Plant Health

Griffin Tech Specialist Earns Pest Control Advisor License in California
Griffin is pleased to announce the addition of a California Agricultural Pest Control Adviser (PCA) on staff. Erica Hernandez, CEA GGSPro Technical Specialist, recently earned her PCA License. Erica passed the examination for Laws, Regulations,... more »

Dr. Bugs: Managing Aphid Populations
Answer: Aphids are major insect pests of greenhouse-grown horticultural crops such as vegetables and ornamentals. Species encountered in greenhouses include green peach aphid (Myzus persicae), cotton or melon aphid (Aphis gossypii), potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae),... more »
Mycorrhizal Applications Adds New Southeast Account Manager
Mycorrhizal Applications (MA) has hired Joseph Setter as the company's new southeast states sales account manager. Located in the Greenville South Carolina area, Setter will help growers and distributors... more »

Chase Agricultural Consulting Offering Educational Posters
Chase Agricultural Consulting LLC. is offering three different posters to help growers educate on these topics: FRAC Links; Enfermedades de Plantas; and Diseases of Succulents & Cacti. Posters are available for $10 each plus shipping... more »

One of a Kind: FRAC Groups with a Single Fungicide
The advent of the age of pre-mixes and re-worked mixes has been with us for the past 10 years and will no doubt continue. If you have been in the green industry as long as... more »
Soil Microbial Inoculants: Biology and Commercial Use
Microbial inoculants are used for a variety of reasons; they can be applied to promote plant health, improve vegetative growth, increase nutrient and water uptake, and elevate stress tolerance or treat specific diseases. With their... more »
Insidious Flower Bug
Question: Could you please provide information on the predatory bug, insidious flower bug? Answer: Insidious flower bug, Orius insidiosus, adults are black, 2 to 5 mm long, and flattened with distinctively patterned black and white... more »

Biobest Appoints New CTO
On Nov. 4, Biobest announced that Karel Bolckmans, currently chief operating officer, will soon take up the new position of chief technology officer. As chief technology officer, Bolckmans will focus on development of new products... more »