Sentences with phrase «for crop protection»

The company develops and markets products for crop protection and management, turf and ornamentals management and public and animal health.Its subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical Corp. manufactures and formulates chemicals for crops, human and animal health protection.

Now a research team led by Sean Cutler, a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside, has found a new drought - protecting chemical that shows high potential for becoming a powerful tool for crop protection in the new world of extreme weather.

In their paper, the researchers suggest that actin might not be an ideal target for crop protection, for this reason — the house fly's actin gene is 80 per cent identical to the beetle's, for example.

Thus, this study opens new opportunities for developing novel strategies for crop protection against pathogenic fungi, as well as for the development of more specific fungicides

«A mechanistic understanding of how plants resist or overcome pathogen attack is crucial to develop new strategies for crop protection.»

«DDT resistance in Africa as well as several other parts of the world has been acquired because of massive use of these insecticides for crop protection,» Guillet says.

Not exact matches

Despite a wet and late spring throughout much of North America, Agrium, North America's largest seller of farm products, reported the strongest earnings in its 80 - year history amid surging demand for its nutrients, crop protection chemicals and seeds.

The St. Louis - based biotech agricultural company makes genetically modified seed and crop protection chemicals for farming and has 404 facilities in 66 countries.

It's a major factor behind China's biggest - ever foreign corporate acquisition: ChemChina's planned takeover, for $ 43 billion in cash, of Syngenta (syt), the Swiss - based world leader in advanced insecticides, herbicides, and other crop - protection products and the No. 3 producer of seeds.

The back page then contains a call for three «Rogation Days,» or times of prayer and procession «for protection against calamities, such as storms, pestilence, famine, and war, and for God's blessing upon our crops.»

Because Vidalia onions are sweetly unique, farmers united to seek legal protection for their crop and its name.

Last month Nufarm wrapped up its $ 800m acquisition of more than 50 crop protection formulations and more than 260 registrations for use in European markets, bought from chemical rivals FMC and Adama.

Growing Produce serves as a top information source for specialty crop growers seeking information about production techniques, crop protection, farm management, new varieties, and more.

DowDuPont ™ (NYSE: DWDP) today announced that DuPont has completed its acquisition of FMC Corporation's Health & Nutrition business (FMC H&N), except for the Omega - 3 business, and its divestment to FMC of a portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business.

DowDuPont ™ today announced that DuPont has completed its acquisition of FMC Corporation's Health & Nutrition business, except for the Omega - 3 business, and its divestment to FMC of a portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business.

Crop protection company Nufarm has forecast an underlying profit of $ 110 million to $ 116 million for the 12 months to July 31, slightly higher than analyst forecasts.

The local cultivation practices currently followed for conventional rice varieties, including the application of fertilizer, crop protection products, and labor, are directly applicable to the cultivation of those varieties containing the GR2E nutritional trait.

The «Coffee Growing — Environmental Leadership» section covers water body protection, including criteria for width and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent and seasonal water bodies, and use of chemicals or waste storage near water bodies; protection of soil resources, including measures to control and prevent erosion and use of organic mulches and cover crops; conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife, and establishment of conservation areas; and environmental management, including pest and disease control.

The proposed criteria 2.5 (agroforestry system for all crops) and 2.6 (protection of big trees) of the next Sustainable Agriculture Standard provide an effective framework for combining biodiversity protection on coffee farms with productivity targets.

Our organics are perfectly suited for consumers who prefer foods grown naturally without the assistance of crop protection products.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) is pushing the Industrial Hemp Farming Act that would change federal laws and ultimately clear the way for things like crop insurance protection.

Kongming Wu, director of the Institute for Plant Protection at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing said, «This review paper will be very helpful for understanding insect resistance in agricultural systems and improving strategies to sustain the effectiveness of Bt crops.»

The protocol lists not only crops and foodstuffs for protection, but also drinking water installations.

To produce the supply, tropical countries have been converting their forests for crop and livestock production, leading to a loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, flood protection or pollination, while increasing carbon dioxide emissions.

«Crop protection products such as fungicides help farmers grow quality crops free of disease and achieve better yields, which keeps prices low for consumers,» said Mike Leggett, senior director of environmental policy at CropLife America.

But the European Crop Protection Association, which represents pesticide manufacturers, wants higher limits set for individual pesticides according to their toxicity.

The White House announced last July that it would revise the nearly 24 - year - old framework for how companies should clear agricultural biotech products, such as genetically modified (GM) crops and animals, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Although their research has been performed in a weed called «Arabidopsis thaliana», the work horse of plant geneticists, the team is confident that their discovery can be used for the protection of crops from their enemies.

BABA has long been known for its protective effects against devastating plant diseases, such as potato blight, but has so far not been used widely in crop protection because of undesirable side effects.

French Green MEP José Bové, an ex-farmer well - known for his destruction of a McDonald's franchise in the south of France and the uprooting of GM crops in Brazil, said that the only protection farmers can have is for a complete ban on GMOs in Europe.

«This effort also provided training for district and zonal development agents in crop protection, agronomy, drought mitigation practices, and seed systems,» said Abeyo.

These biodegradable particles could be the basis for reduced risk conventional pesticide products that have the potential to reduce the amount of chemicals used in plant protection by as much as 90 percent, save farmers more than 25 percent on pest - control initiatives and, in a world facing looming food shortages, help increase crop yields for more and better food.

Learn more about how Dow AgroSciences is committed to discovering, developing, and bringing to market crop protection and plant biotechnology solutions for the growing world.

In 2015, the company surpassed by 17 percent its goal of spending 50 percent of its research and development budget on sustainability projects, including biologicals, seed treatments and micronutrients for more sustainable crop protection.

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Environmental groups seeking federal protection for monarch butterflies blame the use of genetically modified crops for the insect's steep decline.

Our organics are perfectly suited for consumers who prefer foods grown naturally without the assistance of crop protection products.

This chemical is actually banned in the European Union — it is illegal for UK farmers to spray any crop intended for human consumption with chlorpyrifos as of 2016 — but the US Environmental Protection Agency has refused to ban it.

Among other things, winning teams have chosen to invent an alternative energy refrigerator for northern climates, a freeze protection system for citrus crops, and a sensing guide cane for the visually impaired.

«The awards recognize the cream of the crop for safety in the vehicle size classes, but they don't mean a smaller vehicle that's an award winner affords better protection than a larger vehicle that didn't win Top Safety Pick.»

«The awards recognize the cream of the crop for safety in the vehicle size classes, but they don't mean a smaller vehicle that's an award winner affords better protection than a larger vehicle that didn't win Top Safety Pick,» Lund points out.

It's fast and versatile, and packed with extra nice - to - have features: with a single tap you can scan your device for compatible content (including files on your device storage, download folder, SD Card, or cloud), adjust screen brightness in - app, use password protection, auto split two - page scans and auto crop margins, take bookmarks further by remembering your reading location, and more!

If you have a scratcher, shaker or more than one dog and they want to chew on those newly cropped ears, you can take a man's white sport sock, split up the ankle and fit it over the ears, tying under the chin to form extra protection for their ears.

Ear cropping has been prohibited by the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals and strongly discouraged by a number of national veterinary associations in Argentina, Canada, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia,.

[1] CO2 absorbs IR, is the main GHG, human emissions are increasing its concentration in the atmosphere, raising temperatures globally; the second GHG, water vapor, exists in equilibrium with water / ice, would precipitate out if not for the CO2, so acts as a feedback; since the oceans cover so much of the planet, water is a large positive feedback; melting snow and ice as the atmosphere warms decreases albedo, another positive feedback, biased toward the poles, which gives larger polar warming than the global average; decreasing the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles is reducing the driving forces for the jetstream; the jetstream's meanders are increasing in amplitude and slowing, just like the lower Missippi River where its driving gradient decreases; the larger slower meanders increase the amplitude and duration of blocking highs, increasing drought and extreme temperatures — and 30,000 + Europeans and 5,000 plus Russians die, and the US corn crop, Russian wheat crop, and Aussie wildland fire protection fails — or extreme rainfall floods the US, France, Pakistan, Thailand (driving up prices for disk drives — hows that for unexpected adverse impacts from AGW?)

The continuing distaste for GMOs and their consequent absurd over-regulation means that the most up - to - date, environmentally benign crop protection strategies are used almost exclusively for the mega-crops that are profitable for biotech companies.

Without controls or protection, the road would open one of the final intact swaths of the Amazon to expanded cattle ranching and soy production, easier access for loggers and a greater influx of settlers who will set more fires to clear forest for their crops.

Even the plants we depend on for food are exposed to so much carbon that nutritional value is declining, and some crops — wheat and corn — are producing toxins as protection from extreme weather.

He sees genetic engineering as a tool for environmental protection: crops designed to grow on less land with less pesticide; new microbes that protect ecosystems against invasive species, produce new fuels and maybe sequester carbon.

Called the My Tanbo Bra, Gizmag writes, «Behind each of the planters, bra pads roll out to double up as protection from the sun for the arms, while the straps feature sparkling decorations to dissuade pesky airborne pests from stealing your crop.