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US EPA Considers Labeling Biostimulants as Pesticides

Date：Jul. 25, 2019 Category：Regulations

United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)

Biostimulants may soon be listed as a pesticide, requiring similar regulatory oversight. EPA has written a draft guidance to that effect, and the comment period...

New tool a boost for crop protection in challenging vineyards

Date：Feb. 5, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

On the steep slopes of California’s Napa Valley, labor shortages, as well as unique weather and soil conditions, combine to create significant challenges to vi...

Is the New Farm Bill an Opportunity or Threat for Specialty Crop Growers?

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

John VanSickle

Hurricanes, wildfires, and trade — how much more can you sustain? If we let science speak its peace, then the environment is critical to our future for many re...

Sym-Agro’s Biofungicide AVIV Gains Approval in California

Date：Dec. 6, 2018 Category：Products

California approved the biofungicide AVIV for use in the state, its maker Sym-Agro announced earlier this week. The company says the crop protection tool for le...

Tags:Fungicides Bacillus subtilis

California pesticide regulators recommend new chlorpyrifos restrictions

Date：Nov. 19, 2018 Category：Regulations

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced last Thursday that it has recommended new interim restrictions on the use of the pesticide chl...

Tags:Chlorpyrifos

USDA invests $4.7 million to address critical plant pest problems

Date：Nov. 13, 2018 Category：Markets

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently awarded 16 applied research and development grants to enhance the development, adoption, and implem...

Abbott & Cobb and Syngenta Seed merger brings breeding synergies

Date：Oct. 9, 2018 Category：Companies

Vegetable breeder Abbott & Cobb was recently acquired by Syngenta Seeds — an important move for both companies. American Vegetable Grower (AVG) talked with Dr....

Tags:Merger Fruits and Vegetables

ADAMA’s bactericide/fungicide Mastercop gets OMRI label

Date：Mar. 29, 2018 Category：Products

ADAMA USA

ADAMA USA recently announced that it has received Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) listing for Mastercop bactericide/fungicide, a solution of copper su...

Dow AgroSciences’ Pindar GT herbicide gives fruit growers new tool on tough weeds

Date：Feb. 7, 2018 Category：Products

Dow AgroSciences LLC

Dow AgroSciences’ Pindar GT herbicide was approved in 2017 for use on bearing apples and peaches in the Carolinas, and apples in Virginia. It controls tough we...

Different ways vegetable breeders embrace seed diversity

Date：Nov. 30, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Vegetable plant breeders have a lot of options when it comes to developing new varieties — disease resistance, faster production windows, earlier seasons, tast...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

Vegetable breeding for timing Is only part of the picture

Date：Nov. 20, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Sakata Seed America, Inc.

Early and late season varieties give growers flexibility and allow them to sequence crops so harvest crews have steady work over a longer period. But those vari...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

Vegetable breeders making major disease resistance breakthroughs

Date：Nov. 3, 2017 Category：Markets

Giving growers vegetables that will help them in their fight against pests is a top goal for breeders. Every so often, new diseases threaten to wipe out crops, ...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

Silicon: A biocontrol agent that boosts plant immunity

Date：Sep. 27, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Quality and profitability are two important factors that drive our agricultural markets. We have fine-tuned our cultivation processes over centuries to obtain h...

In US, Which vegetable crops are the most popular?

Date：Apr. 24, 2017 Category：Markets

The editors at American Vegetable Grower® magazine asked growers about their crops as part of our 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry survey, and gained a lot...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

Can CRISPR carry agriculture innovation to the next level?

Date：Oct. 27, 2016 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

For years, the discussion surrounding genetics in agriculture focused on the use of GMOs and transgenics. With it came controversy about the safety and processe...

FMC fungicide triggers new FRAC Group

Date：Mar. 22, 2016 Category：Products

FMC Corporation

The Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) has assigned Fracture fungicide from FMC to a newly created FRAC Group.

Tags:FMC Fungicides

Biopesticides and IPM: Dialogue with Dr. Surendra Dara

Date：Feb. 12, 2016 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Dr. Surendra Dara, Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor and Affiliated IPM Advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension, has long been a propon...

Nanotechnology could play large role in Asian citrus psyllid control

Date：Oct. 6, 2015 Category：Science&Research

A team of researchers from several institutions have found a way in laboratory tests to use 200 times less insecticide and yet still kill as many insects that c...

US EPA registers biochemical miticide to combat varroa mites

Date：Oct. 5, 2015 Category：Products

US EPA has registered a new biochemical miticide, Potassium Salts of Hops Beta Acids (K-HBAs), which is intended to provide another option for beekeepers to com...

Tags:Biopesticides US

Growth Products’ biofungicide Companion registered and OMRI listed in US

Date：Sep. 4, 2015 Category：Products

Growth Products, Ltd.

Growth Products has announced Companion Biological Fungicide Wettable Powder (GB03 strain of Bacillus subtilis) is now registered as a pesticide by U.S. EPA, an...

Tags:Registration Biopesticides Fungicides US

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US EPA Considers Labeling Biostimulants as Pesticides

New tool a boost for crop protection in challenging vineyards

Is the New Farm Bill an Opportunity or Threat for Specialty Crop Growers?

Sym-Agro’s Biofungicide AVIV Gains Approval in California

California pesticide regulators recommend new chlorpyrifos restrictions

USDA invests $4.7 million to address critical plant pest problems

Abbott & Cobb and Syngenta Seed merger brings breeding synergies

ADAMA’s bactericide/fungicide Mastercop gets OMRI label

Dow AgroSciences’ Pindar GT herbicide gives fruit growers new tool on tough weeds

Different ways vegetable breeders embrace seed diversity

Vegetable breeding for timing Is only part of the picture

Vegetable breeders making major disease resistance breakthroughs

Silicon: A biocontrol agent that boosts plant immunity

In US, Which vegetable crops are the most popular?

Can CRISPR carry agriculture innovation to the next level?

FMC fungicide triggers new FRAC Group

Biopesticides and IPM: Dialogue with Dr. Surendra Dara

Nanotechnology could play large role in Asian citrus psyllid control

US EPA registers biochemical miticide to combat varroa mites

Growth Products’ biofungicide Companion registered and OMRI listed in US

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