Horticulture

Successful solutions

• Introduced over 10 new small fruit varieties (increased yield, shelf life, crop persistence), widely adopted by domestic and international industry.
• Developed two new biological control agents for greenhouse vegetables - improved production and reduced pesticide use.
• Discoveries in pheromone biology and genomics of cranberry tipworm and blueberry gall midge have reduced the impact of these economically important pests.
• Innovative integrated pest management programs have improved control of wireworms and reduced the use of environmentally adverse pesticides.
• Two new bio-pesticides are in the process of being registered to control soil pests (including wireworms) and cabbage loopers.
• Contributed to over 200 new minor use pesticide registrations through field trials of various pesticides, herbicides, and growth regulators for horticultural crop protection in B.C. over the past ten years.