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This monthly email provides information about IR-4 program accomplishments, announcements, resources and upcoming events. Below are a collection of the recent successes and news in the Food and Environmental Horticulture Programs.
Food Crop Success Stories
Ensuring season-long weed control for asparagus growers

Registration of the herbicide clomazone through the IR-4 Project offers asparagus growers another weed management tool. Author - David Kuack Even as the consumption of asparagus by US consumers has steadily increased, the amount of domestic...

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IR-4 Project helps to expand herbicide options for U.S....

IR-4 Project worked with Agriculture and Agri Food Canada to conduct studies on the herbicide pendimethalin to expand its label to include celery and other minor crops. Author - David Kuack Celery is a minor crop grown primarily in California and ...

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Herb growers can keep a tight rein on Lepidopteran pests ...

From Scarborough Fairgoers to Belfast balladeers, herbs have earned the love of lyricists as well as culinary artists for years. Their good looks and great flavors inspire all sorts of creative expression, and they've even enjoyed a resurgence in ...

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EPA Established Tolerances
Tolerance Success: Fenhexamid 2020

Federal Register Date: January 16, 2020 Active Ingredient: Fenhexamid Trade Name(s): Elevate Crops/Crop Groups: Bulb onion subgroup 3-07A, Green onion subgroup 3-07B, Fuzzy Kiwifruit, Caneberry subgroup 13-07A, Bushberry subgroup 13-07B, Small...

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Environmental Horticulture Summaries
Oxalis Efficacy Summary - 2020

Nursery growers have had a longstanding battle to control weeds in environmental horticulture crops. Oxalis ( Oxalis spp.) is one of the most difficult weeds to control in container grown ornamentals. It grows aggressively in containers and can...

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Environmental Horticulture Crop Vignettes
Crop Vignette: Coleus

Coleus, also commonly known as painted nettle, flame nettle, and painted leaf, is a native of Southeast Asia through to Australia. In the most recent taxonomic classification, coleus now belongs to the genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon in the...

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