Diseases
MAJESTENE bionematicide receives California approval
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has approved Marrone Bio Innovations' (MBI) bionematicide, MAJESTENE. The bionematicide is a b... more »
BioConsortia raises $12M for multi-microbe product development
BioConsortia has raised this year a total of $12 million for future growth. Last week, BioConsortia closed an $8 million equity round of investment f... more »
eSpudman November 2016 Industry Spotlight
Pamela J.S. Hutchinson, a potato cropping weed scientist at the ... watch »
FMC seeks registration for new fungicide active ingredient
FMC Agricultural Solutions has begun the joint U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency registration proces... more »
North Dakota potato research grants top $480,000
Twenty-seven grants totaling over $2.3 million were recently awarded to promote the development, cultivation, production and sales of specialty crops ... more »
Renewed registration issued for products containing sulfoxaflor
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-established the registration of products containing sulfoxaflor (Isoclast Active), including Transfo... more »
eSpudman October 2016 Market Report
A slideshow on dickeya presented by Amy Charkowski during the National Potato Council's summer meeting in Park City, Utah. ... watch »
Getting a handle on dickeya
Researchers need more samples to validate testing Amy Charkowski and Gary Secor need potato samples from this year’s harvest. They need the... more »
Wet conditions dominate talk at NPPGA Field Day
In a more typical year, the recent find of late blight in Pembina County would have been the talk of the the day, but the wet growing season dominated... more »
Dickeya remains concern in Pennsylvania
With the persistent warm temperatures and some much needed rains falling across Pennsylvania, it is important to continue scouting for blackleg-like s... more »
