Articles Cultivation - Management

Integrated management

Pest pressure in soybean crops

Adhering to good integrated pest management is the first step to preventing or reducing control difficulties

14.11.2022 | 14:21 (UTC -3)

Pests

Early Soybean Pest Care

Control of initial soybean pests is carried out through seed treatment or spraying, applied in the sowing furrow or on the aerial part of soybean plants.

08.11.2022 | 14:21 (UTC -3)

Herbicides

Bittergrass and herbicide interactions

The necessary use of a mixture or sequential herbicides to combat these weeds demands a lot of attention and care so that unfavorable interactions do not occur between the products used.

10.10.2022 | 15:32 (UTC -3)

Daninhas

Weed management in coffee

Control, although necessary, requires a lot of discretion to preserve profitability in a sustainable way

07.10.2022 | 16:27 (UTC -3)

Nematodes

Regrowth of parasitic nematodes

Use of resistant cultivars, antagonistic plants and the application of chemical or biological products, via seed treatment or sowing furrow, form a complex of tools with great potential for use in management.

07.10.2022 | 14:22 (UTC -3)

Hybridization

Helicoverpa Hybrids

Samples of caterpillars of the Armigera and Zea species, collected in Mato Grosso and analyzed by researchers from the United Kingdom and Australia, through complete genomic sequencing, confirm hybridization

03.10.2022 | 14:30 (UTC -3)

Driving

Healthy soil and disease suppression

How to properly manage and conserve soil, in order to maintain and stimulate its disease-suppressive capacity, as well as preserve resilience to stress in a sustainable way

26.09.2022 | 14:40 (UTC -3)

Cultivars

Genetic control of bed bugs

How the development of resistant cultivars can help in the management of stink bugs in soybeans, by helping to reduce the costs of insecticide applications and protecting the longevity of the few molecules available for chemical control

23.09.2022 | 14:14 (UTC -3)

biological

Bioinsecticides in caterpillar management

Adoption of biological control tactics and, in particular, the use of Baculovirus-based bioinsecticides for caterpillar management is an important complementary tool and in some cases even an alternative to other forms of pest control.

13.09.2022 | 14:46 (UTC -3)

silk grass

Management of silk grass and nutsedge in sugarcane

With a high capacity to spread and negatively interfere with the crop, both weeds require a lot of attention and effort from producers to prevent and minimize losses.

09.09.2022 | 14:24 (UTC -3)

Leafhopper

Root sharpshooter, an increasingly dangerous insect for sugarcane fields

By Homero Moreschi, agronomist and Trade Marketing for Sugarcane and Pasture at UPL

08.09.2022 | 14:32 (UTC -3)

Driving

Correct management of ramularia stain on cotton

The disease demands correct management, with the establishment of programs that favor more than one mode of action and the use of all available chemical groups in order to avoid the selection of less sensitive or resistant fungal isolates

22.08.2022 | 14:27 (UTC -3)

Driving

Climate and management in soybean productivity

The definition of a method that makes it possible to distinguish between these two sources of variation in soybean crop productivity is of great use to producers and consultants, as it makes it possible to define the strategies to be adopted to minimize losses.

12.08.2022 | 16:58 (UTC -3)

Leaf spot

Management of foliar diseases in wheat

In the search for efficient and sustainable control strategies, the use of silicon-based enhancers has good potential to help producers combat these diseases.

12.08.2022 | 14:24 (UTC -3)

Blue disease

Blue disease in cotton

Its control in Brazil is based on the use of resistant cultivars and the use of insecticides against the vector

11.08.2022 | 16:18 (UTC -3)

Fungicides

Insecticide and fungicide compatibility

It is essential to know the effects that these mixtures can cause in relation to target control efficacy and phytotoxicity on plants.

11.08.2022 | 16:02 (UTC -3)

Asian rust

Carboxamides in the management of Asian rust

In the case of carboxamides, it is increasingly necessary to position them correctly, in order to maintain their effectiveness and help manage resistance to triazoles, strobilurins and morpholine.

10.08.2022 | 14:37 (UTC -3)

Fertilizing

Nutritional demand in coffee

From the knowledge of the accumulation rates of nutrients, such as Nitrogen, it is possible to identify the nutritional requirement in each period, which can practically assist in the fertilization program of coffee crops.

05.08.2022 | 14:15 (UTC -3)

caterpillars

Measuring caterpillar behavior

The importance of knowing the behavior in plants, population fluctuation and vertical distribution of the soybean caterpillar in soybean crops to define the best management and control strategies for these insects

04.08.2022 | 15:35 (UTC -3)

Driving

Management of nematodes in sugarcane

The use of chemical and biological nematicides is one of the strategies to minimize the damage caused by these parasites.

02.08.2022 | 15:38 (UTC -3)

Integrated management

Integrated management of white mold in soybeans

Integrated practices, with a special focus on preventive measures, are essential to correctly and sustainably combat white mold in soybean crops

28.07.2022 | 15:26 (UTC -3)

weeds

Weed management in direct planting

When used correctly, the direct planting system is an important ally for producers in managing weeds.

28.07.2022 | 15:12 (UTC -3)

Driving

Weed management in coffee

When managing weeds in coffee, it is recommended to integrate manual, mechanical, chemical and biological control methods, correctly and at the appropriate time.

25.07.2022 | 15:01 (UTC -3)

Driving

Fusarium head blight control in wheat

Reducing productivity and responsible for the production of mycotoxins that are harmful to human health, FHB is an aggressive fungal disease in wheat crops.

21.07.2022 | 15:00 (UTC -3)