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Biological pheromones present a non-toxic, innovative opportunity for biological crop protection while safeguarding biodiversity and beneficial pollinators M2i’s patented bio-sourced micro-encapsulation technology means long-lasting pheromone controls with no residues and no plastic waste First products to provide 90 days minimum of protection in high-value ...
ByBayer AG
Revysol® is renowned in the cereal sector for offering highly effective broad-spectrum control of diseases and is awaiting approval for use in the fruit sector. Nemaslug 2.0 is a highly effective biological control for slugs. “For decades, BASF has committed investment into research and development of solutions that support the ...
To sum up, alcohol-functionalized pheromones are mainly applied in the development of apiculture and agriculture as well as termite control,” says one of the senior scientists from Alfa Chemistry. ...
This ozonated water can then be used for washing berries, fruits, and vegetables. Controlled studies prove ozonated water actually provides greater than 90% reduction of total bacterial counts for fruits and vegetables. ...
ByOlansi
Growers that are certified organic can deploy our Digital Pest Surveillance system on their orchards and enjoy the benefits of real time fruit fly alerts and targeted control – with the reassurance it won’t affect their certification. ...
ByRapidAIM
January was a busy month for us at RapidAIM as we deployed a further 100 new generation smart traps in the Yarra Valley for the Yarra Valley Growers Association, bringing the total number of fruit fly traps used by this programme to 140. This new deployment phase went smoothly, and is a testament of the trust that this customer has in the accuracy and reliability of our Digital ...
ByRapidAIM
The new product is designed for mechanical weed control in fruit and orchard trees. This reduces the cost of maintenance and facilitates keeping these crops. The auto hydraulic weeder machine is perfect for organic fruit farming and orchard trees, can significantly reduce or even eliminate the use of herbicides in the fruit ...
The treatments included in the test (each of 3 repetitions of approximately 70 fruits) were: Control (normal chilling) Delay in refrigeration (10ºC for 48 h before being transferred to 0.5ºC) Controlled atmosphere (CA) (2.5% O2 and 2% CO2) Controlled atmosphere combined with refrigeration delay (10ºC for 48 h ...
Citrus fruit exhibit low levels of ethylene production and are classified as non-climacteric fruit. ...
Currently it is placed at the laboratory of Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture where it is now used for further testing manipulator control and fruit detection software from Umeå University (Sweden) and Ben Gurion University (Israel). ...
"A combination of heat treatment followed by calcium (Ca) dip for controlling postharvest pests and/or diseases has had satisfactory results in maintaining or improving the texture of several products," the authors noted. ...
For fruit crops such as apples, compromised skin appearance usually results in reduced market value. ...
The robot to harvest ripe fruits fully autonomously is a result of the European FP7 project Clever Robots for Crops, CROPS, which is coordinated by Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture. ...
The NTP drew upon the scientific expertise of several federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. ...
The NTP drew upon the scientific expertise of several federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. ...
Charles Okigbo, a communications consultant urged governments to show interest in research and development and work with universities to ensure that research results are adequately communicated. Fruit and nut farmers to use ants to control pests African fruit and nut growers will be trained on how to use weaver ants to control ...
TerraSphere designs, builds and operates highly efficient and scalable growing systems, featuring a patented, proprietary technology that utilizes vertically-stacked modules to house rows of plants, which are then placed perpendicular to an interior light source to grow pesticide-free organic fruits and vegetables. Due to a controlled, indoor environment, the ...
This could be achieved relatively simply through site preparation to establish seedlings (for example controlled burning in Central American closed cone pine forests), thinning to promote crown development (possibly as part of controlled logging) and eventual fruiting of seed trees and harmonising the timing of tree harvesting to follow seed ...