Registration of the herbicide clomazone through the IR-4 Project offers asparagus growers another weed management tool. Even as the consumption of asparagus by US consumers has steadily increased, the amount of domestic production continues to decline. US per capita consumption of asparagus increased from 0.8 pounds in 1980 to nearly 1.6 pounds in 2017. According […]
Author: Jackie Cavaliere
Crop Vignette: Coleus
Plant Information Coleus, also commonly known as painted nettle, flame nettle, and painted leaf, is a native of Southeast Asia through to Australia. In the most recent taxonomic classification, coleus now belongs to the genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon in the family Lamiaceae. The common garden Coleus (Coleus blumei = Plectranthus scutellarioides = Solenostemon scutellarioides) is […]
IR-4 Project helps to expand herbicide options for U.S. and Canadian celery growers
IR-4 Project worked with Agriculture and Agri Food Canada to conduct studies on the herbicide pendimethalin to expand its label to include celery and other minor crops. Celery is a minor crop grown primarily in California and Michigan for fresh market and processed product sales. According to the Ag Marketing Resource Center, in 2017 California […]
Tolerance Success: Fenhexamid 2020
Federal Register Date: January 16, 2020 Active Ingredient: Fenhexamid
Herb growers can keep a tight rein on Lepidopteran pests with Emamectin
Author – Katie Chriest From Scarborough Fairgoers to Belfast balladeers, herbs have earned the love of lyricists as well as culinary artists for years. Their good looks and great flavors inspire all sorts of creative expression, and they’ve even enjoyed a resurgence in products promising to promote health. No wonder, then, that they’re so widely […]
Tolerance Success: Flutianil 2019
Federal Register Date: December 20, 2019 Active Ingredient: Flutianil
IR-4 Project supports growers with additional control tools for onion thrips
Chances are if you grow green onions or bulb onions you’ve had to deal with thrips some time during the production cycle. Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) can be a pest anywhere onions are grown. “They tend to be a bigger problem in hotter, drier climates,” said Tim Waters, professor and regional vegetable specialist at Washington […]
Tolerance Success: Fenpyroximate 2019
Federal Register Date: December 5, 2019 Active Ingredient: Fenpyroximate
Tolerance Success: Propamocarb 2019
Federal Register Date: December 5, 2019 Active Ingredient: Propamocarb
Tolerance Success: Etoxazole 2019
Federal Register Date: December 5, 2019 Active Ingredient: Etoxazole