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For growers, a fundamental element of integrated pest management is knowing what pest and beneficial species are in your fields. But what if there’s an insect and no one knows if it’s good or bad?
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After years of research and development, 15 of the newest varieties of potatoes were displayed in Fredericton to give growers a starchy taste of the future.
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Perennia, a not-for-profit corporation in Nova Scotia that assists farmers, recently announced that Neslihan Ivit had joined its team as a wine quality specialist for a two-year term.
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With the ability to spread rapidly, Fire blight is a serious and highly contagious disease that can devastate an orchard if not controlled. Fire blight is a threat that should not be ignored, and growers now have effective tools to manage this disease. KASUMIN, containing the active ingredient kasugamycin, has a unique mode of action to control Fire blight including streptomycin-resistant isolates in pome fruit -- making it ideal for use in a resistance management program.
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Researchers are combining new digital tools, computer technologies and machine learning to bring cost-effective weed control solutions to the field. Although still in the early stages, this new high-tech solution is being designed as an advanced spot-spraying precision technology that will help farmers reduce input costs and add another management tool to their integrated management systems.
“We are developing a high-tech ground based sensor technology as another cost-effective precision agriculture tool for weed control in potatoes and other crops,” says Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill, weed scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
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February 23-24, 2018
Location: Charlottetown, PEI
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