Omafra Nursery And Landscape Report

It’s time to consider making changes for this year’s spraying season.

The Ontario nursery and landscape sector has had its fair share of introduced, invasive pests.

For years, we have tried to detect emerald ash borer (EAB). And for years, we have failed.

As we passed through the latter part of August, it was difficult not to wonder where all those summer rains went?

The year 2009 was unprecedented for injury from potato leafhopper in Ontario nursery crops

Highlights from the speaker program of the International Organization for Biological Control in the Americas.

When I started working with entomopathogenic nematodes to better understand their efficacy on nursery crops, we were working with various species of Steinernema and Heterohabditis megedis (H.m.).

An annual workshop in Ottawa helps to improve growers’ access to newer, safer pesticides in Canada.

Did you know that your sprayer can lie to you?

Crop diseases are caused by a variety of pathogens, but it’s the fungal pathogens that are the primary cause of crop loss worldwide.

About a year ago, I was talking to a nursery grower, who brought up the topic of biochar.

The first modern air blast sprayer was developed in the mid 1900s, competing with existing equipment before it was adopted by the majority.