Growers Gain Access to New Crop Protection Tools

By Brian D. Sparks|March 14, 2020

Kemin Crop Technologies has announced a strategic partnership agreement with Laboratoire M2, a Canada-based technology and science company, to distribute Thymox Control, a thyme-oil-based biopesticide. Thymox Control’s formula delivers the efficient and stabilized antimicrobial power of thyme oil’s active ingredient to control fungal and bacterial plant pathogens. Multiple trials have proven efficacy on a wide variety of commercial greenhouse plants and specialty crops. Learn more here.

OHP Crop Protection Tools Gain California Registration

OHP has announced the California state registration of Fortress Ornamental Herbicide. Fortress is a unique combination of the active ingredients isoxaben and dithiopyr formulated on a user-friendly engineered granule that provides virtually no dust and low odor. Personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements are minimal for the applicator.

The Fortress granules are uniformly round and do not hang up in crop canopy, resulting in better coverage and performance. The specimen label lists many perennials, ornamental grasses, and woody plants that are tolerant to Fortress. Among the troublesome broadleaf and grassy weeds controlled by Fortress are crabgrass, eclipta, bittercress, oxalis, marestail, spurge, purslane, and others.

In addition, Pedestal Insect Growth Regulator is now available in California as well as in other states. Pedestal, with the active ingredient novaluron, is a suspension concentrate formulation labeled for use on ornamentals and tomatoes grown in greenhouses and nurseries. Among the insects controlled are thrips, whiteflies, armyworms, stink bugs, and more. Pedestal is labeled for use on insect pests in container and field grown ornamentals in greenhouses, shadehouses, and nurseries.