Category: Disease Control
New disease detector sensor developed
disease detection sensor late blight disease pathogen Texas A&M Iowa State potatoes tomatoes
Stone wool growing media provider starts soilless growing campaign
Grodan wool growing media Controlled Environment Agriculture CEA soil health pest control sustainability Rockwool Group
Agronomic services provider Brandt changes marketing, promotes staffers
Brandt Agronomic services provider crop protection inputs
Bio Huma Netics changes name to Huma
Huma Bio Huma Netics BHN fertilizers crop nutrition crop nutrients biostimulants soil amendments organics
Seed, chemical firms partner to expand seed tech
seed tech Precision Laboratories Direct Enterprises seed conditioners ag chemical seed treatment seed-applied technologies
Ag tech company Biotalys releases biofungicide field trial info
Biotalys Evoca biocontrol agent Biotaly agricultural technology chemical pesticide alternatives Evoca fungicide biocontrol agent Fungicide Resistance Action Committee FRAC fungal diseases Botrytis powdery mildew
Leon Panetta to speak at Salinas Biological Summit
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will deliver the keynote address on food security and innovation at the Salinas Biological Summit.
California farmers seek rebound after floods, virus hits lettuce crop
Monterey County Salinas Valley lettuce growers flooding damage lettuce virus
Precision Ag: It’s all about meeting the needs of each plant
Precision agriculture tools are moving crop management away from treating all plants or trees in a field or orchard the same, said Chris Myers, a former John Deere executive and an advisor to a venture capitalist firm specializing in ag tech.
Ionized gas used for food safety
Start-up company NanoGuard Technologies is in the early phases of designing a technology that uses air and electricity to kill molds and pathogens on fruits, vegetables and other food, with a goal of replacing chemical sanitizers throughout the food chain.
Steam, chemicals offer weed and pathogen control options
Researchers are examining how growers can control weeds and soilborne pathogens through steam and alternative chemicals.
Pest, disease damage expected, harvest impacts uncertain
The seemingly unending flow of water saturating their fields is burdening California growers with pests and diseases.
PA growers approve continuing vegetable marketing, research program
Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program PVMR Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
BRANDT to build Nebraska production facility
BRANDT, a retailer of agronomic services and manufacturer of specialty ag input products, plans to start construction on a production facility in Aurora, Nebraska, this summer.
Company recalls tomato seeds with ToBRFV
A New York seed company has recalled Brandywise tomato seeds after finding they have been infected with tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV).
UF researchers develop target spot resistant tomatoes
University of Florida tomatoes target spot of tomato disease
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day registration opens
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day
Regeneratively-produced biological solution released by DPH Biologicals
DPH Bologicals RegenAphex regenerative agriculture
Nichino America announces management appointments
Nichino America Inc., which specializes in crop protection products for the specialty crop industry, has announced new appointments to the company.
Wild tomatoes resist devastating bacterial canker
Cornell research fights bacterial canker tomato disease