A new education grant from the American Floral Endowment will help improve Spanish language access to University of Florida online grower courses.

The funding will be used to examine ways to prevent the introduction or spread of invasive plant pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and the environment.

All growers deal with the possibility of damaging disease issues in the greenhouse. Here’s how Pleasant View Gardens makes sure its greenhouse crops stay disease-free.

Disease control through scouting, chemical rotation, and disease-resistant plants is essential to keep your perennials in top-notch shape.

Three New England universities are collaborating on a weekly webinar program covering topics such as pest management, making the most of growing media, and more.

Greenspire Global, Inc. has developed Procidic, a bactericide and fungicide that provides effective disease control without synthetics.

BASF’s Orkestra Intrinsic fungicide has been approved in California for control of several ornamental plant diseases.

Certis USA recently introduced Carb-O-Nator, a new broad-spectrum foliar fungicide that works on contact to control powdery mildew, Alternaria, Anthracnose, Botrytis, Septoria leaf spot, and other diseases.

e-Gro, an online clearing house for alerts about greenhouse disease, insect, environmental, physiological, and nutritional disorders, recently posted two new propagation-related webinars on YouTube.

OHP recently added two new crop protection tools to its profile of biosolutions: a biological insecticide, and an ornamental fungicide.

CropKing in Lodi, OH, recently began using a new beneficial fungus in its fight against Botrytis in its greenhouse tomatoes. So far, the results have been promising.

Pageant TR from BASF controls seven key diseases, and can be used both in the greenhouse and in trucks that are on their way to a retail site.

Penn State University Extension features a section on its website devoted to diseases commonly found in chrysanthemums.