Category: Plant Health
Plant breeding and pest management considerations for growers
Plant breeding programs primarily focus on developing plants that are marketable with distinct selling qualities associated with flowers, leaf variegation and other plant traits, such as curled or wrinkled leaves and compact growth.
UF Greenhouse Training Online courses start Sept. 16
On Sept. 16, two courses in the University of Florida Greenhouse Training Online series will be available to start, and the courses run through Oct. 11, 2024.
Bion Environmental Technologies receives OMRI listing for its fertilizer
Bion Environmental Technologies has obtained the OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) listing for its 10-0-0 nitrogen fertilizer.
BioWorks has as new technical services director
BioWorks, a provider of integrated plant health solutions to the horticulture and specialty ag markets, welcomes Carlos Bográn as technical services director.
New plant protection ingredients from Syngenta Professional Solutions
Syngenta adds two pending registrations with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use of two new active ingredients (AIs) in its Professional Solutions markets.
Savvy sanitation protocols for the greenhouse
Intensive greenhouse cleaning is certainly not the most glamorous job and might be the last thing that people want to do after a busy season. But, a sanitation program can do wonders in the greenhouse and it is important for getting the next crop off to the right start.
Integrated control of thrips webinar
The American Floral Endowment is offering a free Grow Pro Webinar Series session on integrated thrips control at 1 p.m. EST, on August 20, 2024.
Setting ground rules for biostimulants
Biostimulants have long been unregulated inputs in the U.S. This has allowed hundreds of them to come to market lacking levels of quality control, thirdparty testing and other user-oriented information on use and efficacy.
New soil moisture meter geared for greenhouse, potted plants
Innoquest Inc. has introduced the SpotOn Pocket Soil Moisture Meter, a handheld device designed for greenhouse growers and potted plants.
Selecta One signs agreement to use Dümmen Orange’s Intrinsa
Dümmen Orange’s disease resistance label Intrinsa will now be used by ornamental breeder Selecta One, according to the new global licensing agreement between the two companies.
Dr. Bugs: Biological control agent of Western flower thrips
Neoseiulus cucumeris can be released into greenhouse production systems to manage Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) populations on ornamental and vegetable crops below plant-damaging levels.
Start clean, stay clean in the greenhouse
Nancy Rechcigl of Syngenta gives their perspective on greenhouse sanitation and how that affects insects and diseases taking over in the greenhouse.
Duets: Plant pathology perspective from floriculture royalty
Peter Konjoian talks with Margery Daughtrey, Extension associate at Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, about plant pathology.
Editor’s Letter: Labor updates
Read more about GPN’s labor survey and how growers are dealing with current issues, and don’t miss the natural control tips from BioWorks and Dr. Bugs.
Plant health and biologicals for disease management
Natural enemies and materials for disease management in the greenhouse from BioWorks.
Rotating chemical treatments
Avoiding resistance means learning to change your pesticide treatment type or mode of action to avoid the development of mutational resistance and keep the overall pest populations under control.