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Post Author: Robin Siktberg

Robin Siktberg is a custom content editor at Meister Media Worldwide – rasiktberg@meistermedia.com.

Vision-Guided Spraying Technology Targets Problem Weeds

Posted on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 — Robin Siktberg

Learn about IR-4 work with vision sprayer technology in this story by Robin Siktberg.

Posted in Food Use, NewsTagged Blueberries, Grapes, Integrated Solutions, Northeast Region, Precision Agriculture, Vision Sprayer

The “Swiss Watch” of Crops: How IR-4 Supports Mushroom Production

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 — Robin Siktberg

Learn how IR-4 supports mushroom growers in this story by Robin Siktberg.

Posted in Food Use, NewsTagged food crop program, Mushrooms, Northeast Region

Supporting a “Special” Specialty Crop: How IR-4 Helps Cranberry Growers Succeed

Posted on November 19, 2024November 19, 2024 — Robin Siktberg

Learn how IR-4 supports cranberry growers in this story by Robin Siktberg.

Posted in Food Use, NewsTagged cranberry, food crop program, Northeast Region

Hawaii’s Cacao Industry Unites Around Goal to Become “Napa Valley of Chocolate”

Posted on September 25, 2024September 26, 2024 — Robin Siktberg

Learn about IR-4’s role in supporting Hawaiian cacao growers.

Posted in Food Use, News, Success StoryTagged cacao, chocolate, western region

International Approval Underway to Improve Disease Management on Citrus

Posted on September 27, 2021October 28, 2021 — Jennifer Heiss, Robin Siktberg

International approval of mandipropamid MRLs on citrus is currently being evaluated by Codex.

Posted in Food Use, News, Success Story

Greenhouse Vegetable and Herb Growers Get New Tool for Common Pests

Posted on June 29, 2021August 4, 2021 — Jennifer Heiss, Robin Siktberg

Producers of greenhouse-grown vegetables and herbs have a new tool in the fight against thrips, mites and other insects thanks to efforts of the IR-4 Project.

Posted in Food Use, News, Success Story

Coffee Rust Attacks Hawai’i Coffee Trees; IR-4 Fights Back

Posted on April 21, 2021August 4, 2021 — Robin Siktberg

Since its first known discovery in Kenya in the mid-nineteenth century, coffee rust has been spreading around the world. Thanks to the IR-4 Project, coffee growers in Hawai’i have a new tool in the battle against this invasive pest.

Posted in Food Use, News, Success Story

Approval of Supplemental Label for Cyantraniliprole Offers New Solution for Caneberry Growers

Posted on June 16, 2020March 23, 2021 — Robin Siktberg

Caneberry growers have a new tool for controlling root weevils with the supplemental label approval of cyantraniliprole, sold as Exirel® by FMC.  There are several species that affect blackberries, raspberries and other caneberries, belonging to the genus Otiorhynchus or Sciopithes. All are a major headache for caneberry growers. The larvae of the root weevil causes […]

Posted in Food Use, Success Story

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