Resistant varieties and additional fungicides can assist growers in protecting their basil crops from downy mildew infection. Whether basil is grown in controlled environment structures or outdoors, downy mildew can be a destructive disease of this crop. “For organic basil crops, downy mildew can be quite devastating and usually results in total crop loss that […]
Category: Success Story
Safflower is an important rotational crop for control of Lygus bugs
IR-4 Project realized the importance of registering flonicamid for use on safflower to control lygus bugs to prevent damage to other major high value crops. When Beau Howard, a safflower grower and agronomist in California, submitted the project clearance request through IR-4 Project for flonicamid to control lygus bugs (Lygus hersperus) on safflower, he knew […]
IR-4 Project helps to expand disease control options for wasabi growers
It all started about 30 years ago. A sushi-loving woman in the Vancouver area wondered if wasabi could be grown locally. Fortunately, she asked the right person: Brian Oates, who is now president and chief science officer of Pacific Coast Wasabi (PCW). The answer? Yes. But not in the ways used in Japan, which are […]
Hops Growers Gain New Herbicide to Aid Powdery Mildew Control
Author – Robin Siktberg, Custom Content Editor, Meister Media Worldwide Hops growers will welcome the news that they have another option for control of broadleaf weeds and basal suckers. With the removal of paraquat from use in hops production due to residue detection above permitted levels, a new herbicide registered for use on hops is […]
Ensuring season-long weed control for asparagus growers
Registration of the herbicide clomazone through the IR-4 Project offers asparagus growers another weed management tool. Even as the consumption of asparagus by US consumers has steadily increased, the amount of domestic production continues to decline. US per capita consumption of asparagus increased from 0.8 pounds in 1980 to nearly 1.6 pounds in 2017. According […]
IR-4 Project helps to expand herbicide options for U.S. and Canadian celery growers
IR-4 Project worked with Agriculture and Agri Food Canada to conduct studies on the herbicide pendimethalin to expand its label to include celery and other minor crops. Celery is a minor crop grown primarily in California and Michigan for fresh market and processed product sales. According to the Ag Marketing Resource Center, in 2017 California […]
Herb growers can keep a tight rein on Lepidopteran pests with Emamectin
Author – Katie Chriest From Scarborough Fairgoers to Belfast balladeers, herbs have earned the love of lyricists as well as culinary artists for years. Their good looks and great flavors inspire all sorts of creative expression, and they’ve even enjoyed a resurgence in products promising to promote health. No wonder, then, that they’re so widely […]
IR-4 Project supports growers with additional control tools for onion thrips
Chances are if you grow green onions or bulb onions you’ve had to deal with thrips some time during the production cycle. Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) can be a pest anywhere onions are grown. “They tend to be a bigger problem in hotter, drier climates,” said Tim Waters, professor and regional vegetable specialist at Washington […]
Insect Growth Regulator Now Registered for Fig Scale Control
Author – Robin Siktberg While the US isn’t a major producer of figs, ranking eighth in world production, it does produce an average of 47 tons per year. Most figs in the US are grown in Central California, where the climate matches the arid, Mediterranean-like conditions figs need to thrive. Since figs are not a […]
Cherry Growers Now have a new Option for Managing Leafrollers and Spotted Wing Drosophila – Emamectin Benzoate
By now, the legend of young George Washington confessing that he’d chopped down a prized cherry tree is widely accepted as myth. Nonetheless, cherries remain a cherished part of our country’s heritage. From u-pick orchards to cherry festivals, these delightful red orbs are beloved symbols of summer. Despite this popularity, life isn’t always “just a […]