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TOP 3 WORST CROP VILLAINS

Which dastardly disease, weed thief and bug thug topped the popularity chart in 2016? Learn about these villains and how plant science arrests them below.

Dastardly Disease: Rice Blast, The Virulent Villain: Rice blast destroys enough rice to feed 60 million people each year. And it can affect any part of the rice plant. Catch it with crop protection! See More

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Weed Thief: Giant Ragweed, The Towering Troublemaker: Crop protection products help fight losses from weed thieves like giant ragweed, which can cut maize and soybean production in half. Growing up to 15-feet high, this weed is giant indeed. See More

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Bug Thug: Corn Rootworm, The Maize Muncher: Have you seen this pest? It’s wanted for $800 million in damage to U.S. corn! See More

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Article by: CropLife International

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HOW BIOTECH COULD SAVE THE ORANGE JUICE INDUSTRY

Article by: CropLife International

The American state of Florida has been home to commercially-farmed citrus since the mid-1800s, and today, it is a US$9 billion industry, employing nearly 76,000 Floridians. Named the Sunshine State because of the good growing weather, Florida farmers grow more than 74 million citrus trees on more than half a million acres (200,000 ha), which provides for 90 percent of America’s orange juice consumption. Any damage to the crop would have serious consequences on Americans’ vitamin C intake! Continue reading...

Dr. Jude Grosser from the University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences observes orange leaves in one of the institute’s greenhouse, Lake Alfred, Florida.

 

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COFFEE CURE FOR VIETNAM’S RURAL ECONOMY

Article by: CropLife International

In 30 years, Vietnam has gone from producing less than one percent of the world’s coffee to producing 20 percent today. The country is now the world’s second largest coffee exporter, behind Brazil, and employs about 2.6 million people in the coffee-growing industry. With coffee now grown on half a million smallholder farms, the country attributes a large part of its dramatic reduction in poverty – from more than 60 percent in 1994 to less than 10 percent today – to the coffee boon. Continue reading…

Coffee grower Nguyen Hong Ky