2027 Ranking for the Top U.S. Colleges in Agricultural Sciences Posted by Paul Rusnak|September 3, 2026
Testing for Vegetable Pathogens: Why, What, How, When? By Steven T. Koike, TriCal Diagnostics|November 18, 2020 When it comes to identifying diseases, plant diseases have a lot in common with COVID-19.
Barn Owls Can be an Effective Control for Rodents and Gophers By Lauren María Alexander|November 18, 2020 The predators are already getting results in vineyards and orchards. Research is showing they’re just as effective in vegetable and fruit fields.
Adult Spotted Lanternfly and Eggs Found in Upstate New York By Thomas Skernivitz|November 17, 2020 State officials urge grower vigilance, as the pest favors grapes, a hallmark of the Finger Lakes region.
‘Hairy Roots’ To the Rescue! Deadly Plant Diseases Put on Notice By AgriLife Today|November 16, 2020 Learn how researchers unearthed new lab tech to fight fastidious pathogens like HLB, zebra chip, and more.
Take the Right Aim to Tame Target Spot of Tomato By Gene McAvoy|November 12, 2020 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable malady.
A New Way to Control a Deadly Virus in Desert Melons By John C. Palumbo|November 11, 2020 More recent research shows how you can better control sweetpotato whiteflies, a vector for cucurbit yellows stunting disorder virus.
What Ag Interests Can Do To Stand up for Pesticide Regulations By Mary Hartney|November 6, 2020 Florida Fertilizer & Agrichemical Association’s Mary Hartney says let science prevail when it concerns the health of people and the environment.
Beware the Black Bean Bug! Florida Growers on Alert Posted by Paul Rusnak|October 29, 2020 Ag interests in the Sunshine State have another pest to watch for in a wide range of crops.
Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Found in Ohio By Thomas Skernivitz|October 28, 2020 Discovery of one dead adult leads to the capture of five live adults near the Pennsylvania border.
How the First Asian Giant Hornet Nest in the U.S. Was Found Posted by Paul Rusnak|October 26, 2020 Scientists wing it to hunt down the infamous predator of pollinators. Learn the unique way they tracked and then removed the pests.
Aprovia Top Fungicide From Syngenta Now Registered for Use in California Posted by Growing Produce Staff|October 22, 2020 The product combines Solatenol fungicide with difenoconazole for enhanced control of powdery mildew and other damaging diseases.
Strategy Is Key to Healthy Greenhouse Crops By Carol Miller|October 21, 2020 Keeping your crops healthy takes more than just applying products. Here are tips crop protection suppliers offer to keep your greenhouse vegetables safe.
Field Scouting Guide: Scab of Cucurbits By Karli Petrovic|October 21, 2020 What you need to identify and manage this disease.
Walnut Mold Confuses Growers in California By Kathie Taylor|October 20, 2020 Researchers find that infection rates soar when hulls split and eventually invade the kernel.
USDA Awards $5 Million To Battle Stone Fruit Disease Posted by David Eddy|October 19, 2020 Clemson University peach breeder to lead multi-state team of scientists to develop new rootstocks resistant to armillaria root rot.
Avoid Getting Tripped up by Asian Bean Thrips By Gene McAvoy|October 15, 2020 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable pest.
TIMOREX ACT Fungicide Receives California Registration for Fruits and Vegetables Posted by Growing Produce Staff|October 13, 2020 Learn more about this natural plant disease control product based on a botanical extract of the tea tree plant.
Ways Sprayer Tech Is Coming up Fruitful in Orchards By David Eddy|October 12, 2020 Learn more about new units that provide advantages, both financial and environmental.
Potential Solution Found for Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus By Brian Sparks|October 9, 2020 Vegetable breeder Enza Zaden identifies gene that provides resistance against the deadly disease. See how they did it.
