Trials show the best strategy for applying nematicides to potatoes
According to research conducted by Produce Solutions, a group of potato agronomists, a consistent approach using a liquid nematocide ...
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Tag: plant protection
Potato nematicide can now be applied with a boom sprayer
Potato growers can now apply the liquid nematicide with a conventional boom sprayer, according to Potatoes News. Velum...
Five rules for the successful use of metham fumigants
Although metham fumigants - sodium metham and potassium metham - have proven to be extremely reliable weed control agents, ...
A new covering material has been developed to protect against aphids, thrips and caterpillars
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed Plant Armor, a textile "plant armor" that makes insects...
Ionizing radiation can help control nematodes on potatoes
A group of scientists from the Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants (Germany) proposes the use of ionizing radiation to combat ...
Rhizoctonia strains resistant to heat and fungicides found
Three particularly dangerous strains of the black scab (Rhizoctonia solani) phytopathogenic fungus that are not susceptible to a common fungicide ...
Scientists from the UK have developed a new environmentally friendly way to combat plant diseases
An innovative method of combating crop diseases using native beneficial soil bacteria has emerged as a result of...
RNA spray is more environmentally friendly than chemical remedies
Agricultural pests cause more than $100 billion in crop losses per year. Traditional pesticides...
