Crop Protection
BVT begins commercial demonstrations in Florida
Bee Vectoring Technologies has entered into formal agreements with several U.S. strawberry growers to conduct large-scale commercial demonstrations of its proprietary growing system. The demonstrations in Florida will begin in January. The commercial-scale demos represent... more »
Isagro named exclusive US, Canada distributor for Taegro 2
Isagro USA has signed an agreement to exclusively distribute BioAg Alliance's Taegro 2 Biofungicide in the United States and Canada. The BioAg Alliance is a long-term partnership between Monsanto Company and Novozymes. Taegro 2 provides... more »
NCSU researchers study strawberry clipper effects on yield
During 2016, our laboratory completed a three year project tracking the occurrence and impact of strawberry clipper weevil in annual, plasticuture strawberry fields. Our results have recently been published, and we would like to share them... more »
Syngenta, DuPont publish joint patent for new herbicide
Syngenta and DuPont Crop Protection have published a joint patent focused on the development of a new herbicide chemistry class. Collaboration on the project started in 2015 and has resulted in the joint patent entitled... more »
New fact sheet focuses on managing SWD in organic small fruit
A new fact sheet covering cultural, biological and chemical control of spotted wing drosophila in organic crops has been developed by Michigan State University (MSU). “Integrated Strategies for Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila in Organic... more »
2017 Tree Fruit IPM School registration open
Registration is now open for the 2017 Michigan State University Tree Fruit IPM School, held Feb. 1-3 at Hotel Indigo in Traverse City, Michigan. The school will feature speakers that will address key challenges in... more »
Belchim takes majority stake in Engage Agro
Belchim Crop Protection, in its capacity as a current shareholder, has acquired a controlling majority stake of 60 percent in Engage Agro. The transaction will allow Belchim to work with growers across Canada and suppliers... more »
Learning curve steep for controlling spread of SWD
Michigan researchers are on the forefront of work being done to offset the continuing onslaught of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) on commercial blueberries. But the relative newness of the pest – and its complex behaviors... more »
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