Category: Diseases
Gates-led funding spurs new chemical company to focus on developing nations
Enko Chem Inc. publicly launched after securing $45 million in a Series B round of financing, bringing its total funding raised to date to $66 million.
RPA-based tobacco rattle virus testing method announced by Agdia
Tobacco rattle virus leads to corky ringspots in tubers. Exterior tuber symptoms can be confused with PVY, while interior necrosis is similar to mop-top virus.
Ralstonia presence eliminated from US greenhouses, USDA reports
Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 can cause disease in numerous crops, including potato brown rot. It was first detected in Michigan two months ago.
Idaho awards grants for PVY, soil health, dehy potato export studies
The Idaho Potato Commission has been approved for a grant to study dehy potato markets for exports to the UK. Idaho State will receive a grant to study PVY.
Vive Crop Protection fungicide receives rare distinction from McCain Foods
Potato processing giant McCain Foods USA included Xyler FC from Vive Crop Protection in its contracts with Columbia Basin growers this year.
Michigan renews labels on chlorothalonil products
Potato growers rely heavily on chlorothalonil products for managing foliar diseases, including early blight and late blight.
HELM Agro adds sales agronomist for Midwest region
HELM Agro US has hired Brock Waggoner to serve as sales agronomist for its Midwest region services, a newly created position.
WSU professors using grant to study potato mop-top virus
A serious problem in Europe for decades, mop-top virus was first found in the U.S. in 2002 and discovered in the Pacific Northwest in 2011
Syngenta announces new nematicide/fungicide technology
Syngenta has announced a Tymirium, a new novel nematicide and fungicide technology platform under development for seed- and soil-applied usage.
Study ongoing to determine if potato plants are sick or just thirsty
The study has two purposes: to find if a plant’s temperature can determine when it needs water, and to see if a temperature can indicate disease presence.
Summit Agro launches new website, fungicide for late blight, fusarium, rhizoctonia
Timorex Act is a botanical broad-spectrum fungicide with preventative and curative activity based on an extract of the tree tea plant.