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Controlling banana Xanthomonas Wilt Disease in East Africa
2021-08-20
Africa contributes about one-third of the global banana production. The Great Lakes region of Africa (GLA), including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is the largest banana-growing and consuming area with ...
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Chlorothalonil price down to historic low level, still space for growth in market
2021-08-20
Due to the impact of multiple factors, the price of chlorothalonil has continued to decline since the second half of 2019.?At present, the price has dropped to a historic low in recent years. Chinese manufacturers say that if the purchases for stocks in winter pick up in the seco...
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Ecuadorian Government raises the ‘Fusarium’ to pandemic level，only 13% of banana areas ready to face...
2021-08-20
Ecuador's message to the global banana community is clear:?Fusarium?is not just a pest; it is a lethal pandemic for bananas that currently has no solution and that threatens one of the most important industries for the Ecuadorian economy.According to Ecuador's Central Bank (BCE),...
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The prices of glyphosate and glufosinate continue to be high, L-glufosinate meet new market opportun...
2021-08-20
This year, driven by raw material costs and the optimization of industry supply and demand, the price of glyphosate continued to rise from RMB 28,500 per ton at the start of the year to RMB 53,000 per ton in August. Due to the impact of environmental compliance regulations, the s...
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Herbicide resistance no longer a black box for scientists
2021-08-20
When agricultural weeds evolve resistance to herbicides, they do it in one of two ways. In target-site resistance, a tiny mutation in the plant’s genetic code means the chemical no longer fits in the protein it’s designed to attack. In non-target-site resistance, the plant deploy...
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Gene editing key to improving Africa’s staple crops
2021-08-13
African scientists are using gene editing to improve major staple crops for increased productivity, enhanced nutrition and climate resilience.Among them are John Odipo, a scientist at Uganda’s National Crops Resources Rsearch Institute (NaCRRI), who is using gene editing to devel...
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Pheromones, mulch and wildflowers – how to control pests without pesticides
2021-08-13
Pheromones that interfere with insect mating patterns, crops that are grown together with others and fields edged with wildflowers are just some of the techniques being developed by European scientists to defend crops from pests without resorting to pesticides, which have been li...
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Preventing and protecting against wheat blast
2021-08-13
Every year, the spores of the wheat blast fungus lie in wait on farms in South America, Bangladesh, and beyond. In most years, the pathogen has only a small impact on the countries’ wheat crops. But the disease spreads quickly, and when the conditions are right there’s a risk of ...
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Study shows pest attack-order changes plant defenses
2021-08-13
The dining time of different insects impacts a plant’s defenses and nutritional quality—a complexity uncovered in new research with implications for pest management strategies.A piercing-sucking, virus-carrying aphid has long worried pea plant farmers, but a more innocuous-seemin...
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Kenyan farmers petition Parliament to review EU policy
2021-08-13
A section of agriculture lobbyists want the national? parliament to assess the impact of pesticides banned in the EU on Kenya’s agricultural production before extending the same in Kenya.Fresh produce consortium CEO Ojepat oki Segere says ban on some pesticides will be detrimenta...
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