Leveraging the Insect and Fruit Microbiomes to Control An Invasive Fruit Fly
Adam CN Wong, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
AGRO Scientific Program Now Available
Get ready San Diego, AGRO is on its way! The AGRO program is now available a the ACS Website. ACS has an on-line planner that you can use to organize your time. You can filter by division to see the…
AGRO launches new anniversary logo and website to celebrate 50 years
AGRO is preparing to celebrate 50 years of excellence in 2020! As part of the celebration, AGRO has launched a special anniversary edition of its logo and has updated its website to be more mobile friendly and interactive for its…
AGRO comes to IUPAC in Ghent Belgium
AGRO was front and center at the IUPAC International Congress of Crop Protection Chemistry in Ghent Belgium during May. Ken Racke, Laura McConnell and several other AGRO members served at the AGRO booth in the exposition area of the Congress…
Communicating Pesticide Food Safety Issues to the Public
Carl K. Winter, University of California, Davis
Metabolic Resistance to Herbicides: What we Know and Why it Matters
Todd Gaines, Colorado State University Weeds can evolve resistance to herbicides through enzymatic mechanisms to metabolize and detoxify herbicide molecules. Recent advances have revealed specific genes controlling metabolic resistance such as cytochrome P450s, glutathione-S-transferase, and others, primarily in grasses but…
Incorporating the Benefits of Vegetative Filter Strips into Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Pesticides
Co-Sponsored by Eurofins This webinar is a collection of selected plenary presentations from the recent Workshop on Innovation and Regulation in Agriculture held in Raleigh, North Carolina. Vegetative filter strips (VFS) are widely used by producers to mitigate runoff and…
Innovative Approaches to Exploit Host Plant Metabolites in Malaria Control
Baldwyn Torto, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa ThSeventeen percent of the global infectious diseases are vector-borne which results in more than 700,000 deaths annually. Malaria ranks highest among these diseases, causing over 400,000 deaths yearly,…
HESI’s Risk Assessment in the 21st Century (RISK21) Framework: Overview and Applications
Michelle R. Embry, Ph.D, Associate Director Environmental Science, Health and Environmental Science Institute The HESI Risk Assessment in the 21st Century (RISK21 project developed an integrated risk assessment framework to enhance efficiency and risk management. This framework is an problem…
Dicamba Off-Target Movement: A Current Update of Field and Lab Observations
Thomas C. Mueller, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Dicamba herbicide use has greatly increased due to the development and widespread adoption of dicamba-tolerant varieties in soybean and cotton in the US. In 2016 and 2017, significant off-target movement of dicamba occurred onto…