Environmental Horticulture Program

Crop Vignette: Salvia

Plant Information Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, with the number of species estimated to range from 700 to 1,000. There are 3 main regions for radiation of Salvia: Central and South America with approximately 500 species, Central Asia and the Mediterranean with approximately 250 species, and eastern Asia with […]

Thrips Efficacy – 2020

For the last 14 years, the IR-4 Environmental Horticulture Workshop has ranked developing efficacy data on new products to manage thrips as a High Priority Project either nationally or regionally.

Dimethenamid-p Crop Safety – 2020

From 2007 to 2019, IR-4 completed 549 trials on Tower EC (dimethenamid-p). The data contained in this report was generated to register uses of dimethenamid-p on and around environmental

Indaziflam Crop Safety – 2020

From 2011 through 2019, IR-4 has completed 141 trials evaluating evaluating two granular and one liquid formulations of indaziflam for crop safety. The data contained in this report

Sulfentrazone Crop Safety – 2020

Since 1996 IR-4 has completed 259trials with products containing sulfentrazone (Sulfentrazone 0.2G and Dismiss 4F) on 111 crops. The data contained in this report

Botrytis Efficacy Summary – 2020

At the IR-4 Environmental Horticulture Program Workshop in 2011, Botrytis Efficacy was selected as a high priority project to expand the knowledge and list of fungicides available to growers for these diseases.

Crop Vignette: Gerbera

Plant Information Gerbera belongs to the genus of plants Gerbera in the Asteraceae (daisy family). It is native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia. The first scientific description of a gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) was published in 1889. This species is known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy or African daisy. The domesticated […]

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