Plant Information Ferns first appear in the fossil record about 360 million years ago in the middle Devonian period, but many of the current families and species did not appear until roughly 145 million years ago in the early Cretaceous, after flowering plants came to dominate many environments. Along with club mosses, spikemosses, horsetails, and […]
Author: Jackie Cavaliere
Top Global Crop Protection Needs Identified Following Virtual Workshops
The Minor Use Foundation has announced the top ten global priority crop protection needs to focus funding and research on during 2021 and 2022. The top priorities were narrowed down following a process that started earlier this year with a list of more than 4,000 new crop protection needs from 56 countries. In September, the […]
Leveling the playing field for grape growers
U.S. grape growers gain the use of permethrin insecticide through IR-4-sponsored residual trials. Author – David Kuack The United States is the world’s third largest producer of grapes behind China and Italy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that utilized grape production totaled 6.8 million tons in 2019. Grapes were produced on an estimated 935,000 […]
Diamondback Moth: The Bane of Brassica Crop Growers
Trying to control the diamondback moth on brassica crops can be a major challenge, especially in those areas where crops are produced year-round. Author – David Kuack Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella L.) is considered to be the most damaging pest of brassica crops worldwide. Growers of brassica crops, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussel sprouts […]
Tolerance Success: Clofentezine 2020
Federal Register Date: October 22, 2020 Active Ingredient: Clofentezine
Tolerance Success: Afidopyropen 2020
Federal Register Date: October 8, 2020 Active Ingredient: Afidopyropen
Citrus Growers Add Fluopicolide to Their Phytophthora Management Toolkit
By Karli Petrovic and Kathryn Homa In the ongoing fight against Phytophthora spp., citrus growers have a new integrated pest management option. Fluopicolide is a welcome tool for growers that struggle to keep groves free of the bacterial and fungal pathogens that result in root damage, yield reductions and potential crop loss. This description […]
Tolerance Success: Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 2020
Federal Register Date: September 28, 2020 Active Ingredient: Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55
Crop Vignette: Hosta
Plant Information Hosta is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name giboshi. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East). Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. Hybridization […]
Tolerance Success: Saflufenacil 2020
Federal Register Date: September 25, 2020 Active Ingredient: Saflufenacil