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Michael Barker

Verified
London
As seen in: Fresh Produce Journal, Business Day, Americafruit, Asiafruit Magazine, Eurofruit, Fruitnet, AgroPages, City Farmer News
Journalist, editor and speaker, specialising in food and farming
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UPL to launch plant health elicitor for hort crops

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By Michael Barker Verified, Contributing Authors
| AgroPages Verified
By Michael Barker Crop protection manufacturer UPL is expecting to receive registration for a new residue and harvest-interval-free disease control option in the autumn. The registration for BET07 will apply to topfruit, soft fruit, vines, beans and protected leafy salads to control a range of diseases, including powdery mildew, downy mildew, botrytis and scab. BET07 controls disease by stimulating the plant’s natural defences.
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BigSis trials indicate chemical-free path for SWD control

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By Michael Barker Verified, Contributing Authors
| AgroPages Verified
By Michael Barker UK trials of a biological and chemical-free technique for the control of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) in soft-fruit crops have shown how it can outperform insecticides when used in commercial conditions, according to the manufacturer. Developed by British start-up BigSis, the system, which uses an updated version of the sterile insect technique (SIT), reportedly reduced numbers of the damaging adult female SWD by up to 88 per cent compared to a conventional, sprayed control.
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UK: Samsung says the pandemic has created an urban farming boom

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By Michael Barker Verified, Michael Levenston Verified
| City Farmer News
Two thirds (63 per cent) of Brits in cities inspired to grow more of their own food and plants at home. Samsung releases survey into home-growing desires to coincide with its Project Plant initiative.
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