Plant Health

BioSafe Names T&O Sales Manager

BioSafe Systems recently announced the promotion of employee Eric Smith to turf and ornamental sales manager. Eric Smith In the new role, Smith will be in charge of implementing the sales activities, identifying new market... more »

Mural Fungicide Now Registered for Use in California

Mural fungicide from Syngenta has been registered for use in California, offering greenhouse and nursery growers in the state a powerful new tool to control more than 50 ornamental diseases. Mural is powered by Solatenol... more »

Penn State to Offer Online Pest & Disease Course

Penn State Extension is offering a new online course, Pest and Disease Management for Landscape Plants, for landscapers, horticulture professionals, avid gardeners, and anyone who wants to lean about managing plant health diseases, pests, insects,... more »

OHP’s Stahl to Retire in June

OHP has announced that Dan Stahl will retire as the company's vice president and general manager effective June 30. Upon his retirement, Troy Bettner, vice president and marketing and sales for OHP, will continue to... more »

American Vanguard to Integrate OHP into AMVAC Family

On April 6, American Vanguard Corp. and its subsidiary AMVAC Corp. announced they are bringing their OHP Inc. subsidiary into the AMVAC Environmental Products (AEP) family to create a unified non-crop business entity within AVD.... more »

BASF to Publish All Pesticide Labels in Spanish

BASF has announced its entire greenhouse and nursery product portfolio will now be available in both English and Spanish. While no law requires manufacturers to provide Spanish versions of a pesticide label, BASF has identified... more »

Improve Rooting, Plant Establishment and Growth of Cuttings

As growers move each year to streamline their production systems, more are propagating their own cuttings. This can help reduce their costs and ensure timely availability of cuttings. There are two significant steps to successfully... more »

Perennial Problems with Mildew, Rust and White Smut

Herbaceous perennials are thought of as rough and tough once out in the garden, but when brought together in large groupings of one species in a greenhouse or nursery, they can be especially vulnerable to... more »