Take Control Now of Brown Rot In Stone Fruit Crops By Thomas Skernivitz|April 15, 2024 Between resistance and restrictions, fine-tuning a fungicide program grows in importance. Read More
How You Can Help Give New Apple Variety a Name By Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences|April 20, 2024
Scientists Searching for New Ways To Protect Potato Crops from Pests By Michigan State University AgBioResearch|November 14, 2023 A $6 million grant from USDA aimed to help researchers explore alternative management solutions in lieu of using neonicotinoids.
Recognize and Manage Fungicide Resistance in Your Vegetable Plantings By Anthony P. Keinath|April 26, 2023 Take proactive steps to reduce the risk of this crop protection problem.
How To Stop Colorado Potato Beetles From Sacking Your Spuds By Carrie Huffman Wohleb|May 25, 2022 Here are a few tips to control notorious pest and avoid insecticide resistance.
Biocontrols East Offers Solutions for Spotted Lanternfly, Spotted Wing Drosophila, and Fire Blight By Richard Jones|September 17, 2018 Answers to your most pressing fruit pest problems is a primary focus of unique industry event’s program.
Valent BioSciences Opens Research Center with Sustainability in Mind Posted by Richard Jones|July 30, 2018 New 85,000-square-foot Biorational Research Center includes 20,000 square feet of greenhouse space.
Biocontrol: The Retailer and Consumer Perspective By Daniel Jacobs|April 23, 2018 Increasingly, the general public — and the retailers that serve them — expect food to be produced more sustainability. Biological control is a good option for growers looking to fill that demand.
Superweed Palmer Amaranth is on the Move: Here’s What You Need to Know By Erica J. Kistner|April 4, 2018 These best practices can help you identify and manage this pesky weed in your field.
Building an IPM Program to Fight Fruit Flies By David Eddy|March 26, 2018 When faced with spotted wing drosophila (SWD), it’s critical for growers to keep in mind this is almost […]
Biocontrol in Demand from Produce Retailers and Consumers By Richard Jones|March 13, 2018 Biological control has moved into the mainstream. After years of experimentation and new and improved technologies, biocontrol is […]
Biocontrol Gains Traction in the East By Richard Jones|October 23, 2017 Biological control — whether you’re talking about biochemicals, microbial products, beneficials, or even the relatively new category of […]
Get Better Results From Your Biopesticide Program Posted by Richard Jones|September 13, 2017 Softer crop protection programs are becoming a must in specialty crop production. Growers who aren’t learning more about […]
Dispelling the Rumors: Using Biologicals and Biochemicals in IPM Programs By Michael Larose|September 1, 2017 Whether you’re a grower, packer, processor, or retailer, you have experienced the dramatic shift in consumer preference for […]
11 New Biocontrol Products You Need to Know Posted by Richard Jones|July 31, 2017 One of the highlights of the Biocontrols Conference & Expo Series is getting an early look at some […]
Keep Resistant Weeds At Bay While Not Breaking The Bank By Brian Wallheimer|May 31, 2016 Rather than focusing all of a pre-emergent spray program in the winter to attack winter-emerging weeds, University of […]
Florida Extension Agent Honored For His Integrated Pest Management Teaching Posted by Frank Giles|February 16, 2016 Gene McAvoy named a member of Syngenta’s Resistance Fighter Leadership Program.
Biopesticides And IPM By Rosemary Gordon|February 9, 2016 Dr. Surendra Dara, Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor and Affiliated IPM Advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension, […]
7 Steps To See If Biocontrols Pencil Out For Your Operation By Lauren María Alexander|February 8, 2016 Have you considered adding biocontrols to your operation? If you have, there’s no doubt you’ve already weighed the […]
Moving Beyond Methyl Bromide With Biofungicides Posted by Richard Jones|February 5, 2016 Editor’s note: University of California Farm Advisor Mark Bolda will present much more information on this topic at […]
New Herbicide From Syngenta Receives EPA Registration Posted by Christina Herrick|June 4, 2015 Syngenta’s new Broadworks herbicide is the first HPPD inhibitor approved by the EPA in tree nuts, citrus, and […]