greenhouse crop News
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Not just for bugs
The use of biological control has been steadily increasing in both ornamental and vegetable greenhouse crops. Since many disease-management programs rely on the use of preventative measures, the use of microbial biocontrol agents should be a natural fit. Why aren’t more growers using them? At Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, we’ve been putting biological products to the test. ...
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International partnership will develop first market ready sweet pepper harvesting robot
12 February 2015 will be the start of SWEEPER, an innovation driven international research programme for the development of the first generation market ready sweet pepper harvesting robot. The research is being supported by the Horizon 2020 programme of European Union. Wageningen University & Research Centre will coordinate the international network in which partners from Sweden, Israel, ...
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Greenhouse Humidity Control
The best defense against fungal infection for high-value, susceptible greenhouse crops is to create environmental conditions that promote a healthy, dry crop that is also hostile to fungal proliferation. This means controlling temperature and humidity such that water is not accumulating on the surface of the plant tissue. Ideal conditions are those where the vapor pressure deficit is sufficiently ...
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AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide Now Approved for Use in Food and Cannabis Production in Canada
Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, BioSafe Systems’ AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide has been approved for foliar spray treatment around food crops and cannabis in Canada. The approved label reads: AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide can now be used around berries, grapes, orchards, carrots, ginseng, onions, potatoes, hops, cannabis, nursery crops (field and container-grown ...
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BioSafe Systems Announces the Availability of AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide in Canada
BioSafe Systems announces the availability of AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide across Canada. AXXE is a non-selective herbicide designed for the control or suppression of grass and broadleaf weeds, such as (but not limited to): crabgrass, pigweed, amaranth, carpetweed, and liverworts and for contact spray control or burndown of weeds and grasses for ornamentals, turf, landscapes, interiorscapes, ...
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Plants for supporting Orius species
Orius laevigatus and Orius majusculus are predatory bugs, which are applied in several crops in greenhouses. They can eat many pests species, including nymphs and adults of thrips species, aphids, whtiteflies, eggs of moths, young caterpillars and spider mites. In some crops such as sweet pepper Orius survives easily. Cut roses are apparently less suitable for oviposition. For this reason we ...
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Seawater greenhouse plan for Jordan
Seawater greenhouses, solar power plants and other new green technologies will be brought together in Jordan in an attempt to turn its desert into a producer of crops, fresh water and electricity. The governments of Jordan and Norway signed an agreement last month (11 January) to build a 20-hectare demonstration centre near Aqaba on the Red Sea. They will work with the Aqaba Special Economic ...
By SciDev.Net
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PerCarb now approved in California
As of July 25, 2019, BioSafe Systems’ PerCarb has been approved for use in the state of California by the Department of Pesticide Regulation. PerCarb is an EPA-registered, 0-hour REI, broad-spectrum bactericide/fungicide designed to treat and control plant pathogens that cause major foliar diseases on field-grown crops, tree crops, vine crops, berries, small fruits, vegetable crops and ...
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Finalists Announced for the World Agri-Tech Demo Day
Rethink Events, hosts of San Francisco’s upcoming World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, together with Royse AgTech Innovation Network, are delighted to announce the twelve companies selected to pitch their ag and food-tech solutions to local VCs at the newly launched “World Agri-Tech Demo Day”. The Demo Day, taking place on March 27, offers an opportunity to very early-stage, ...
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Bees & Pesticides: Commission to proceed with plan to better protect bees
Today, EU Member States did not reach a qualified majority – either in favour or against - in the Appeal Committee1 which discussed a Commissionproposal to restrict the use of 3 neonicotinoid insecticides. Tonio Borg, Health and Consumer Commissioner, said: "Although a majority of Member States now supports our proposal, the necessary qualified majority was not reached. The decision now ...
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End-of-production LED Lighting Increases Red Pigmentation in Lettuce
Growing vegetables in greenhouses extends crop production seasons in northern latitudes, but the greenhouse environment is far from ideal for providing plants with optimal photosynthetic light. In fact, available photosynthetic daily light in greenhouses can be reduced by up to 50% or more by the structures' glazing material, superstructure, and shading. In northern latitudes, low light is ...
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Regulatory Developments: Proposal for Restriction of Neonicotinoid Products in the EU
The European Union (EU) voted April 29, 2013, on a proposal to restrict the use of three neonicotinoid substances for agricultural uses. The substances are clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. The proposal failed to gain sufficient support from the 27 EU Member States Appeal Committee and was passed to the European Commission (EC), which has confirmed that the proposal will be adopted in ...
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Proposal for Restriction of Neonicotinoid Products in the EU
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By Acta Group
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High-tech greenhouse research facility for Australian horticulture
Supported by Wageningen UR Greenhouse horticulture, a new high-tech greenhouse research facility will be built on the campus of University of Western Sydney, 50 km West of Sydney, Australia. Greenhouse horticultural industry is fast developing in Australia. Several new large vegetable production sites have started their operation during the last years, some of them with Dutch technology. ...
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GWorkS-model simulates crop operations in greenhouses
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture and Wageningen University, group Farm Technology developed a simulation model for labour in greenhouses. Global competition urges growers to continuously improve labour efficiency and to innovate crop operations in order to control labour costs and to offer appealing jobs and healthy work conditions in greenhouses. Computer simulation was used to find ...
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Symposium `MODEL-IT 2015 on development and application of models in the horticultural supply chain
11-14 October the chair of Horticulture and Product Physiology organises the international symposium MODEL-IT 2015 at Wageningen Campus. During this symposium the latest insights will be presented in development, calibration and application of models in the entire field of the horticultural supply chain, from production over harvest to storage, retail and even consumption. The symposium is ...
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Chronica Horticulturae 54 number 1 (March 2014)
Chronica Horticulturae 54 number 1 (March 2014) is available now. To download your copy go to http://www.ishs.org/chronica-horticulturae/vol54nr1 Table of contents: News & Views from the Board: ISHS Core Activities: Major Tribute to Global Financial Crisis?, G.J. Noga Postcard, A. Monteiro ISHS Governance Meetings at the Brisbane Congress Important Announcements and Information ...
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Dutch-German research team develops new integrated crop protection system for greenhouse horticulture
The Dutch-German ‘Healthy Greenhouse’ project offers a completely new ‘total concept’ for crop protection in modern greenhouse horticulture. This new ‘Healthy Greenhouse System’ enables growers to produce high-quality crops without pests and diseases. After four years of research the results of the Interreg project ‘Healthy Greenhouse’ will be ...
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Anuvia Plant Nutrients CEO Amy Yoder Named One of Orlando Business Journal’s “2022 Women Who Mean Business”
Anuvia Plant Nutrients today announces that CEO Amy Yoder has been named to Orlando Business Journal’s prestigious list “2022 Women Who Mean Business.” The honor distinguishes leaders who have “gone above and beyond in their respective roles, driving business success, workforce development, and community advancement.” Developed in Central Florida, Anuvia’s ...
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Perennial grass crops - a carbon neutral biofuel?
Perennial crops, such as grasses, are attracting increasing interest as potential biofuel crops. Perennial crops have significant advantages over many annual crops because they require less energy input during growth than annual crops which not only need to be planted each year, but typically require more fertiliser, herbicide and pesticide input. Research on farm-scale cultivation of the ...
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