Category: Food Safety

Virus Kills Bacteria! What a concept! | AgriPhage for tomatoes

Posted on 06/07/12 by the.dawson.co

ART’S PERSPECTIVE: Virus Kills Bacteria! What a concept! We are looking for a few good California PCAs to inform about AgriPhage for tomatoes. AgriPhage, a bacteriophage pesticide product, is specifically effective against bacterial spot and bacterial speck of tomato. These organisms are Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. AgriPhage gained California pesticide registration …

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Thermal Pest Control Heats Up with Agro Thermal Systems!

Posted on 04/19/12 by the.dawson.co

Thermal Pest Control Heats Up with Agro Thermal Systems! AgroThermal Systems is the new U S /Europe based incarnation of the former Lazo TPC thermal pest control company. AgroThermal Systems is newly organized and located in Walnut Creek, California. It is poised to enter the “Very” Bio Rational pesticide market this spring. You may recall …

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California’s Water Supply – I’m Glad That We Have Our Reservoirs!

Posted on 01/19/12 by the.dawson.co

ART’S PERSPECTIVE: California’s Water Supply – I’m Glad That We Have Our Reservoirs!  Jan 10, 2012 and the California Snow Pack is at a meager 19% of average for this time of year! If the snow pack persists at this level until April, the total amount of precipitation from snow will be 7% of a …

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Good News for California Rice! Bad News for Algae!

Posted on 09/14/11 by the.dawson.co

Good News for California Rice! Bad News for Algae! ART’S PERSPECTIVE: California’s Rice Crop is a Big Deal. 575,000 Northern California Acres are devoted to Rice. More than 2 million pounds of rice are produced each year. Sixty Percent (60%) of the entire crop is exported. Customers are found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Turkey. …

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