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News & Articles By Janine Acero
11/14/2017
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By Janine Acero
Triadimenol – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Triadimenol is a fungicide that has protective, curative and eradicant properties. It is classified as a systemic fungicide – absorbed by the roots and leaves through the xylem vessels, the tissue that distributes water around a plant. Triadimenol is also a broad spectrum fungicide, which means it is effective against a wide range of parasites […]
11/14/2017
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By Janine Acero
Quinoxyfen – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Quinoxyfen is a protectant fungicide used to prevent powdery mildew diseases in crops. It is applied before symptoms of the disease appear, acting as a chemical barrier. Quinoxyfen is registered for use in several countries including Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands. It is applied to a wide range of crops, namely cherries, grapes, currants, melons, sugar […]
11/14/2017
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By Janine Acero
Pyrimethanil — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Pyrimethanil is a contact fungicide with protective and curative properties. It prevents protein formation and cell division in fungal pathogens (such as gray mold, powdery mildew, scab, downy mildew and Phomopsis leaf spot), through inhibiting methionine biosynthesis. It can be used on a number of crops such as apples and strawberries – as a seed treatment […]
11/14/2017
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By Janine Acero
Prometryn – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Prometryn is a herbicide used for control of several annual grasses such as foxtail, wild oats, millets, ryegrass and goosegrass; and broadleaf weeds including dandelion, chickweeds, nightshade and deadnettle. Prometryn is applied on crops such as cotton, celery, pigeon peas and dill, and it is formulated as a “single active ingredient in wettable powder, crystalline, and […]
11/14/2017
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By Janine Acero
Spinetoram — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Spinetoram is a multi-component tetracyclic macrolide belonging in the spinosyn class of insecticides (Saccharopolyspora spinosa). It is applied on a variety of crops for the control of lepidopterous larvae (butterflies, moths and skippers) such as Apple moths, Grapevine moths, Codling moths and Oriental fruit moths; as well as leafminers (flies and sawflies); Pear slugs and […]
11/14/2017
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By Janine Acero
Prothioconazole – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Prothioconazole is a broad spectrum systemic fungicide which makes it perfect for the control of a wide range of fungal and unrelated pathogens. It has curative, preventive and eradicative properties, and can be used as a seed treatment and foliar treatment for early leaf spot (Mycosphaerella arachidis), eyespot, Fusarium spp., powdery mildew, net blotch, phoma leaf […]
10/26/2017
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By Janine Acero
Largest oceanic dead zone ever measured is in the Gulf of Mexico; scientists conclude pollution caused by industrial agriculture
Scientists have recently announced the largest oceanic dead zone ever recorded, located in the Gulf of Mexico, just off the coast of Louisiana and the mouth of the Mississippi River. A dead zone is an area of water that is unable to support marine life – it is almost completely devoid of oxygen due to extreme […]
10/25/2017
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By Janine Acero
Contaminated chicken: Government looks at farmers, rather than processing plants, for the blame
Butchers and small-scale farm shops are currently being scrutinized by the Food Standard Agency (FSA) amidst allegations that they are selling chicken contaminated with the food poisoning bacterium Campylobacter, according to a report by The Daily Mail. The FSA has determined 54 percent of chicken sold on High Street (a primary business street market in the […]
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