Exploring some IR-4 Tropical Similarities… After attending the 2020 IR-4 National Education Conference (NEC) during last week of February held in San Diego CA, the IR-4 team from University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM), Dr. Wilfredo Robles and Luis E. Almodóvar traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii. The reason for this trip was to observe and compare […]
Author: Jackie Cavaliere
Expanding options to protect Asparagus
Few veggies herald the advent of summer like asparagus spears emerging from underground. Asparagus appreciation dates back millennia, and Millennial bloggers continue to drive its demand today. This is a perennial plant with perennial popularity. “There’s no other crop quite like asparagus,” summarizes Brenna Aegerter, Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor at the University of California. “Fields […]
Crop Vignette: Gerbera
Plant Information Gerbera belongs to the genus of plants Gerbera in the Asteraceae (daisy family). It is native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia. The first scientific description of a gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) was published in 1889. This species is known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy or African daisy. The domesticated […]
Three Awarded Distinguished Service to New Jersey Agriculture Citations
THREE AWARDED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURE CITATIONS Awards Presented During State Agriculture Convention For Immediate Release: February 11, 2016 Contact: Lynne Richmond (609) 633-2954 lynne.richmond@ag.state.nj.us (ATLANTIC CITY) – Harry “Skip” Bartlett, Dr. Gerald M. Ghidiu, and Dr. Bradley Majek were honored February 10 with Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citations by the New Jersey State […]
Growers have more options when trying to manage basil downy mildew
Resistant varieties and additional fungicides can assist growers in protecting their basil crops from downy mildew infection. Whether basil is grown in controlled environment structures or outdoors, downy mildew can be a destructive disease of this crop. “For organic basil crops, downy mildew can be quite devastating and usually results in total crop loss that […]
Tolerance Success: Cyazofamid 2020
Federal Register Date: March 18, 2020 Active Ingredient: Cyazofamid
Tolerance Success: Penoxsulam 2020
Federal Register Date: March 9, 2020 Active Ingredient: Penoxsulam
Safflower is an important rotational crop for control of Lygus bugs
IR-4 Project realized the importance of registering flonicamid for use on safflower to control lygus bugs to prevent damage to other major high value crops. When Beau Howard, a safflower grower and agronomist in California, submitted the project clearance request through IR-4 Project for flonicamid to control lygus bugs (Lygus hersperus) on safflower, he knew […]
IR-4 Project helps to expand disease control options for wasabi growers
It all started about 30 years ago. A sushi-loving woman in the Vancouver area wondered if wasabi could be grown locally. Fortunately, she asked the right person: Brian Oates, who is now president and chief science officer of Pacific Coast Wasabi (PCW). The answer? Yes. But not in the ways used in Japan, which are […]
Hops Growers Gain New Herbicide to Aid Powdery Mildew Control
Author – Robin Siktberg, Custom Content Editor, Meister Media Worldwide Hops growers will welcome the news that they have another option for control of broadleaf weeds and basal suckers. With the removal of paraquat from use in hops production due to residue detection above permitted levels, a new herbicide registered for use on hops is […]