Aim to Keep Anthracnose out of Your Cucurbit Crops By Gene McAvoy|June 13, 2019 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable malady.Read More
California Ag Department Makes Big Investment in Sustainable Pest Management By California Department of Food and Agriculture|November 4, 2024
Timorex Gold Biofungicide Now a Tool for California Growers Posted by Growing Produce Staff|June 6, 2019 Product provides control of fungal and bacterial diseases like powdery mildews, early blight, and Botrytis in a wide range of specialty crops.
What Controls Downy Mildew in Cucumbers – and What Doesn’t? By Anthony P. Keinath|May 22, 2019 Clemson University tested new downy mildew-resistant cucumber varieties, fungicides, and trellising to find the most effective approach.
Field Scouting Guide: Gummy Stem Blight By Karli Petrovic|April 10, 2019 What you need to know to identify and manage this disease.
New Fungicide Puts Target on Fruit and Vegetable Diseases Posted by Growing Produce Staff|March 26, 2019 Dart Fungicide EC from Westbridge Agricultural Products gets nod from EPA, approved for use in organic production.
USDA Plugs in New Pest and Disease Identification Web Page Posted by Christina Herrick|March 18, 2019 Digital portal designed to help visitors identify plant predators and pathogens and learn critical information about management methods.
UV Light Treatment Could Put Plant Pathogens in the Dark Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 7, 2019 Research team works nights to expose potential in novel crop protection method.
Insight on Blight Can Help Protect Your Pepper Crop By Gene McAvoy|February 12, 2019 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable disease.
Focus Sharpens to Defend Florida Avocados From Deadly Disease Posted by Paul Rusnak|January 22, 2019 Researchers are confident drone-based, remote imaging technology can help growers by sensing laurel wilt disease symptoms — before they appear.
Watch out for White Mold on Your Tomato Crop By Gene McAvoy|January 22, 2019 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable disease.
Prevent Fire Blight with Biological Controls By Kathie Taylor|January 17, 2019 While pome fruit growers may use conventional products such as antibiotics to treat trees in the orchard, new resistant strains have generated interest in alternative methods.
The Top Pests Harming Vegetable Crops [2019 State of the Vegetable Industry] Posted by Carol Miller|January 16, 2019 The No. 1 pest for all three Western regions is aphids. The top two pests in the East are powdery mildew and downy mildew.
Novel Phosphate Fungicide Takes Aim at Plant Foes Posted by Paul Rusnak|January 11, 2019 ReLoad, a unique crop protection formula from Belchim USA for control of downy mildew plus other diseases, receives EPA registration.
How to Keep Target Spot of Cucurbits in Your Sights By Gene McAvoy|December 17, 2018 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable disease.
What Hurricanes Teach Us About Forecasting Plant Diseases By Steven T. Koike|December 11, 2018 Scientific advancements can help growers prepare for worst-case scenarios.
Biofungicide Gains Approval in California Posted by Carol Miller|December 5, 2018 Sym-Agro says AVIV is the industry’s first clear, non-staining Bacillus product on the market.
Vigilance Required to Tame Verticillium Wilt of Tomato By Gene McAvoy|October 24, 2018 Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this disease.
Field Scouting Guide: How To Identify Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus By Karli Petrovic|October 23, 2018 What you need to recognize and manage this disease.
New Fungicide Approved for Select California Crops Posted by Paul Rusnak|October 22, 2018 Helmstar Plus SC is formulated with two modes of action to knock down diseases.
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.