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Correctly Identify Mites in Strawberries
With mites in strawberries, it is important to correctly identify the species to achieve effective control. At the…
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The Crop Consultant Conference Returns as In-Person Event Over Two Days
Progressive Crop Consultant Magazine’s popular two-day Crop Consultant Conference will return this year as a live conference and…
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Irrigation
Minimizing Drift from Orchard Spray Application by Spray Backstop System
The use of pesticides can be very effective in protecting trees from pests and diseases. However, many times…
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Ag Industry
Identifying the Potential and Impacts of On-Farm Groundwater Recharge
Aquifers have become depleted from decades of overuse. Drilling deeper is an option for farmers, but prohibitively expensive…
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Disease
Mitigating Tree Nut Stress and Disease Requires a Multi-Pronged Irrigation Approach
Nut growers are essentially paid in two ways: they can either produce higher yields or reduce the number of…
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Ag Industry
Cover Cropping to Achieve Management Goals
Cover crops can provide many benefits to growers, like improving water infiltration and reducing nutrient loss. However, growers…
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Ag Industry
Treating and Preventing Citrus Huanglongbing with a Stable Antimicrobial Peptide with Dual Functions
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB, citrus greening disease) is caused by the vector-transmitted phloem-limited bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). It…
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Drought
Vineyard Water Management During Drought Years
This past winter was a dry year with a total of <8.5 inches of precipitation (November 2020 to…
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First Pierce’s Disease Treatment Discovered
Texas A&M AgriLife research has led to the discovery of the first curative and preventive bacteriophage (bacterial virus)…
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High Alfalfa Yields Influence IPM
High yields in an alfalfa variety are positively correlated with weed, insect and disease resistance. At a recent…
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