Category: Insects

Fast-rising alternative aims to combat familiar foe

Developing technology harnesses yeast as biopesticide weapon

Grower advocate joins IFPA government relations staff

International Fresh Produce Association adds Sarah Neagu-Reed to its government relations division

EFI farmworker videos win recognition

Equitable Food Initiative has recently received recognition for video presentations that highlight the plight of U.S. farmworkers.

Emergence of elicitors

A potential new tool in the pesticide toolbox

WSU and USDA conduct survey for leafhopper management in Columbia Basin

FMC Corporation significantly expands biologicals platform with agreement to acquire BioPhero

Three steps to defeat resistant CPB

IPM workshop for WA growers and field scouts

IPM supplies eligible for reimbursement in new WSPC policy

Albaugh aquires Rotam in crop protection merger

Rotam’s products include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators and plant nutrition, including for use on potatoes.

Colorado potato beetle insecticide resistance requires vigilance, stewardship

Wrapping seed potatoes in banana paper stymies PCN, improves yields

Wrapping potato seeds in biodegradable paper made from unusable parts of banana plants reduces the infestation and harmful effects of potato cyst nematodes increases size and yields.

Certis launches nematode-controlling biological MeloCon LC

Certis Biologicals announced the launch of MeloCon LC, a water-dispersible concentrate containing spores from a naturally occurring soil fungus.