Azoxystrobin was registered as Heritage in the United States in 1997 as a turf fungicide.In April 2003, this label was updated to include applications for certain diseases
Category: Environmental Horticulture Program
Bentazon Crop Safety – 2006
Basagran T/O has been registered for a number of years as a directed application and as an over-the-top application on limited plant species. However, growers have expressed the
Polyoxin D Crop Safety Summary – 2007
Polyoxin D was registered as Endorse in the United States in 2003 as a turf fungicide. In 2005, this label was updated to include applications for certain diseases on ornamental crops.
Prodiamine Crop Safety Summary – 2006
Prodiamine has been registered in the United States for many years for uses in and around ornamental plants in production nurseries and in landscapes. There have been
Crop Vignette: Orchid
This first appeared as “Spotlight on OrnHort: The Exotic Orchid” in the IR-4 Newsletter 48(3):8. Orchids have been regarded as one of the most prized flowering plants, especially the large flowering tropical species. During the Victorian era, plant collectors explored tropical zones and brought back to Europe many different species. Many of the Latin species […]
Oxyfluorfen + Prodiamine Crop Safety – 2017
From 2009 through 2016 IR-4 completed 155 trials evaluating Biathlon (oxyfluorfen + prodiamine) crop safety. The data contained in this report were generated to register uses
Arthropod Shipping and European Pepper Moth APHIS Research Summary
The project entitled “Developing sustainable methods for controlling invasive pests on ornamental plant cuttings” had 6 objectives with two primary goals of
Crop Vignette: Rose
This first appeared as "Spotlight on Ornamentals: A rose by any other name" in the IR-4 Newsletter 48(1):8. Plant Information A dozen long-stemmed roses is the modern epitome for giving a gift on Valentine's Day to one's sweetheart. The tradition of giving flowers as presents may have arisen in the early 18th century when King [...]
Afidopyropen Crop Safety – 2017
BAS 440i (afidopyropen) is a new insecticide being developed by BASF for the control of piercing and sucking insect pests such as aphids, whiteflies, psyllids, scales and leafhoppers.
Crop Vignette: Enkianthus
This first appeared as "Spotlight on Ornamentals: An up and Coming Landscape Plant - Enkianthus" in the IR-4 Newsletter 47(1):9. Plant Information Enkianthus species naturally occur in southeast Asia and were introduced into England by botanist Charles Maries in the late 1800's on a plant collection trip to Japan, China and Taiwan where he discovered [...]