Tag: biologicals
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Biologicals and Their General Performance Against Strawberry Diseases

Johanna Wesche and Guido Schnabel, Clemson University “Do biologicals work?” That is a frequently asked question coming not only from strawberry growers, especially in light of increasing resistance issues with many of the conventional fungicides and the fungicide insensitivity of Neopestalotiopis sp. In our recent article, “Biologicals Made Easy: Grouping and Understanding Biological Fungicides,” we…
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Biologicals Made Easy: Grouping and Understanding Biological Fungicides

Johanna Wesche and Guido Schnabel, Clemson University Biologicals are gaining interest in modern agriculture for several reasons. They are used in organic farming to suppress pests and diseases and may have a place in spray programs used in conventional farming when disease pressure is low, when fungicide efficacy is threatened by resistance development, or when…