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Category: Environmental Horticulture Program

Pendimethalin Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on December 27, 2021June 4, 2024

Pendimethalin has been registered in the United States since 1994 for uses in and around environmental horticulture plants in production nurseries and in landscapes.

Posted in ArchivedCropSafety, CropSafety, Weed Science

IR-4 Project Awarded Four-Year, $56 Million Grant from USDA

Posted on December 8, 2021December 23, 2021 — Jennifer Heiss

For the first time, IR-4 has received a four-year grant for its operations, rather than a traditional one year grant. NC State University will award funding each year to IR-4’s regional host universities through subawards built into the grant. Indirect costs have been waived for the first year.

Posted in Biopesticide & Organic, Environmental Horticulture Program, Food Use, News

V-10433 Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on November 30, 2021March 25, 2024

V-10433 is a new insecticide being developed by Valent for the control of scales, mealybugs thrips and other insect infesting environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 24 crop safety trials

Posted in CropSafety, Entomology, Entomology Crop Safety

Mandestrobin Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on November 30, 2021April 23, 2024

Mandestrobin is a new systemic and translaminar fungicide being developed by Valent for the control of Botrytis and other foliar diseases of environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 37 crop safety trials

Posted in CropSafety, Pathology, Plant Pathology Crop Safety

ISM-555 Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on November 29, 2021March 25, 2024

ISM-555 is a new insecticide being developed by Syngenta for management of scale, mealybugs, thrips, beetles and other pests on environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 22 crop safety trials

Posted in CropSafety, Entomology, Entomology Crop Safety

IKF-309 Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on November 29, 2021March 14, 2024

IKF-309 is a new fungicide being developed by ISK for the control of powdery mildew on environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 18 crop safety trials on 12 environmental horticulture plant species

Posted in CropSafety, Pathology, Plant Pathology Crop Safety

Crop Vignette: Cacti

Posted on November 3, 2021November 10, 2021 — Cristi Palmer, Ely Vea

Plant Information A cactus (plural cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the flowering plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 139 genera with nearly 2,000 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word “cactus” derives, through Latin, from the ancient ancient Greek, kaktos, a name originally used for a spiny plant […]

Posted in Crop Vignette, Environmental Horticulture Program

Flutianil Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on October 22, 2021

Flutianil is a new fungicide being developed by Nichino for the control of powdery mildew on environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 21 crop safety trials on 12 environmental

Posted in CropSafety, Pathology, Plant Pathology Crop Safety

Picarbutrazox Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on October 22, 2021May 6, 2024

Picarbutrazox is a novel fungicide with a new mode of action being developed by Nisso America for the control of oomycete diseases such as Bremia, Peronospora, Pseudoperonospora,

Posted in ArchivedCropSafety, Archives, CropSafety, Pathology

SP3014 Crop Safety – 2021

Posted on October 22, 2021March 14, 2024

SP3014 is a new insecticide being developed by SePro for the control of scales, mealybugs and other insects on environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 22 crop safety trials

Posted in CropSafety, Entomology, Entomology Crop Safety

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