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Bt cotton cuts pesticide poisoning
Over the past ten years that farmers in India have been planting Bt cotton – a transgenic variety containing genes from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis making it pest resistant – pesticide use has been cut by at least half, a new study shows. The research also found that the use of Bt c...Read more -
Genome-wide association analysis of the strength of the MAMP-elicited defense response and resistance to target leaf spot in sorghum
Plant and pathogen materials A sorghum association mapping population known as the sorghum conversion population (SCP) was provided by Dr. Pat Brown at the University of Illinois (now at UC Davis). It has been described previously and is a collection of diverse lines converted to photoperiod-inse...Read more -
Use fungicides for apple scab protection prior to anticipated early infection periods
The sustained heat in Michigan right now is unprecedented and has caught many by surprise in terms of how rapidly apples are developing. With rains predicted for Friday, March 23, and for next week, it is critical that scab-susceptible cultivars are protected from this anticipated early scab infe...Read more -
Bioherbicides Market Size
Industry Insights The global bioherbicides market size was valued at USD 1.28 billion in 2016 and is expected to develop at an estimated CAGR of 15.7% over the forecast period. Rising consumer awareness regarding the benefits of bioherbicides and strict food and environment regulations to promote...Read more -
Biological Insecticide Beauveria Bassiana
Beauveria Bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus that grows naturally in soil all over the world. Acting as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; It widely used as a biological insecticide to control a great many pests such as termites, thrips, whiteflies, aph...Read more -
Biocides & Fungicides Update
Biocides are protective substances used to inhibit the growth of bacteria and other pernicious organisms, including fungi. Biocides come in a variety of forms, such as halogen or metallic compounds, organic acids and organosulfurs. Each plays an integral role in the paint and coatings, water trea...Read more -
Big Farms Make Big Flu: Dispatches on Influenza, Agribusiness, and the Nature of Science
Thanks to breakthroughs in production and food science, agribusiness has been able to devise new ways to grow more food and get it more places more quickly. There is no shortage of news items on hundreds of thousands of hybrid poultry – each animal genetically identical to the next – ...Read more -
Integrated pest management a focus at 2017 Greenhouse Growers Expo
Education sessions at the 2017 Michigan Greenhouse Growers Expo offer updates and emerging techniques for producing greenhouse crops that satisfy consumer interest. Over the last decade or so, there has been a steady surge of public interest in how and where our agricultural commodities are produ...Read more -
Insecticide Chalk
Insecticide Chalk by Donald Lewis, Department of Entomology “It’s d j vu all over again.” In the Horticulture and Home Pest News, April 3, 1991, we included an article about the hazards of using illegal “insecticide chalk” for household pest control. The p...Read more -
The assessment of herbicides application with biostimulants and adjuvants in carrot
The studies were conducted in 2010–2011 at the Research Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice. The aim of the research was to determine the impact of separate and combined application of biostimulants Asahi SL and AlfaMax, adjuvants Olbras 88 EC and Protector on efficacy of metribuzin and lin...Read more -
How does artificial intelligence affect agricultural development?
Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy and the top priority in the economic and social development. Since the reform and opening up, China’s agricultural development level has been greatly improved, but at the same time, it is also facing such problems as the shortage of land...Read more -
Development direction and future trend of pesticide preparation industry
In the made in China 2025 plan, intelligent manufacturing is the major trend and core content of the future development of manufacturing industry, and also the fundamental way to solve the problem of China’s manufacturing industry from a big country to a powerful country. In the 1970s and 1...Read more