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Omafra Nursery And Landscape Report

Mar 15, 2011

Equipment adjustment needed to reduce spray drift

It’s time to consider making changes for this year’s spraying season.
Photo 1: Adult.
Feb 15, 2011

The brown marmorated stink bug really stinks!

The Ontario nursery and landscape sector has had its fair share of introduced, invasive pests.
Jan 15, 2011

Education events reveal new and improved methods

For years, we have tried to detect emerald ash borer (EAB). And for years, we have failed.
Sep 15, 2010

How is your water quality?

As we passed through the latter part of August, it was difficult not to wonder where all those summer rains went?
Adult leafhopper on Caragana: note the large head and how the body narrows at the hind quarters.
Aug 15, 2010

Potato leafhopper is a significant pest

The year 2009 was unprecedented for injury from potato leafhopper in Ontario nursery crops
Jul 15, 2010

Biocontrol is alive and growing

Highlights from the speaker program of the International Organization for Biological Control in the Americas.
Jun 15, 2010

Better management of black vine weevil with nematodes

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.).
May 15, 2010

Minor Use for outdoor ornamentals in Canada

An annual workshop in Ottawa helps to improve growers’ access to newer, safer pesticides in Canada.
Apr 15, 2010

Don’t let sprayers lie to you

Did you know that your sprayer can lie to you?
Figure 1 – The six elements of effective spraying.
Mar 15, 2010

Best practices in fungicide application

Crop diseases are caused by a variety of pathogens, but it’s the fungal pathogens that are the primary cause of crop loss worldwide.
Feb 15, 2010

Biochar is hot new topic

About a year ago, I was talking to a nursery grower, who brought up the topic of biochar.
Dec 15, 2009

Selecting the correct sprayer

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

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