Herbicides other than glyphosate to control summer weeds and for pre-cropping knockdown treatments will be explored as part of a new, two year project.The project, funded by the Department of Primary ...
A global map of agricultural land across 168 countries has revealed that 64 percent of land used for agriculture and food crops is at risk of pesticide pollution. Almost a third of these areas are con...
Wheat blast, Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum, is a fungus with devastating implications for wheat crop. It was originally detected in Brazilian wheat fields in 1985 and quickly spread over most ...
The unmanned and tiny aeroplane has helped transform dimensions of agriculture. Seeding, monitoring and spraying can be done with the help of drones, saving time as well as labor costs. Many countrird...
A total of 668,386 tons of agrochemicals were imported into Brazil last year, according to a survey by the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association (Abiquim). The result represents a drop of 5.8% in co...
Chlorantraniliprole is the largest insecticide variety in the global market with more than 80 registrations worldwide for crop applications for control of over 50 targeted objects. In 2016, with a lea...
The establishment of two state-of-the-art pesticide testing labs in North and South Kashmir that were announced last year to curb the menace of spurious chemicals is awaiting administrative approval.T...
Chemical pesticides have long been used as pest control agents for human and plant protection. But growing concern over the effects of these harmful substances, particularly their toxicity and unspeci...
Punjab and Bihar lead in the per hectare consumption of fertilisers, while Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the major consumers of chemical pesticides. In fact, Maharashtra, along with West Bengal, a...
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a proposed interim decision for picloram and interim decisions for clopyralid, dithiopyr and triclopyr to address ecological risks.The interi...
The agrochemical market in Brazil had a 10.4% reduction in dollar value in 2020, with revenues of US$12.1 billion as against $13.5 billion in 2019. The data refers to applied products and is released ...
The Business Intelligence Panel (BIP) survey conducted by the consultancy company, Spark Smarter Decisions, highlighted a 3% drop, in US dollars, in the trade in pesticides for sugarcane in Brazil. Ac...
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