Plant Health
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 »
Effect of Product Handling and Distribution on Biologicals’ Success
Quality assessment of purchased biological control agents is important when implementing a biological control program. Before release into greenhouse production systems, greenhouse producers should determine if biological control agents including parasitoids, predators, and/or entompathogenic nematodes... more »
Say goodbye to DMIs of the past…
{Sponsored} INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION The Revysol® active ingredient, mefentrifluconazole, is the industry’s first ever isopropanole-azole. Powered by this next-generation DMI technology, Avelyo fungicide delivers broad-spectrum disease control with unsurpassed plant safety. BROAD-SPECTRUM DISEASE CONTROL... more »
Innovation Breeds Success
{Sponsored} How Pageant® Intrinsic® brand fungicide and Velifer® biological insecticide help growers thrive by achieving plant health goals. From its humble beginnings as a modest 10x30 square foot greenhouse, Dan Heims and Ken Brown have... more »
APHIS to Conduct Certification Visits for Sanitation Protocols for Offshore Geranium Cutting Production
On Sept. 27, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it will conduct annual certification visits in peak harvesting time to offshore facilities that wish to ship geranium (Pelargonium spp.) cuttings to the... more »
Chase Agricultural Consulting Debuts FRAC Group Poster
A.R. Chase and Mike Zemke of Chase Agricultural Consulting have announced the launch of a new poster to help growers design a rotation that helps prevent resistance to fungicides. The poster is designed to visually... more »
Video Library 
Latest News
see all news »
