Collectively, managing coleopteran insects can be challenging because the adult and larval stages may both cause damage and sometimes occur on different hosts or on different plant parts.
Category: Environmental Horticulture Program
Fusarium Literature Review & Efficacy Summary – 2021
From 2001 to 2020, numerous products representing 40 active ingredients were evaluated in greenhouse and field trials as soil drench, soil incorporation, foliar,in-furrow, drip irrigation
Bacterial Disease Efficacy Summary & Literature Review – 2021
From 2008 to 2020, 70 products were tested through the IR-4 Environmental Horticulture Program as drench or foliar applications against bacterial pathogens.
Registration Open for 2021 Environmental Horticulture Priority Setting Workshop
Registration is open for the 2021 Environmental Horticulture Priority Setting Workshop. Regional and national priorities for IR-4 environmental horticulture research in 2022 and 2023 will be established during this biennial event, taking place September 28 – 30.
Mefentrifluconazole Crop Safety – 2021
Mefentrifluconazole is a new fungicide being developed by BASF for the control of foliar diseases of environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 24 crop safety trials
Thielaviopsis Efficacy Summary – 2021
From 2003 to 2020, numerous products representing 35 active ingredients were evaluated in greenhouse experiments as soil drenches against Thielaviopsis basicola causing black root rot
Crop Vignette: Daylilies
Daylilies are flowering plants in the genus Hemerocallis, a member of the family Asphodelaceae. Their scientific name, Hemerocallis, is from the Greek hemeros, a day, and kallos, meaning beauty, because the flowers are only open a single day.
Pydiflumetofen + Difenoconazole Crop Safety – 2021
Pydiflumetofen + Difenoconazole is a new fungicide being developed for the control of foliar diseases of environmental (aka ornamental) horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed
Pydiflumetofen + Fludioxanil Crop Safety – 2021
Pydiflumetofen + Fludioxonil is a new fungicide being developed for the control of foliar and soil-borne diseases of environmental (aka ornamental) horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed
Crop Vignette: Crapemyrtle
Plant Information Lagerstroemia or crape myrtle is a genus of about 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Lythraceae, that are native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, northern Australia and parts of Oceania, cultivated in warmer climates around the world. The most popular species, Lagerstroemia indica, arrived in England […]