Nov 16, 2020 | View All Issues
Coming up:
November 18th, 3-4pm - Biological Plant Growth Regulators: Experience, Facts, and Future - Michael Rethwisch, MSc, UCCE Farm Advisor, Riverside County - 1.0 CCA CEU
December 3rd, 3-4pm - Biostimulants From A Regulatory Perspective - Nick Young, Senior Environmental Scientist, CDFA-Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program
December 9th, 3-4pm - Synergistic or Antagonism? Integrating Crop Biologics into IPM - Dr. Surendra Dara, UCCE Farm Advisor, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties - 1.0 DPR & CCA CEU
Contact: Dr. Zheng Wang, UCCE Vegetable Advisor, (209)525-6822, zzwwang@ucanr.edu
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Survey of Your Understanding of Crop Biostimulant
Crop biostimulants are not biopesticides (suppressing pest and disease); instead, they are "substances or microorganisms that, when applied to seeds, plants, or the rhizophere, stimulates natural processes to enhance or benefit nutrient uptake, nutrient efficiency, tolerance to abiotic stress, or crop quality and yield." Common active ingredients of biostimulants, which are distinct from those in biocontrol agents, comprise growth promoting bacteria and/or fungi, mycorrhizae, seawood extract, humic substances, kelp, or plant hormones.
To better help vegetable growers with the use of crop biostimulant and implement our future research and extension programs, please spend a few minutes filling out the anonymous survey http://cestanislaus.ucanr.edu/Agriculture/Vegetable_Crops/Biostimulant_Survey/ to share your experience, concerns, confusion, and hopes about an efficient use of these biologics. Your response will be used for research and education
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