Insect Control/Disease
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BASF Seed Treatment to Compliment Monsanto’s Acceleron Portfolio
BASF announced recently that it has reached an exclusive supply agreement with Monsanto Company for fungicide seed treatments for cotton…
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Monsanto to Use BASF Fungicide to Maximize Cotton Performance
BASF on Wednesday said one of its key active ingredients will be used in Monsanto’s seed treatments in North America.…
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EPA Grants Emergency Exemption to TOPGUARD Fungicide
Texas cotton growers are on track to regain millions of dollars in lost yield potential now that the U.S Environmental…
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MANA’s New Paradigm Insecticide Gets EPA Approval
New Paradigm insecticide, manufactured by MANA Crop Protection, has received approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its new…
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Insect Sprays Declining
Since the advent of Bt cotton and after boll weevil eradication, Georgia growers have gone from almost seven annual insect…
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Insect & Weed Control: Old Dogs Teach New Tricks
As transgenic traits began appearing on the scene in the 1990s, growers who had used pesticide tank-mixes with various modes-of-action…
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Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Insect Spectrum
When the spectrum of primary cotton insects began to change, stinkbugs in the Southeast and plant bugs in the Mid-South…
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EPA Approves MANA’s MasterCop Fungicide/Bactericide
MasterCop fungicide/bactericide, from MANA Crop Protection, has received approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its new copper…
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Don’t Let Dollar Cotton Drive Insect Thresholds
With cotton prices nearly double what they were at this time last year, will growers be motivated to lower insect…
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A Stinky, Tarnished Situation
Kevin Cotton says the area’s biggest issues have been with stinkbugs and tarnished plant bugs, but another plant bug species…