Crop Protection

Scouting, pest management aided by Agrian’s trap counting

Get ready to ditch your pen and paper when it comes to trap counting; Agrian has added a new feature to its robust field scouting app – a pest trap counting solution. The new functionality... more »

Videos, field days offer tools, techniques for weed control

Because weed management represents a major barrier to sustainable production of both field and vegetable crops, a team in associate professor Dan Brainard’s lab at Michigan State University (MSU) is learning about new tools and techniques... more »

Battle against plant viruses leads to Humboldt Award for Pappu

Viruses are about the simplest and tiniest creatures on Earth. They also can cause an amazing amount of chaos and destruction. Washington State University virologist Hanu Pappu, like many in his field, has dedicated his life... more »

OmniLytics, Certis USA develop new bacterial control products

In a move that will provide U.S. growers with new combinations of bacterial disease control products, OmniLytics Inc., a subsidiary of Phagelux Inc., has entered into an exclusive U.S. sales and marketing collaboration with Certis... more »

University videos are guide to crop, pest management techniques

The Iowa State University Integrated Pest Management program is introducing a YouTube channel that promotes efforts of Iowa State scientists and researchers who provide means-tested crop and pest management solutions to stakeholders in Iowa and... more »

DuPont opens Industrial Biosciences’ headquarters

DuPont Industrial Biosciences (IB) officially opened the doors of its renovated global business headquarters June 8 in Wilmington, Delaware. This new center of technological innovation, known as Building E353, is part of DuPont’s Experimental Station... more »

Pursell Agri-Tech launches fertilizer plant in Alabama

Pursell Agri-Tech LLC and its industrial partner and shareholder Stamicarbon B.V., the innovation and licence company of Maire Tecnimont Group, have opened a new fertilizer coating facility in Sylacauga, Alabama. The plant that is owned... more »

Know symptoms of phytophthora on asparagus crowns, fern

Phytophthora asparagi can infect asparagus crowns in both nursery and production fields. This pathogen can be introduced early in the crown’s life as small infections on the roots (Photo 1). Over a period of growing seasons... more »