January 09
Danforth Center
scientists identify technology to reduce the spread of rice
tungro bacilliform virus (RTVB) - Discovery may lead to
increased rice crop yields
Blackleg on canola
in Southern Australia
Flaxleaf fleabane
emerges as a weed of broadacre crops on Western Australia’s
south coast
Scientists aim to spike biochemical punch bowl of soybean cyst
nematode
Científicos
usan el sabotaje bioquímico contra el nematodo del quiste de la
soya
Bayer CropScience
adds CSI Safener 500FS to its line of sorghum seed treatments
Balance Flexx corn
herbicide from Bayer CropScience knocks out tough weeds with the
power of Recharge - New herbicide provides broad-spectrum
control, application flexibility and crop safety
Bacterial leaf
spot on capsicum in New Mexico, USA
December 08
Fungal blight on
onion in Maharashtra, India
Late blight on
potato in Punjab, India
Chemtura executes
amendment and waiver of its senior credit facility, intends to
enter into new U.S. accounts receivable securitization agreement
Vilmorin, une
première mondiale : Des betteraves potagères résistantes à la
rhizomanie
Vegetable diseases
in the United Kingdom
Blast rice disease
on rice in Haryana, India
Brown University
chemist finds gene that enables gray mold to kill plant cells
Brasil:
Aumenta o número
de focos de ferrugem da soja
Brasil:
Conselho Nacional
de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico aprova projetos de
pesquisadores da Embrapa Hortaliças
Bayer CropScience
unveils 2009 Growing Strong Rewards Program - Participating U.S.
growers can redeem rewards for cash or merchandise
U.S. corn growers
see rewards for managing glyphosate resistance - Herbicide
rotation and early-season weed control pay off with higher
yields
Brasil:
Consórcio
Antiferrugem confirma três focos de ferrugem asiática na safra
2008/09
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln to begin nation's second plant health doctorate
program
Undiagnosed pink
mould on barley in Western Australia
Australian cereal rust report:
Stripe rust survey
2008
British Home-Grown
Cereals Authority (HGCA) publishes Barley Disease Management
Guide 2009
Chemtura appoints
new distributors for seed treatments and Vitaflo 280 in Canada
France:
Le Ministre de
l’Agriculture renouvelle l'autorisation pour 2009 de la
préparation Cruiser, insecticide utilisé en traitement des
semences de maïs pour lutter contre le taupin
Experimental soybeans sabotage soybean cyst nematode with its
own gene
Semillas de soya experimentales sabotean un nematodo con su
propio gen
Undiagnosed
diseases on pepper in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India
USDA/ARS grants
exclusive license to produce and market an insect sex pheromone
that can help control the pink hibiscus mealybug
USDA/ARS concede una licencia para una feromona de la
cochinilla rosada del hibisco
South Dakota State
University soybean research and Extension entomologist tests
biocontrol option for soybean aphid
Purdue University
study suggests warmer temperatures could lead to a boom in corn
pests
Syngenta Crop
Protection Canada announces registration of Broadband herbicide
for broad-spectrum weed control in spring wheat and barley
Controlling
sunflower rust
Brasil:
Consórcio
Antiferrugem confirma três focos de ferrugem asiática na safra
2008/09
New Mexico State
University teaches ‘first detectors’ to spot outbreaks of pests
and plant diseases
BASF Canada
receives registration for TENSILE herbicide, a new CLEARFIELD
canola herbicide that delivers superior wild buckwheat control
and rotational freedom
Syngenta trials
indicate increased yields with corn earworm control - Test plots
highlight efficacy of new Agrisure Viptera broad-spectrum
lepidopteran trait
Powdery mildew on
sunflower in Tanzania
Cyst nematodes on
potato in Kamchatka, Russia
Kansas State
University wheat breeder takes new approach to leaf rust
resistance
BASF touts
expanded wheat fungicide portfolio at U.S. National Agricultural
Aviation Association - TwinLine fungicide and Caramba fungicide
provide unsurpassed activity on major cereal diseases
BASF releases
early study results of low-volume application technology for
Headline fungicide at the national conference of the National
Agricultural Aviation Association
Precision
Laboratories' Protyx Aerial adjuvant replaces messy crop oil
concentrates
New barley resists
Russian wheat aphids
Una nueva cebada tiene resistencia contra el pulgón ruso de
trigo
European
Commission presents policy
options for EU strategy on invasive species
Syngenta Crop
Protection Canada, Inc. announces registration of Cruiser Maxx
Cereals commercial seed treatment
Syngenta Protection des
cultures Canada, Inc. annonce l’homologation de Cruiser Maxx®
Cereals pour le traitement commercial des semences
BASF: Michael
Heinz assumes responsibility for global team to integrate Ciba -
Markus Heldt to become new head of Crop Protection division
Michael Heinz übernimmt Verantwortung für das globale Team
zur Integration von Ciba - Markus Heldt wird neuer Leiter des
Unternehmensbereichs Crop Protection
Good news for
specialty crops: BASF Crop Protection unveils Initium, first
active ingredient in new class of chemistry
Gute Nachrichten für Sonderkulturen: BASF Crop Protection
entwickelt Initium, erster Wirkstoff einer neuen Stoffklasse
Neue Website
informiert Landwirte über Rübenzysten-Nematoden
U.S. EPA approves
new Syngenta Agrisure trait - New trait designed to provide
control of a broad spectrum of Lepidopteran corn pests
University of
Kentucky researchers lead the way in anthracnose stalk rot
research
Bean rust (Uromyces
appendiculatus) disease resistance
Iowa State
University online videos demonstrate how to test for soybean
cyst nematodes
November 08
Valent U.S.A.'s
Presidio fungicide registered for brassica, bulb and root
vegetables
Australia
identifies wheat stem rust Ug99 in a consignment of wheat seed
from Ethiopia
Syngenta AMA Test
reveals that Axial herbicide is still an option for many growers
with Group 1 resistance
Boll weevil
feeding habits now better understood
Costumbres alimentarias del gorgojo del algodón ahora mejor
entendidas
Verticillium wilt
on lettuce in California, USA
Using resistant varieties to combat soybean diseases
North Dakota State
University soybean chlorosis scores available online
Doenças do trigo
causada por Pseudomonas syringae patovars
Kansas State
University entomologist study wheat plant genes affected by
aphids to create low-risk method of pest management
European Union
leadership urgently needed to fight fake pesticides, say
majority of European enforcement authorities
Syngenta to offer
new fomesafen/glyphosate premix on soybean - Flexstar GT
herbicide to provide control over troublesome weeds
France:
Dossier Cruiser -
L'Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (Afssa)
examine les premiers résultats du programme de surveillance
post-homologation
U.S. growers can
add yellow vine to the long list of pumpkin diseases
Climate change
opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants
Urgent call for
global fight against wheat stem rust strain Ug99
Movement on the
resistance front exposes wheat killers
Caution urged for
Queensland potato growers following Victoria outbreak of potato
cyst nematode
Bayer CropScience
offers Poncho 500 rebate to U.S. growers
Origin of
soft rot on potato in the United Kingdom
Controle de
plantas daninhas na soja resistente ao glyphosate
Bayer
CropScience successful in preventing counterfeiting in China
Bayer CropScience erfolgreich im Kampf gegen chinesische
Produktfälschung
Root-knot
nematode, the silent thief that steals cotton patch profits
Pesticide
industry intensifies fight against illegal pesticides Spain
and Poland
New genetic
resources for cereal crops
Nuevos recursos genéticos para los cultivos cereales
Urgent call
for global fight against the wheat stem rust disease strain
Ug99 - Major wheat producing countries agree on roadmap to
battle virulent fungus
GRDC, The Crop Doctor:
Continuous
cropping favours cereal cyst nematode
Downey mildew on
maize in Tamil Nadu, India
Sclerotinia on
sunflower in Manitoba, Canada
Soybean rust
in Mississippi did not hurt the crop
Pioneer
Hi-Bred research brings new levels of protection against
soybean diseases - Higher levels of resistance combat sudden
death syndrome (SDS) and soybean cyst nematode (SCN)
Breakthrough
genetic solution for clubroot coming soon - New canola
hybrid from Pioneer Hi-Bred will be the first product
available with resistance to the disease
Australian
cereal rust report, November 2008: Stripe rust pathotype
‘Jackie Yr27’ detected for the first time
Gene-silencing technique to be
deployed against soybean fungus
Técnica del
silenciamiento de genes será usada contra un hongo de soya
Planta
invasora é o
principal problema no início da safra de soja
October 08
Aphids cause havoc
for canola producers in New South Wales
University of
Adelaide researchers identify new sources of stem and leaf rust
resistance in wild grasses relatives of wheat
Late blight on
potato in Papua New Guinea
SAATEN-UNION newsletter:
- Diabrotica: Die
natürliche Resistenz ist jetzt Wirklichkeit
Lancaster
University researchers investigate whether dipping seeds in an
acid could make spraying pesticides in later life unnecessary
Undiagnosed smut on
maize in Normandy, France, Ustilago maydis
New Mexico State
University training workshop helps ‘first detectors’ spot pest
and plant disease outbreaks
Wageningen UR
report shows that possible new European Union crop protection
regulation will have serious economic consequences
Syngenta Crop
Protection's Voliam Xpress insecticide receives label approval
in Arizona, Florida and Texas, key vegetable growing U.S. states
Syngenta Crop
Protection's Durivo
insecticide receives approval for use in vegetable crops in
Arizona, Florida and Texas, key vegetable growing states
Australian cereal rust report:
False black chaff
in wheats carrying the stem rust resistance gene Sr2
Potato cyst
nematode found in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Bacterial canker on
tomato is rediscovered in the United Kingdom
Brasil aprende a
combater ferrugem da soja
Plant Management
Network’s Soybean Rust Information Center merges with Focus on
Soybean
USDA/ERS and Farm
Foundation announce the 2008 Program of Research on the
Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM) Workshop
Ragged stunt and
yellow stunt threaten rice fields across Vietnam
Melon thrips
threaten production of flowers, forages and vegetables in Costa
Rica
Corn nematodes
threaten fields across the Midwestern US
Cotton Seed Distributors, Web on
Wednesday: '25
years of insecticide resistance management'
GRDC fact sheet
"Rust Management" recommends verifying wheat and barley
varieties for rust resistance
La fédération
nationale de la production des semences de maïs et de sorgho
(FNPSMS) finance la recherche sur une maladie orpheline, le
syndrome néphrotique
Embrapa identifica
novas pragas de trigo no Brasil
Soybean diseases in
Louisiana, USA
Crop prices could
rise up to 70% due if EU pest management restrictions come into
effect
Ascochyta blight on
highlands chickpeas in Queensland, Australia
Sclerotinia,
multicrop, in the United Kingdom
BASF transfers
Weedmaster herbicide to Nufarm
Western Australia
Ag Department widening the search for exotic grain pests
American Soybean
Association seeks USDA help to fund soybean rust monitoring and
early-warning system
Global partnership
protects Africa's maize from Striga, a deadly parasitic plant
European Crop
Protection Association calls for European Food Safety
Authority study on proposed pest management restriction
criteria
Manage
resistant weeds effectively with fall control measures
Bacterial leaf
blight on rice in Bangladesh
Structures of
important plant viruses determined - Findings may lead to
new ways to protect crops and make other useful products
Rust
prevention: best bet when waging war on rust
September 08
Michigan State
University assists in identification of lettuce as E. coli
culprit
Pesquisa avalia
potencial de planta como inseticida e herbicida natural
Fungal diseases
on wheat and oilseed rape in the United Kingdom
Foot rot and
false smut on rice in the Punjab, India
Syngenta's Durivo
insecticide receives U.S. registration for use in vegetable
crops
Cornell
University entomologist edits new book on sustainable pest
control
France:
Plusieurs
organisations claquent la porte du comité de pilotage Cruiser
GRDC Rust
management fact sheet - September 2008
Asian soybean
rust update, USA and Mexico
Syngenta Crop
Protection's Voliam
Flexi insecticide receives U.S. registration
Besserer
Pflanzenschutz durch technische Innovationen
Wageningen UR's
'Bodemgezondheidsdag' (National Healthy Soil Day) a great
success with breeders, scientists, policymakers
Syngenta Crop
Protection's Voliam Xpress insecticide receives U.S.
registration for use on head and leaf lettuce, fruiting
vegetables, head and stem brassicas, and cucurbit vegetables
Insecticide-treated wheat seed provides early protection
What we need is
nothing less than a second green revolution, sagt member of the
Board of Management of Bayer CropScience
Wir brauchen nichts weniger als eine zweite grüne Revolution,
sagt Mitglied des Vorstands der Bayer CropScience
New European Food
Safety Authority body to coordinate pesticide risk assessment
Ringspot and
white blister on brassicas in England, UK
Bacterial leaf
blight on rice in the Punjab, India
Randy Lusher
joins BASF Turf & Ornamentals as Sales Specialist
Rice protein
identified that moderates resistance to infectious disease
Priscila Vansetti
appointed Business Director of DuPont Canada Crop Protection
Division
“Ponto final” nos
danos causados por lagartas às culturas agrícolas no Brasil -
Inseticida biológico, que será lançado durante a VI Ciência para
a Vida, é certificado para uso em agricultura orgânica
Flag smut on
wheat in South Australia
Undiagnosed smut
in maize fields in France
Blast disease on
paddy in Kashmir
First report of
powdery mildew caused by Oidium neolycopersici on tomato
in China
Fake pesticides
on the rise
United Soybean
Board and Soybean Checkoff are preparing U.S. soybean farmers
for Asian soybean rust
Significant
increase in alien plants in Europe - detailed overview available
for the first time
Anzahl fremder Pflanzen in Europa deutlich gestiegen -
Erstmals detaillierter Überblick verfügbar
Chemtura receives
U.S. EPA approval for Enhance AW seed treatment
Clubroot on
canola in Alberta, Canada
Outbreak of
stripe rust on grain crops in northeastern Victoria, Australia
U.S. National
Science Foundation funds Iowa State University's soybean disease
project
Weed control
additive diquat does not make glyphosate more effective
Bundesamt für
Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit veröffentlicht
detaillierte Daten zu Rückständen von Pflanzenschutzmitteln
Markers for rice
blast resistance discovered
Marcadores genéticos descubiertos para resistencia al añublo
del arroz
First report of
root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii on tomato and
cucumber in Switzerland
Australian cereal
rust report, September 2008
U.S. Federal Register:
Potato cyst
nematode - update of quarantined areas
India fully
geared to tackle wheat stem rust threat posed by Ug99
Cotton seeds
scattered by hurricane Dolly in the Rio Grande Valley threaten
2009 cotton crop: volunteer cotton plants could provide winter
food, shelter for boll weevil
How are
herbicides discovered?
New model to
forecast risk of bean yellow mosaic virus
Mechanical
methods offer alternatives to reducing weed seedbank persistence
Plant Health Care
to supply The Scotts Company with natural products for inclusion
in their line of lawn and garden products for the retail market
European Union
issues a new regulation on the maximum residue levels of
pesticides: Eurofins offers a wide range of analysis tools
Tracking and
taming a tomato virus
Siguiendo y domando un virus del tomate
Stem rust on
wheat in Western Australia
U.S. Federal Register:
Amendment of the
Karnal bunt regulations to remove certain areas or fields in
Baylor, Knox, Throckmorton, and Young Counties, Texas
Kansas State
University researchers develop herbicide-resistant grain sorghum
line
Iowa State
University researchers help map first plant-parasitic nematode
genome sequence
Sudden death
syndrome on soybeans in Iowa and Minnesota, USA
New
fungal finding could mean better bio-insecticide
Descubrimiento sobre un hongo
podría llevar a un mejor bioinsecticida
Bayer
CropScience: Setting the course after a very successful first
half of 2008
Weichenstellung nach sehr erfolgreichem 1. Halbjahr 2008
Belt SC
insecticide (flubendiamide) from Bayer CropScience receives U.S.
federal registration
Besserer
Pflanzenschutz durch technische Innovationen
Tungro virus
on rice in South Cotabato, The Philippines
BASF Canada
appoints Brian Denys as Business Director for its crop
protection division
Helping grain
growers fight an army of pests
August 08
Crop breeders on
verge of beating Africa’s most noxious weed use cutting edge
science technique
Controlling crop
pests with nematodes
Outbreak of
Ascochyta blight on chickpeas in Queensland, Australia
Stemming the spread
of stem rust in Western Australia
Embrapa apresenta
tecnologias de controle biológico de pragas da agricultura em
evento em Brasília
First report of Iris
yellow spot virus on onions in New Zealand and Serbia
Thiencarbazone-methyl registered
in first market - New Bayer CropScience active ingredient
approved in Romania: Thiencarbazone-methyl registered in first
market Annual sales potential of more than EUR 100 million for
new corn herbicide
Thiencarbazone-Methyl weltweit erstmals zugelassen - Neuer Bayer
CropScience-Wirkstoff erhält Registrierung in Rumänien:
Thiencarbazone-Methyl weltweit erstmals zugelassen
Umsatzpotenzial von mehr als 100 Millionen Euro für neuen
Mais-Herbizidwirkstoff
Goss's bacterial
wilt on maize in Indiana and Iowa
Scientists tie
chickpea disease to fungal culprit
Científicos descubren una conexión entre una enfermedad de
garbanzos y un hongo
A new biopesticide
for the organic food boom
Australian cereal rust report,
season 2008
BASF launches online
training modules for the ornamentals market
Philippine Rice
Research Institute issues warning against Bacterial leaf streak
Maiswurzelbohrer in
Deutschland
Triticum mosaic
virus threatens wheat crop in the Texas High Plains
Healthy honey bees
is goal of multi-institutional research team
Novel pathogens on
tomato and potato in the USA
Brown rot on potato
in Irkutsk, Russia ex China
Tracking a crop disease could save
millions of lives
Late blight on
potato in Karnataka, Indian and several states in Canada (alert)
Belt SC insecticide
from Bayer CropScience receives U.S. federal registration
Syngenta Crop
Protection's federally approved Platinum 75SG insecticide
receives registration for use in California
Positive vote for
four BASF crop protection compounds
Positives Votum für vier neue Pflanzenschutz-Wirkstoffe von
BASF
University of
California Riverside graduate student discovers, names bacterium
linked to psyllid yellows
CSIRO enlisted to
avert global wheat supply crisis
Late blight on
potato in Bhutan
DuPont Rynaxypyr
wins 2008 R&D 100 Award - Novel chemistry in new insect control
products recognized as a top technology by Research &
Development magazine
Western Grains
Research Foundation funds improved crop pest forecasts
Local Beck’s
Hybrids field day showcases insect-control research in
simulated dry conditions
Valent's Valor
herbicide registered for preplant corn application in the
USA
New commercial pea cultivars
from USDA/ARS withstand the fungus Fusarium solani
Nuevas líneas de los guisantes de primavera
New Cornell
University institute focuses on invasive species
New method
discovered to make potatoes resistant to Phytophthora
BASF Turf &
Ornamentals announces Onetime herbicide for broadleaf and
grassy weed control
DuPont and
Hexima Ltd. partner to develop and commercialize fungal
disease resistance technology
British Crop
Protection Council symposium: "Seed Production and Treatment
in a Changing Environment" - First announcement and call for
papers
Saving our bees
- Ecologists assess the impact of people on pollinators
July 07
Embrapa Soja divulga balanço
sobre a ferrugem na safra 2007/08
BASF to invest more than €150 million in additional capacity for key
crop protection products
BASF investiert mehr als 150 Millionen € in den Ausbau der
Produktionsanlagen für Pflanzenschutzmittel
Murdoch University researcher evaluates Russian wheat aphid resistance
in wheat and barley
Australia: Cereal Rust
Survey,
season 2007-08 and Cereal Rust Report 2008
Fungus foot baths could save bees
What to do with the “one-billion-dollar-bug”? Plant sciences and pest
control are back on the radar of public interest - Green gene technology
plays an important role in this process
USDA/ARS
develops new method that
rapidly detects the "genetic fingerprints" of fungi responsible for
millions of dollars in losses
La genética molecular
ayuda a identificar los culpables de las enfermedades fúngicas
Le premier génome d’un animal parasite de plantes séquencé: le nématode
à galles, Meloidogyne incognita
Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne
incognita
European corn
production at risk from the “billion dollar beetle” - Spread of
the Western corn rootworm has significant consequences for
agriculture
Mystery bacteria found
in New Zealand linked to potato disease in the US
Syngenta investit CHF 150 millions
en Suisse pour de nouvelles capacités de production
Syngenta investiert
in der Schweiz CHF 150 Millionen für neue Produktionskapazitäten
Movement of viruses
between native plants and introduced crops is being investigated
Monsanto Canada
announces new appointments in canola and crop protection
business
Iowa State University
researchers use baloons to collect plant disease spores
Mustard – hot stuff
for natural pest control
Bacterial diseases and
nematode on wheat in South Dakota and Oregon
Garden microbe foils
E. coli O157:H7 in laboratory tests
Microbio del jardín frustra E. coli O157:H7 en pruebas de
laboratorio
Verticillium wilt and
sclerotinia on oilseed rape in the United Kingdom
Gray leaf spot in
Kansas corn near epidemic levels in some areas
Comprehensive web
portal on biopesticides
First report of Tomato
torrado virus in Hungary
Iowa Soybean
Association urges soybean farmers to begin scouting their fields
for soybean aphids
USDA awards $4.1
million to study colony collapse disorder
Stripe rust on wheat
in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia
Texas AgriLife
Research helps potato chip industry with zebra chip disease
Bayer CropScience
introduces new Rely 200 herbicide for potatoes in the U.S.
Bayer CropScience's
Movento insecticide receives U.S. federal registration - Product
with unique ‘2-way systemic’ activity available in wide range of
crops
- Movento insecticide
receives California Department of Pesticide Regulation
registration
Bacterial disease
affects oat crops in Western Australia
Hintergrundinformation: Bienenverluste durch insektizide
Saatgutbehandlungsmittel in Deutschland 2008
Brasil:
Consórcio
Antiferrugem avalia comportamento da ferrugem na última
safra
Union zur
Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen bietet Imkern
gemeinsames Monitoring während Rapsaussaat an
Bayer CropScience
adds new option to the Poncho family of products
Cyst nematodes on
potato in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia
Downy mildew
confirmed on cucumbers in Delaware, Maryland, Michigan
RR69 Turnip
yellows virus (syn. Beet western yellows virus), an emerging
threat to European oilseed rape production
Kansas State
University's 2008 Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings
guide now available
Becker Underwood
launches new web site
Bayer CropScience
launches new patented fingerprint authentification
technique: Qualidate to combat illegal trade and
counterfeiting
Bayer CropScience führt neue patentierte Technik zur
Echtheitsprüfung ein: Mit Qualidate illegalen Handel und
Fälschungen bekämpfen
The Crop Doctor:
Weed Seed Wizard's
wonderful weed decisions
University of Arizona
researchers engineer self-destructing virus - Their work could
improve our ability to make plants and animals more
virus-resistant
Fusarium head blight
on wheat in Missouri and Nebraska
Innovative active ingredient
provides reliable weed protection for corn: Tembotrione from
Bayer CropScience approved in Brazil - Launch of Soberan planned
for 2008
Innovativer
Wirkstoff schützt Mais sicher vor Unkräutern: Tembotrione von
Bayer CropScience erhält Zulassung in Brasilien -
Markteinführung von Soberan noch in 2008 geplant
Cereal diseases: Net
blotch on barley in South Australia; Septoria on wheat in the
UK; Anthracnose and holcus spot on maize in Iowa
Newsletter on Organic
Seeds and Plant Breeding I/2008
- Fortführung der
Sortenevaluierung auf Flut- und Hartbrandanfälligkeit der
Wintergerste
-
Results on smut resistance of
winter barley varieties published
Pioneer Hi-Bred
researcher cites scouting yips for monitoring Asian soybean
rust
Countering insect
resistance with designer Bt toxins
Scientists test
method for sanitizing leafy produce
Científicos buscan un nuevo método de limpiar las
verduras frondosas
More potential
benefits indicated for Plant Health Care’s Myconate - VA
Mycorrhizal fungi produce glomalin, a soil constituent that
locks up soil carbon
Bayer CropScience
strengthens global position in insecticides market:
insecticide Movento approved in United States and Canada -
Launch planned for 2008
Bayer CropScience stärkt weltweite Position im
Insektizidmarkt: Insektizid Movento® in USA und Kanada
zugelassen - Markt-Einführung für 2008 geplant
Pathogen genes targeted in
studies to protect salad vegetables
Científicos estudian los genes de patógenos para proteger
las verduras
GRDC's Pestlinks
website aims to deliver regionally specific information to
identified stakeholder groups
June 08
EMD Crop BioScience
expands product development department
Precision Laboratories
introduces new technology for foliar feeding with glyphosate
First report of Maize
dwarf mosaic virus in Poland
Weather across U.S.
Midwest increases disease pressure and risk to yields - BASF
fungicide technology provides disease control and Plant Health
benefits in year of record commodity prices
Protecting Romaine
lettuce from pathogens
Protegiendo la lechuga romana contra los patógenos
Cereal rust in New
South Wales, Australia
Research required
urgently to control planthopper pests, a major threat to Asian
rice production
Western Canadian farmers’
worst pest targeted by unique online tool from the Canadian
Wheat Board
Novel insect control
technology from Dow AgroSciences earns top honors for promoting
green chemistry
DuPont and Syngenta
enter into crop protection technology exchange
Rains spawn head scab
outbreak in Kansas wheat
Fungicide still
required for disease resistant chickpeas
Aphid tracking network
helps Idaho and eastern Washington pea and lentil producers
protect peas and lentils
Major counterfeit
pesticide facility uncovered in Russia
Unlocking the genome
of world’s worst insect pest
First report of the A2
mating type of Phytophthora infestans on tomato crops in
Taiwan
Potato benefits from
silicon supply
Fighting a worldwide wheat threat
Combatiendo
una amenaza a la reserva mundial del trigo
New
silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) gas U.S. growers
concerned
Nuevo tipo de la
mosca blanca es una preocupación para los cultivadores
USDA gives green light
to University of Minnesota contained facility to research deadly
plant pathogens - Will be only facility in the U.S. Midwest with
contained greenhouse capability and expected to play a key role
in Ug99 and Asian soybean rust research
First report of Tomato
apical stunt viroid in Finland
Tomato zonate spot
virus (TZSV; proposed): a significant new tospovirus of
vegetable crops in Yunnan, China
Deutsches Bundesamt für
Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit ordnet das Ruhen
der Zulassung für Saatgutbehandlungsmittel an
German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
orders suspension of authorisation for seed disinfectants
BASF's Equinox
herbicide registered in Canada for use on canola
Cephalosporium
stripe on wheat in Illinois, USA
Neue Versuchsreihe
zu Bt-Mais mit „doppelter Resistenz“
Bt-Mais: Weniger
Schädlingsfraß, weniger Mykotoxine
Early signs
indicate potentially fewer soybean aphids in the US in 2008
- Monitoring fields is still key to managing problem areas,
say Pioneer experts
European Crop
Protection Association launches online platform to capture
the debate on pesticides
USDA/APHIS make
changes to the area in the State of Idaho that is
quarantined to prevent the spread of potato cyst nematode
BASF's Odyssey DLX
herbicide now registered for use on CLEARFIELD canola in
Canada
First reports of
cereal rusts in Australia for 2008
New bacterium
detected fresh tomatoes and capsicums in the North Island of
New Zealand
- New
Liberibacter pathogen on hot-house tomato and capsicum
in New Zealand
Dow AgroSciences,
Mertec LLC and M.S. Technologies LLC collaborate to bring
new soybean technologies to U.S. soybean growers - Growers
will have more options in their herbicide choices for
enhanced weed control & effective weed resistance management
Novas perspectivas
para controle da mancha amarela do trigo
Tospoviruses on
lettuce in California, USA
Syngenta's Warrior
II with Zeon Technology receives Florida label approval for
broad-spectrum insect control in more than 23 crop groups
Beneficial bacteria help
control produce pathogen
Bacterias
beneficiosas ayudan a controlar los patógenos en las frutas
y verduras
May 08
Simpósio discute
controle de pragas na armazenagem
European Union
Council stalls pesticide review
First report of
Tomato chlorosis virus in Cuba
Further
registration for the fungicidal substance Fluopicolide in
Europe: Bayer CropScience´s Infinito receives registration
in Belgium
Weitere Zulassung für fungiziden Wirkstoff Fluopicolide
in Europa: Infinito von Bayer CropScience in Belgien
zugelassen
New Laudis
postemergence corn herbicide from Bayer CropScience
eliminates broadleaf weeds and grasses with residual to
canopy - U.S. corn growers get superior weed control with
unmatched crop safety
BASF Crop
Protection outpaces market growth in Eastern Europe
BASF Crop Protection wächst in Osteuropa schneller als
der Markt
Tiny gene
discovered hiding in major family of plant viruses
Black cutworms
moving further north into U.S. Midwestern cornfields -
Pioneer recommends early scouting to monitor potential
outbreaks
Mínimos niveles de
micotoxinas en el maíz transgénico
Guidelines to
minimise risk of fusarium mycotoxins in cereals
Undiagnosed virus
on muskmelon in Punjab, India
U.S. National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) agricultural chemical
usage publications
Pakistan on UG99
wheat stem rust high alert
Pioneer Hi-Bred
recommends early scouting for potential insect problems -
Wet conditions, delayed corn planting may lead to more pest
challenges
Redlegged earth
mite populations on two Western Australia properties found
to have major resistance to widely used synthetic pyrethroid
insecticides
University of Idaho
entomologists takes a hard look at softer insecticides for
blossoming alfalfa seed fields
Syngenta's Inspire
Super MP fungicide receives Section 18 emergency exemption
for cucurbits in Georgia
Environment-friendly tools for New Zealand lettuce growers
The Crop Doctor:
Australia's
National Invertebrate Pest Initiative (NIPI) to foster
grower adoption of integrated pest management practices for
invertebrate pests in the grains industry
Evaluation of
Sorghum Germplasm from China against Claviceps africana,
Causal Agent of Sorghum Ergot
Nematode specialist
bolsters research ability for Worldwide SoyTechnologies -
Amy Carr to drive disease screening, focus on soybean cyst
nematode
Michel Barnier
réaffirme sa vigilance dans le suivi de l'utilisation du Cruiser
Seed and young
plant health was the central feature of a three day
international meeting at De Ruiter Seeds
Leaf rust on wheat
in Kansas, Oklahoma
Corn rootworm population
studies: faster, cheaper—and just as good
Una nueva
técnica más rápida y más barata para estudiar las
poblaciones de plagas
First report of
Brown rot on potato in Mauritius
Bayer CropScience's Folicur
protects against harvest losses caused by Ug99
Mit Folicur
Ernteverluste durch Ug99 verhindern
The Crop Doctor:
Integrated weed
control is hard to resist
BASF Canada
introduces new formulation of Headline Duo fungicide for
chickpea growers in Western Canada
BASF appoints vice
president to U.S. crop protection division
Clubroot on canola
in Saskatchewan, Canada
Syngenta's Alto
fungicide receives Section 3 registration in soybeans -
Powerful fungicide receives full U.S. registration
Status herbicide
from BASF now registered for use on popcorn in the United
States
Alfalfa weevil
infestation likely in Missouri
Bayer CropScience
“Pair Up Program” offer continues for U.S. growers
Course to assist
Western Australian farmers in identification of crop and
pasture plant diseases
Headline fungicide
receives U.S. government approval for use on oats -
Registration of BASF fungicide important for Canadian oat
exports
Bayer CropScience
introduces Proline fungicide for soybeans in the U.S. -
Proline provides improved control of Asian soybean rust,
powdery mildew
DTN webinar spreads
awareness about the importance of insect resistance
nanagement practices
Syngenta Crop
Protection renews valued disease hotline sponsorships to
bring blight hotlines to North American potato growers in
2008
Undiagnosed disease on
wheat in Uttar Pradesh, India - Request for information
Yellow mottle and blast
diseases on rice in Uganda
Researchers from
China's Oil Crops Research Institute develop transgenic
oilseed rape lines resistant to Sclerotinia
HGCA and BASF
publish comprehensive guide to cereal pathogens in the UK
The Asian soybean
rust battle takes a look at kudzu, a rust host
April 08
Warning over virulent
strain of late blight on potato in Scotland
First report of
Tobacco streak virus on faba bean in Sudan
Syngenta's Revus top
fungicide receives Florida label approval - Powerful new premix
protects potatoes and tomatoes against early blight, late blight
and other tough diseases
Syngenta Crop
Protection receives US EPA approval for Warrior II with Zeon
Technology for broad-spectrum insect control in more than 23
crop groups
UC Davis researchers
discover genes for frost tolerance in wheat
Update on fungal
diseases on cereals in the UK and Ireland
Fungal diseases on
wheat in Canada, USA
Plant Health Care,
Inc. initiates large scale grower tests for a ProAct +
glyphosate product
Two new fungicides
from BASF registered for use on cereals in the United States
Controlling wheat
curl mite, Aceria tosichella, which transmits Wheat
Streak Mosaic Virus
Consórcio
antiferrugem avalia em maio ferrugem da soja no Brasil
Bayer CropScience
U.S. introduces Trilex, seed-applied fungicide for soybeans that
protects against stand-reducing diseases
Analysis of RNA role
in spreading disease advances study of damaging plant infections
CropLife Canada
supports Ontario's new proposal aimed at ending the
non-essential use of pesticides
As weed resistance
increases, cotton growers look for new control methods -
FiberMax LibertyLink cotton seed varieties keep yield and profit
potential high
Arkion Life Sciences
receives Crisis Exemption to US EPA Section 18 Approval in
Mississippi and Tennessee to market Avitec corn seed treatment
Blast disease on rice
in Kenya
Three viruses
threaten cucurbits - and now green beans
Tres virus amenazan las cucúrbitas—y ahora las judías verdes
Cereal viruses in
Oregon and Kansas
Bacterial leaf blight
on rice in Bangladesh
Bayer CropScience to enforce its
Mefenpyr patent
Bayer CropScience
will Mefenpyr-Patent durchsetzen
Invasive weed giant
Parthenium hysterophorus found in Kimberley, Western
Australia
U.S. Soybean Rust
Fast Track System gets an overhaul
Bayer CropScience at
the 3rd Late blight Conference in Beijing, China - Phytophthora
infestans: A pathogen on the move - Company developed new
control strategies for potato growers
Northern Australian
grain growers urged to consider strategic ‘at planting’
fungicide treatment as part of three-pronged strategy for
combating cereal rust
Downy mildew disease
hits muskmelon crop in the Punjab, India
Leverage 2.7
insecticide from Bayer CropScience receives U.S. EPA
registration for soybeans and cotton
Australia's National
Variety Trials implements standardised disease resistance
ratings
Wheat stripe rust,
oilseed rape sclerotinia in China
The Crop Doctor:
Ramping up the green
bridge
Weed management
preserves corn yield potential - U.S. growers boost their
potential return-on-investment with a two-pass program from
Bayer CropScience
Fungal diseases on
oilseed rape in the United Kingdom and Canada
Pioneer to treat its
new soybean varieties with CruiserMaxx Beans brand seed
treatment from Syngenta Seed Care
Rising input
costs underscore need for maximizing yield
Fungicide seed
treatments and poor quality soybean seed
Huge virulence
gene superfamily responsible for devastating plant diseases
Scientists pit bacteria
against fungi to protect wheat
Científicos usan bacterias para proteger el trigo contra un
hongo perjudicial
Light leaf spot
on oilseed rape in Ireland and the UK
Gates Foundation
awards Cornell $26.8 million to lead global fight against
deadly wheat plague
Blast disease on
rice in the central province of Kenya
Monsanto
announces planned expansion at its Roundup facility in
Luling, Louisiana
Reason 500 SC
fungicide from Bayer CropScience gets reduced plant-back for
2008 season in the U.S.
March 08
DuPont donates
sequences from corn disease agent to advance research
Bei der Bekämpfung
des Rapsglanzkäfers im Frühjahr 2008 Bienenschutz besonders
berücksichtigen
Undiagnosed diseases
on maize and bean in Benguela, Angola - Request for information
Australian cereal rust report,
season 2008
2008 battle ready for
soybean rust invasion
Useful sources of
resistance to white rust disease, caused by Albugo candida,
identified in Brassica juncea germplasm from Australia,
China and India
Outbreak of sharp
eyespot disease in China threatens 4.83 million hectares of
wheat
Insects take a bigger
bite out of plants in higher carbon dioxide atmosphere
Triticum Mosaic Virus
adds new wrinkle to wheat disease picture
Rating new
technologies with an old scale - Entomologists question root
ratings in era of Bt corn hybrids
Syngenta's Revus Top
fungicide receives U.S. federal registration - Powerful new
premix protects potatoes and tomatoes against early blight, late
blight and other tough diseases
Scientists sequence genome of the
red flour beetle, a key agricultural pest
Científicos
secuencian el genoma de una plaga agrícola
Update on virus
diseases on rice in Vietnam
Report of Iris yellow
spot virus on onion in Germany
Fungal pathogens on
wheat in England, United Kingdom
AgroFresh and
Syngenta finalize exclusive agreement for Invinsa crop stress
protection
Scientists join hands
to combat stem rust threat to wheat production
Kleine Helfer im
Genom koordinieren die Pflanzenabwehr -
Max-Planck-Wissenschaftler heben den auf kleinen RNAs
verborgenen "Wortschatz", der die Abwehr von Pflanzen gegen
Schädlinge dirigiert
Unspecified virus
potato disease reported in Kabale district of Uganda
Foodborne
outbreaks from leafy greens on rise in the United States
TagTeam Soybean
liquid and NProve Soybean liquid, new soybean inoculants
from Novozymes BioAg, receive western Canadian registration
Are seed
treatments enough control in corn?
Glyphosate
resistant Johnsongrass confirmed in two U.S. locations
First report of
Beet mosaic virus infecting lettuce (China)
Syngenta's
Inspire SB fungicide receives U.S. federal registration for
sugarbeets - New fungicide to control Cercospora leaf spot
and powdery mildew
Insecticide combo
delivers knockout punch, according to Penn State University
research
Refuge acres a
‘must’ to protect Bt traits in corn - Additional insect
protection available from Aztec
First report of
Tomato golden mottle virus in Mexico
A novel path in
Spanish fresh produce production: BASF and its partners to
meet consumer demands
Neue Wege in der spanischen Obst- und Gemüseproduktion:
BASF und seine Partner erfüllen Anforderungen der
Verbraucher
BASF launches two
crop protection active ingredients
BASF bringt zwei neue Pflanzenschutzwirkstoffe auf den
Markt
First report of
Yellow leaf curl disease of pumpkin in Thailand associated
with Squash leaf curl China virus
Vermoedelijke
bron Clavibacter besmettingen vastgesteld
Halex GT, newest
corn herbicide from Syngenta, continues to exceed the
competition
Policy to keep
silverleaf whitefly out of the Kimberley region of Western
Australia
Ug99 wheat killer
detected in Iran - Dangerous fungus on the move from East
Africa to the Middle East
- First report of
wheat stem rust, strain Ug99, in Iran
Soybean rust is
still relevant, says University of Kentucky plant
pathologist
Innovative active
ingredient protects against fungal diseases: Fluopicolide
from Bayer CropScience receives registrations in Japan and
the United States - Launch of Reliable, Stellar and Presidio
planned for 2008
Innovativer Wirkstoff schützt vor pilzlichen Krankheiten:
Fluopicolide von Bayer CropScience erhält Zulassung in Japan
und in den USA - Markteinführung von Reliable, Stellar und
Presidio in 2008 geplant
Government of Sri
Lanka notifies Plant Protection Regulations to WTO
USDA awards more
than $4 million in weedy and invasive species grants
February 08
DuPont innovation
to increase corn yields, simplify compliance - Optimum AcreMax
new insect protection system introduced to U.S. farmers
Gene that controls
ozone resistance of plants could lead to drought-resistant crops
Let them eat
weeds? Greenhouse studies show corn rootworm has an appetite for
foxtails, other weeds
Bacterial diseases
on tomatoes in Holland, Italy
UFOP-Projekt zur
Entwicklung eines Entscheidungshilfesystems zur
Anthracnose-Bekämpfung bei Blauen Süßlupinen
Syngenta's Revus
fungicide receives U.S. federal registration - New chemistry
protects against Phytophthora and downy mildews
“The Soybean
Disease & Pest Management Field Guide” from Iowa State
University and the Iowa Soybean Association now available
Arctic seed vault
opens doors for 100 million seeds - Ceremony marking
unprecedented effort to protect global agriculture draws world
leaders and seeds from over 100 countries
La Chambre forte
semencière arctique ouvre ses portes à 100 millions de graines
Arktischer Saatguttresor öffnet seine Türen für 100 Millionen
Samen
Il Deposito Artico di Sementi apre le porte a 100 milioni di
semi
Svalbard not the only safe haven
for crop diversity
Internationale
genenbank op Spitsbergen
New
pima cottons fight Fusarium fungus
Nuevo algodón
combate el hongo Fusarium
ICRISAT's
germplasm to strengthen the collection at the Svalbard Global
Seed Vault
First reports of
new hosts of pospiviroids in Europe
Back-to-back NCGA
National Corn Yield Contest champions with one common bond:
Bayer CropScience's Poncho
First report of
Iris yellow spot virus on Onion in Ontario, Canada and on
lisianthus in Suffolk, United Kingdom
Australian
researchers identify useful sources of resistance to white rust
in Brassica juncea mustard germplasm
Revised
publication helps farmers keep herbicide-resistant weeds under
control
New Stamina
fungicide seed treatment from BASF registered in the U.S.,
offers control of key seedling diseases right out the ground
Late blight on
tomato and potato plants in Florida
Syngenta, DuPont
sign agreement for access to broad insect control technology in
corn
Syngenta und DuPont unterzeichnen Vereinbarung über die
Technologie einer breiteren Insektenbekämpfung in Mais
Syngenta et DuPont signent un accord pour l’accès à un caractère
biotechnologique permettant de lutter contre de nombreux
insectes ravageurs du maïs
New strain of
white blister on brassicas in Queensland, Australia
Bahia tem
primeiros focos de ferrugem da soja
Panicle mite,
present in Texas and Louisiana, may pose a new threat to
Arkansas rice crops
Reports of
brassica diseases in Turkey and Nepal
Undiagnosed
disease in rice in Nepal
BASF Crop
Protection introduces development pipeline herbicide to
scientific community
BASF Crop Protection stellt Wissenschaftlern neues
Entwicklungspipeline-Herbizid vor
Kansas State
University researchers move one step closer to curbing pests´
appetite for crops
First report of
Pythium splendens associated with severe wilt of muskmelon
in Oman
New strain of
yellow rust (stripe rust) in Denmark
USDA/ARS and
Bioversity International partner with the Global Crop Diversity
Trust to develop a global plant
genebank information system
First report of
Rice yellow mottle virus in rice in The Gambia
First documented
case of pest resistance to biotech cotton
Certains insectes
deviendraient-ils résistants au coton Bt ?
Potato diseases in
West Bengal, India
Redlegged Earth
Mite (Halotydeus destructor) resistance to insecticides
spurs search for control options
Plant Health
Care, Inc. announces Rick Rice as New Director, Sales &
Marketing
Virus and
blast diseases on rice in the Mekong delta of Vietnam
Genetic map
should speed development of snow mold-resistant wheat
Plant
reflections may be key to early detection of treatment needs
Embrapa lança
cultivar de soja resistente a nematóide de galha
January 08
France:
Insecticide
Cruiser - une mise sur le marché surveillée et évaluée
Valent USA and
Sumitomo Chemical file complaints at the International Trade
Commission and in U.S. courts against Syngenta AG and
subsidiaries in a dispute over insecticide patents
Keeping maize and
wheat seed safe against a global catastrophe
Root digs are no
fun, but essential for corn rootworm assessment
Syngenta and
Athenix in R&D partnership for advanced biotechnology corn
insect and soybean nematode control traits
New graminicide
from BASF delivers superior grassy weed control in peas, flax
and lentils to Canadian growers
Premier inventaire
des espèces invasives animales et végétales en Europe
First reports of
root-knot nematodes on vegetables in Montenegro
Simple, effective
cotton plant management now more affordable - Stance plant
growth regulator from Bayer CropScience is a better value this
season
DuPont receives
U.S. federal registration for two corn herbicides, Resolve Q and
Require Q
First report of ear
soft rot of corn (Zea mays) caused by Burkholderia
gladioli in the United States
Thousands of crop
varieties from the four corners of the world depart for Arctic
seed vault - Seeds contributed by global network of agricultural
research centers considered “crown jewels” of crop diversity
Tomato spotted wilt
virus threatens pepper recovery in Almeria, Spain
2007 data show
differences in early season cotton insecticides - Bayer
CropScience's Temik provides proven performance on spider mites,
lygus, nematodes and other early season pests
Scientists call for
urgent research into ‘real’ impacts of invasive species
Early sowing of
carrots is the most effective way to prevent the damage caused
by carrot psyllids
Papua New Guinea's
potato industry expected to bounce back from potato late blight
disease
The western corn
rootworm: on its way to European maize fields
2007 National
Soybean Rust Symposium Proceedings now available from Plant
Management Network
Syngenta announces
two key appointments
Melon necrotic spot
virus newly reported in China
Leaf blight and
vascular wilt in maize and sorghum in Mexico
Bayer
CropScience announces 2008 shared risk program for U.S.
cotton growers
‘Bayer Season’
builds foundation for improved cotton profitability -
Company offers unmatched products, people and innovations
through day 40 and beyond
Plant Health Care
announces results of N-Hibit and ProAct f
