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# Bacterial and Fungal Diseases #

Syngenta launches new copper-free fungicide in Spain for olive groves

Syngenta has brought together over 250 olive growers in Seville, Spain, to officially launch Oliva Top, a new fungicide for olive trees.

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# Soil Amendment #

Iowa growers increase corn yields by an average of 9 bu/ac when using N fixing Envita

Corn can fix nitrogen with naturally-occuring Envita -- the only N-fixing bacteria to fix N from within the plant cells. Two corn trials with the Iowa Soybean Association validate findings which show how Envita offers season-long N fixation capabilities.

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# Seed Treatment #

Iowa growers increase corn yields by an average of 9 bu/ac when using N fixing Envita

Corn can fix nitrogen with naturally-occuring Envita -- the only N-fixing bacteria to fix N from within the plant cells. Two corn trials with the Iowa Soybean Association validate findings which show how Envita offers season-long N fixation capabilities.

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# Underground Pests & Nematicide #

Xedavir: biological fungicide for combating soil diseases

Xedavir, launched by Xeda Italia, is a natural fungicide based on Trichoderma asperellum, a micro-organism that lives in the soil and is used to control many soil-borne pathogens, such as Pythium spp., Phytophthora capsici, Rhizoctonia spp. and Verticillium s...

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# UAV Plant Protection Industry #

Using drones and predatory bugs, UC Davis researchers treat crop pests

Entomologists and engineers are collaborating on a new method of controlling agricultural pests. In Santa Monica, Calif., researchers flew drones with light-sensitive cameras over a strawberry field to locate pest-damaged plants. Armed with a map of leaf refle...

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What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like    1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All