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BioWorks Bulletin

Info to Grow                                                                                 May 2010

Greetings!
 
In this issue we have included a Grower Poll Question - please take a moment to give us your feedback on your use of biocontrols for disease and insect management.
BioWorks in Production Agriculture
Not Just for Ornamentals
By Matthew Needham, West Region Technical Sales Manager
 
Green Chili PepperFor over 16 years, BioWorks has been selling biopesticides to the production agriculture market. BioWorks products have been used on greenhouse vegetable transplants, herbs, and on outdoor crops like grapes, tomatoes, lettuce as well as other tree fruit, vines, and vegetables. Many products are OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) listed for organic use, including the following: 
 
StrawberryRootShield® WP is a biofungicide which grows on the roots "shielding" them against root damaging fungi and promotes a healthier root system increasing root mass potential. RootShield WP can be injected in the open field, applied as an in-furrow spray or used as a transplant starter solution. Also, on crops like strawberries, a dip into a suspension of water and RootShield WP at planting gives the transplants a great start in the field. 
 
GrapesMilStop® is a broad spectrum foliar fungicide. With a 1 hr REI and 0 Day pre-harvest interval, it is an effective fungicide on tree fruit, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, cucurbits, herbs and vegetables. MilStop will preventatively suppress diseases such as Powdery and Downy Mildew, Botrytis, Alternaria and many more. 
 
Red PepperSuffOil-X® is a spray oil emulsion insecticide, miticide and fungicide. With small oil particles and emulsifiers added, SuffOil-X is highly effective at smothering and killing pests while maintaining plant safety and not interfering with the growth of the plant. SuffOil-X will suffocate eggs, larvae, nymphs and adults of soft-bodied insects providing a cost effective product that works great in a resistance management program. 
 
Mycotrol OMycotrol O® is an insecticide used widely by organic growers. It has a 4-hr REI, a history of excellent plant safety, and is compatible with beneficial insects. It has a unique mode of action that kills soft-bodied insects like thrips, aphids, and whiteflies with no known pest resistance.
 
Please visit our website or contact your regional technical sales manager for more information. 
 
Technical Sheet Links:  
Customer Success with Molt-X/BotaniGard Combo!
AphidThis is what one grower had to say about his successful control of aphids...
 
"We had a ton of aphids on some eggplant and tomato earlier this week. We wanted to spray something safe on them so we mixed up some Molt-X and BotaniGard on Tuesday. By Thursday morning the ground was covered with dead aphids and none could be found on the plants! So in essence, this was the first true visualization by my fellow employees that safe can equal effective."       
 --- Michael Roe, Windmill Nursery (Franklinton, LA)
CEASE Now Offered in 2.5 gallon size
We now offer CEASE® Microbial Fungicide and Bactericide in a 2.5 gallon size. This is in addition to our existing 1 gallon container.
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Find out how you can use CEASE to combat both fungal and bacterial pathogens:
  • OMRI Listed; 4-hr REI; 0-day PHI
  • No residues
  • Equal performance to Cu-based products without phytotoxicity
  • Multi-site modes of action for resistance management
  • Safe for benefical insects & bees 
Poinsettia Disease & Insect Management
 
Points_09bIs it time already? Propagation has begun.
Download the 2010 BioWorks Poinsettia Disease and Insect Management Program and start protecting those young plants. 
 
 
 
In This Issue
BioWorks in Production Agriculture
Customer Success: Fighting Aphids
Cease Now Offered in 2.5 gal.
Poinsettia Pest Management
Molt-X Grower Promotion Extended
Grower Poll Question
Quick Links
 
Featured
White Paper:
A New Look at Tank Mixing
GMPro.com / NMPro.com
 
 
April 30, 2010
 
Stay on Top of Vegetable Diseases to Avoid Major Losses 
GMPro Magazine
April 30, 2010
 
 
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Visit BioWorks at these Upcoming Tradeshows:
  
2010 OFA Short Course Booth #2002
 July 10-13 Columbus, OH
 
Farwest Show
Booth #11083
Aug. 26-28 Portland, OR
Molt-X Grower Promotion Ends Soon!
Combinations that insects can't resist! 
  • Molt-X
  • BotaniGard
  • SuffOil-X
Get $20 off your purchase of Molt-X or Molt-X Combo Pack. 
 
 
Offer expires May 31, 2010

GrowerPollGrower Poll Question

What percentage of your disease and insect control inputs are biological? 
(Do not include beneficial insects.)
 
     0 - 10%
     11% - 25%
     26% - 50%
     More than 50%
 
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