Tag: tomatoes
Tomatoes: Responding to the spread of ToBRFV
In recent years, the tomato industry has faced a major challenge from the spread of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), and despite many phytosanitary measures, infection rates have continued to rise. New High Resistance varieties will change this in the short term, and Paul Grootscholten of Agro Care has been evaluating the high resistant […]
International Pest Control – March/April 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.2
With all the technology we have available to us it is a tragedy that in 2024 we have a global food crisis with millions of people – many of them farmers – unable to afford a healthy diet. According to IFAD one in three people on the planet do not have access to a healthy […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.1
AI to predict yields, ag tech to cut billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, a database to help the understanding of the problems of European forests, a futuristic agricultural solar park – agri-PV – and NASA spotting grape disease from space before it is spotted on the ground. There seems no end to the […]
Stink Bug Traps in Gardens may Increase Damage to Tomatoes
The invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an important pest of fruits and vegetables. To counter them, some home gardeners use pheromone-baited traps that are designed to attract, trap, and kill them. However, new research from entomologists at the University of Maryland suggests that the traps may actually increase stink bug damage to […]
