The battle against weeds intensifies due to amplified seed banks, changing atmospheric conditions, and fewer scientists. 

Learn what issues need to be addressed before sealing the deal on that five-figure smart sprayer wrapped in the big red bow outside the barn.

Jerry Baron reflects on the value IR-4 has brought to the specialty crop industry, and how it will continue to evolve to meet new challenges and opportunities.

Though this virus found in Pacific Northwest berries is not a huge concern, blueberry shock virus still bears monitoring.

Since its establishment in 1963, IR-4 has championed specialty crop growers by facilitating the registration of safe, effective pest management solutions to meet their unique needs.

Vision-guided spraying fares well against grape suckers; herbicide use diminished.

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.