Nursery Crop Articles & Analysis
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However, the traditional staple crops (e.g. cassava, sorghum and rice) generally grown by smallholder farmers are also important sources of carbohydrate and cannot be ignored as a food and livelihood option, also requiring the attention of horticulture scientists. ...
Atrazine, metolachlord and simazine are herbicide active ingredients used for the aelective control of broadleaf weeds and grasses in field, nursery, and tree fruit crops. A manufaturer of atrazine is the Drexel Chemical Company (Memphis, TN, USA); and likewise metolachlor and simazine are produced by Syngenta Crop protection Canada, Inc. ...
Considered sector by sector, the decrease in use (in terms of weight of active ingredient) since 1992 is significant for vegetables in the open (- 19 %), mushrooms (- 13 %), arable farming (- 12 %), and in nurseries (- 5 %). On the other hand, the sectors where crops have a short rotation period saw an important increase in use; these include vegetables under ...