plant pathogens News
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New Broad-Spectrum Bactericide/Fungicide
BioSafe Systems is excited to announce the release of OxiDate® 5.0, a powerful, peroxyacetic acid (PAA) based, broad spectrum liquid bactericide/fungicide registered to treat and control plant pathogens on a wide variety of crops. OxiDate 5.0 is the “keystone” to any successful spray program as it ensures an increased ROI by delivering dependable results at a competitive price. ...
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What`s this disease?
If you are a fan of strawberries then you have probably experienced opening a recently purchased container only to find that several berries have burst into a plume of velvety gray mold. Unfortunately, your berries have fallen prey to gray mold disease, caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea. Botrytis infects strawberry blossoms and causes onset fruit rot as berries ripen. This causes ...
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Lifeasible Updated Its Plant Disease Identification Service Recently
Plant research innovators can now leverage updated plant disease identification service from Lifeasible, designed to improve food security and agricultural sustainability across the world. The formation and development of plant diseases involve three factors: plants, pathogens and environment. In agricultural production, human activities have an important impact on the occurrence and prevalence ...
By Lifeasible
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An autonomous robot that eliminates downy and powdery mildew overnight
Robot Thorvald has passed its final tests on Chardonnay with flying colours. This spring, it went through the rows of vines and projected its ultraviolet rays on the leaves to eliminate powdery and downy mildew completely autonomously. To successfully suppress the fungal diseases, it had to work by night. “What makes it possible for us to use UV to control these plant pathogens is we ...
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Canadian AgroTech mission to India
Dr. Sikander Gill & Dr. Rajwant Gill from Lumex Instruments Canada participated in the Canadian Technology for Agriculture & Supply Chains Mission in Mumbai and Bangalore. On February 3-7, our experts, as part of the Canadian delegation, visited Indian companies to discuss R&D collaboration opportunities and market exploration. B2B meetings were organized within the framework of the ...
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Senators Stabenow, Peters Call for Coordinated Federal Response after Michigan Residents Receive Seeds from China
Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called for a coordinated federal response to households in Michigan and across the country that received unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail. Foreign ...
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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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BioSafe Systems Introduces PVent® Biological Fungicide
BioSafe Systems announces the release of PVent® Biological Fungicide. An enhancement in microbial fungicide technology, PVent provides growers with an easy-to-use, versatile IPM tool. This innovative development was spearheaded through a strategic partnership between two family-owned businesses: BioSafe Systems and Lallemand Plant Care. Due to its active ingredient, a 93% Gliocladium ...
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Olive trees: MEPs to demand answers on how to tackle spread of killer bacteria
Parliament will quiz the Commission Thursday morning on plans to tackle the outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa bacteria, which have infected several thousand hectares of olive plantations in Italy, and prevent it spreading to other EU regions. The Commission will also be asked to respond to the question on how they will compensate any growers whose trees have to be destroyed. MEPs also want the ...
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EPA Issues One-Year Registration for Soil Fumigant Iodomethane
EPA has approved a one-year registration of iodomethane (methyl iodide) under highly restrictive provisions governing its use. Iodomethane is an alternative to the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide – reflecting the U.S. commitment to protecting the earth's ozone layer. The risk assessment process for iodomethane has been one of the most thorough analyses ever conducted on a new pesticide. ...
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Plants host pathogenic bacteria from livestock farming
Disease-causing bacteria resulting from livestock farming can contaminate food products and find their way to humans. This occurs remarkably effectively via plants, which explains why recent outbreaks due to infection with EHEC and other E. coli and Salmonella strains are regularly attributed to the consumption of fresh vegetables. These are the findings of researchers from Wageningen UR ...
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Pest ants help to improve Indonesian cocoa yields
Native ants living in cacao trees in Indonesia that are often seen as pests in fact seem to boost their yields, a study suggests. Scientists from Germany, Indonesia and Sweden studying how ant communities affect cocoa yields in Sulawesi found that trees with abundant native ants (Dolichoderus sp.) produced the best yields. In contrast, the yields of cacao trees where ants were excluded were 27 ...
By SciDev.Net
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Agdia Releases New Molecular Test for Avocado Sunblotch Viroid
Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) has commercialized a Nucleic Acid Hybridization Assay for Avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd). ASBVd is found in avocado growing regions worldwide. Trees that are infected with ASBVd can result in a loss of yield and / or production of unmarketable fruit. However, symptoms are not always present making pro-active testing a critical disease control measure. Agdia's ...
By Agdia, Inc.
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UF/IFAS scientists find way to reduce pesticide use and save millions for ornamental industry
Results of new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences research may help control some dangerous species of fungi, known as phytophthora — or water molds — that can cause millions of dollars in damage annually to ornamental plants and some fruit trees. This finding could help reduce fungicide use to control the phytophthora that can menace Florida’s ...
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Marrone Bio Innovations` Regalia® Biofungicide Label Significantly Expanded
DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marrone Bio Innovations today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a significant label expansion for Regalia®, a biofungicide that boosts plants' natural defenses to fight fungal and bacterial diseases. The label expansion includes new soil applications, instructions for yield improvement in corn and soybeans, ...
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Night of the Fermenting Dead Part 1
Srujana and Amber, having narrowly survived their encounter with the office poltergeist a year earlier, travel to the Midwest expecting a pleasant trip. Instead, they come face to face with Amber’s worst nightmare. How will the duo defeat their supernatural foes and manage to save the fermentation run at the same time? “Why are we going to the pilot plant tonight?” I ...
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A day in the entomology lab: Beetles
Did you know that the average American eats 124 lbs of potatoes a year, that the potato was the first vegetable to be grown in space, and Vincent van Gogh painted four still-life canvases devoted entirely to the potato!? It’s true and protecting potatoes, which are grown in all 50 states in the U.S., is one thing AgBiome is striving to do. Part of AgBiome’s vision is to have the ...
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New test can detect plant viruses faster, cheaper
A new test could save time and money diagnosing plant viruses, some of which can destroy millions of dollars in crops each year in Florida, says a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher. In a newly published study, Jane Polston, a UF/IFAS plant pathology professor, examined several ways to detect the DNA genome of begomoviruses. These viruses have emerged ...
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How to prevent the Xanthomonas bacterium from spreading
Growers of strawberries and strawberry planting material are terrified of the quarantine organism Xanthomonas fragariae. If the bacterium is found, the affected parcel of land has to be partially or even fully cleared. Commissioned by trade association Plantum and the Strawberry Research Foundation, Wageningen UR performed research into how the pathogen is spread in order to prevent spreading. ...
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Marrone Bio Innovations Files Patent for a Unique Bacillus Species
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) a leading global provider of natural pest management products for the agricultural and water treatment markets, announces the submission of a patent application encompassing a new Bacillus sp. strain F727, to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This strain was first discovered from soil collected in California by one of MBI's employees. The chemistry ...
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