Don’t Let Your Guard Slip When Taking On Thrips By Oscar E. Liburd|September 27, 2014 Tiny insect pests can present big problems for blueberry growers.Read More
What You Need To Know about New Final Rule That Protects Farmworkers Posted by Growing Produce Staff|April 26, 2024
Is The Diaprepes Root Weevil An Emerging Blueberry Pest? By Larry Duncan|September 26, 2014 Reports indicate longtime citrus nuisance might be tempted by the fruit of another.
Take The Battle To Bagrada Bugs By Gene McAvoy|September 25, 2014 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this insect pest.
Beat Blueberry Gall Midge By Oscar E. Liburd|September 25, 2014 Due diligence required in the identification, tracking, and control of this flying fiend.
California To Ban Some Pesticides In San Joaquin Valley Posted by Christina Herrick|September 24, 2014 Chemistries with high Volatile Organic Compounds are used on pistachios, almonds, walnuts, grapes, and citrus crops.
Bagrada Bug On The Move In California Posted by Lauren María Alexander|September 16, 2014 Find out more on management tactics and what counties are impacted by this invasive pest.
Nimitz Nematicide Receives EPA Approval Posted by Rosemary Gordon|September 12, 2014 New product from Adama has a unique mode of action and is approved for use on a variety of vegetables.
USDA Needs Your Help In Tracking Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Posted by Christina Herrick|September 11, 2014 Researchers seeking voluntary information to track how pest overwinters.
New Findings On Beetle Flight May Help Control Deadly Walnut Tree Disease Posted by Christina Herrick|September 10, 2014 Pheromone disruption may be the answer in minimizing thousand cankers disease.
Giant Snail Threat Spreading In South Florida Posted by Paul Rusnak|September 10, 2014 Dangerous invasive pests found well outside Miami-area hot zone.
Stockton’s Timorex Gold Biofungicide Receives EPA Registration Posted by Lauren María Alexander|September 9, 2014 This broad spectrum fungicide can be used in rotation or in a tank mix.
Strategies To Prevent Secondary Pests Following Sprays For Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Posted by Christina Herrick|September 9, 2014 Penn State University researcher offers guidelines and control strategies for minimizing the impacts on mites for the next season.
FMC Acquires Cheminova Posted by Christina Herrick|September 9, 2014 Transaction expected to close in early 2015.
New Lure Target’s Almond Enemy No. 1: Navel Orangeworm Posted by David Eddy|September 9, 2014 Promising new combination of all-natural compounds is at least seven times more powerful than older lures.
Bayer Opens Worldwide Biologics R&D Center In California By David Eddy|September 5, 2014 $80 million facility will also be used to develop vegetable seed.
Beet Curly Top Virus Is An Unpredictable Disease By Rosemary Gordon|September 5, 2014 Researchers are trying to determine the conditions that favored the ‘perfect storm’ for beet curly top virus, which caused $100 million in losses last year.
How To Control Corn Earworm, European Corn Borer In Sweet Corn By Rosemary Gordon|September 5, 2014 Monitor traps, plant varieties with good husk cover, and rotate modes of action to avoid resistance.
Most Fresh California Produce Has Little/No Detectable Pesticides Posted by David Eddy|September 4, 2014 State Department of Pesticide Regulation finds that 95% of produce was in compliance.
Beware Of Fruit Rots During Apple Harvest Posted by Paul Rusnak|September 2, 2014 Conditions lately have been ripe for fungi fiasco.
They’re Back! 2014 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Population Bigger Than Expected Posted by Paul Rusnak|September 2, 2014 Pressure building as traps filling up with pest by the hundreds.