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Dutch firm develops biopesticide to treat powdery mildew

20 December 2007, Horticulture Week

Salad and strawberry growers are set to benefit from a new biopesticide developed for powdery mildew control, according to biological...

ALP urges growers to pay agricultural overtime rates

20 December 2007, Horticulture Week

Growers who refuse to pay agricultural overtime rates are putting agencies in an untenable position, the Association of Labour Providers...

Charity claims vegetable varieties are vanishing

20 December 2007, Horticulture Week

Ninety-eight per cent of vegetable varieties have disappeared over the past 100 years, charity Garden Organic has claimed.

Research consortium to target potato cyst nematode

20 December 2007, Horticulture Week

The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) is joining a consortium of world-leading scientists - including those who helped decode the...

As a small garden contractor, I am often asked to arrange displays of hanging baskets for my clients, which involves work at commercial properties as well as private residences. Is it worth considering offering basket irrigation systems next summer and, if so, is it something we could install ourselves?

20 December 2007, Horticulture Week

I believe an irrigation system, whether for planters, baskets or even gardens, is something landscape and garden contractors should consider because...

New Holland Precision Land Management systems

20 December 2007, Horticulture Week

Targeting high-value-crop growers and those needing accuracy of plant-placement or precision in spraying operations, the agricultural division of New Holland is now...