Satoru Miyazaki, John Wise, and Bernard Zandstra...Due to the current review of crop protection chemicals under the Food Quality Protection Act and the high cost to industry of product registration, specialty crops (formerly known as minor crops) and sometimes, minor uses on major crops are at risk of having few available pest management products or being lost for pest management. To mitigate this problem IR-4 (Interregional Research Project No.4), primarily funded by USDA-CSREES, facilitates pesticide registration for specialty crops by conducting field residue trials, and occasionally, efficacy trials.

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By John Wise, Nikki Rothwell and Erin Lizotte... There are many new pesticide pre-mixes, both insecticides and fungicides, on the market this season. These products offer growers convenience with this multi-pack combination, but they also come with some complexities.

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Steven Gower...Herbicides can injure desirable, non-target plants in a variety of ways, including drift, volatilization, carryover, tank contamination, misapplication or simply accidental or intentional exposure. In addition to diagnosing plant pathogens, nematodes and insect-related pests, all plant samples submitted to MSU Diagnostic Services – the multi-disciplinary plant health and pest diagnostic facility on campus – are visually inspected for pesticide injury.

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By Annemiek Schilder... Most pesticides are sold in concentrated form and have to be dissolved or suspended in water before they can be applied to crops.

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