Crop Protection
APHIS restricts imports of tomato, pepper due to ToBRFV
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has amended Federal Order for U.S. Imports of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum spp.) hosts of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). Effective June 5, 2020, after issuance of... more »
California OK’s Syngenta’s Miravis Prime fungicide
Miravis Prime fungicide – developed by Syngenta for broad-spectrum disease control in grapes and other specialty and vegetable crops – was recently registered for use in California, according to a release from the company. The... more »
Syngenta’s Accelerating A Generation program awards scholarships
Six college students who are pursuing careers in agriculture are getting a little help from the Syngenta Accelerating a Generation Scholarship program. Adam D’Angelo, bachelor’s student at Rutgers University, and Rodger Farr, master’s student at... more »
Emergency use of Tough 5EC Herbicide (pyridate) granted in mint
Belchim Crop Protection USA (Belchim USA) announced May 27 that Tough 5EC Herbicide has been granted a Section 18 Emergency Use Exemption for post-emergent broadleaf weed control in double-cut mint. State registration has been approved... more »
Controlling common asparagus beetle during harvest season
Common asparagus beetle egg-laying during harvest can cause major financial loss; get updated on products available for control. Sources of beetles during harvest In late summer, larvae of common asparagus beetle, called grubs or “slugs,”... more »
Certis USA hires Karla Medina-Ortega as regional field development manager
Certis USA, a biopesticides company, has hired Karla Medina-Ortega as field development manager. In this role, she will oversee Certis USA product development and technical support activities for the southern U.S. from her location in... more »
Helm Agro, ISK to commercially develop 3 new herbicides
Helm Agro US Inc., a global manufacturer of crop protection and fertilizer products and Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. (ISK), have entered into a long-term collaboration for the commercial development of three novel crop protection herbicides.... more »
Preemptive pest control aided by FMC’s precision agriculture platform
FMC Corp. has announced a precision agriculture platform designed to enable growers to more accurately predict pest pressure before it becomes problematic. Arc farm intelligence is the first mobile platform to use predictive modeling based on... more »