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In Case you Missed it: a Demo of Ontario’s Crop Protection Hub

Still unfamiliar with Ontario’s Crop Protection Hub (fondly referred to as “Crop Hub”) and want to know more about it? This recorded webinar tells you everything you need to know.

In this video, we’ll walk you through examples on how to:

  • Look up products for specific pests
  • Compare efficacies of pesticides and fungicides for Ontario pests
  • Look up compatibility of chemical products with natural enemies
  • Print out lists of products for a specific IPM plan

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Ontario’s Crop Protection Hub Highlights: New Features

Hopefully, by now, many of you are familiar with Ontario’s Crop Protection Hub (fondly referred to as “Crop Hub”), a user-friendly tool to look up pesticides and their efficacy against floriculture insects and diseases in the Greenhouse Floriculture module.

Earlier this growing season, new features were released on Crop Hub.

Keep reading to see how these new features is to make it easier for users to view, compare and print crop protection information.

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Introducing Ontario’s Crop Protection Hub – Your One Stop Shop for Pesticide Information for Greenhouse Crops

Are you a Canadian floriculture grower Planning your IPM program for Spring crops soon? Then look no further! Ontario’s new Crop Protection Hub combines pesticide data from a plethora of sources and combines them into one convenient location.

Types of data (for both chemical and microbial insecticides/fungicides) include:

  • Allowable pesticides by crop type (e.g. cut flowers, potted crops, unrooted cuttings)
  • Rates, REIs, and maximum allowable sprays per crop
  • Compatibility information with beneficial organisms
  • Efficacy ratings of pest management products for specific greenhouse pests
  • Recommendations for best use of products for each pest
  • Link to the most current pesticide label

Keep reading to find out how to access this new application.

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