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Unique breeds of tasty pumpkins on the rise in South Florida

Date：Dec. 3, 2019 Category：Products

We are in the middle of prime time for pumpkins. No vegetable stands taller during the holidays as a decorative symbol or recipe ingredient. But can there be mo...

USA: Vegetable breeders respond to market needs with new varieties

Date：Nov. 22, 2019 Category：Products

West Coast and East Coast commercial growers press vegetable seed breeders for varieties that ease their challenges. Some need a way to ease harvest. Others wan...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

New vegetable varieties ready for automation innovation

Date：Nov. 8, 2019 Category：Products

It’s no secret labor shortages are driving vegetable growers to adopt harvest automation. But there’s a significant hurdle to the movement: Not all vegetables...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

How to take on spotted wing drosophila with IPM

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

When spotted wing drosophila (SWD) arrived in the U.S. and Europe, a lot of small fruit growers and tomato growers were forced to abandon their IPM programs in ...

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 EPA has written a draft guidance to that effect, and the comment period...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

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Unique breeds of tasty pumpkins on the rise in South Florida

USA: Vegetable breeders respond to market needs with new varieties

New vegetable varieties ready for automation innovation

How to take on spotted wing drosophila with IPM

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

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