Good wood fungus

Biocontrollers can be an excellent alternative to fungicides, not only for being environmentally friendly but also for their efficiency. An example? The use of endofite fungus to control the diseases of vineyard wood.

What's coming on food consumption

The 420 thousand annual deaths due to contaminated food have driven different countries to strengthen the stages of production and distribution in order to prevent diseases. In addition, ready-to-eat food, online shopping and healthy products are other current trends. Report of Revista del Campo that features the opinion of Kent J. Bradford, director of the World Food Center of UC Davis.

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New stage of project to protect Araucaria trees

El Campo Magazine, a weekly suplement of El Mercurio newspaper, highlights the second stage of the "Araucaria Project" that UC Davis Chile leads together with CONAF. The goal is to determine the causes of the Araucaria araucana Leaf Damage (DFA in Spanish), a problem widely spread among our natural monumentn, for generating management strategies. 

 

A look at integrated pest management in a context of climate change

The use of this technique has become an excellent alternative to keep the development of different pests at bay. However, climate change opens up a number of challenges in its use. As follows, Jim Farrar, expert from the University of California, Davis, examines this point in greater depth. Text in Spanish since the third page, in English. Source: El Mercurio Campo.

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