April 2025
Scientific articles | Terra-Sorb®
The increasing soil pollution has accelerated the implementation of new agricultural regulations that significantly limit the use of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers. Consequently, plants are likely to experience nutrient stress, leading to decreased productivity and potential threats to food security. To address these critical challenges, microbial-based biostimulant (BS) products, which utilize metabolites from microorganisms, offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to mitigate pla...
December 2024
Scientific articles | Cera-Trap®
Control and monitoring of Anastrepha ludens Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) involve an underlying negative effect of the capture of non-target organisms. This study aimed to analyze and compare the capture of non-target arthropods between control methods and monitoring traps. Seven treatments were established in citrus orchards, with three replicates each in May to August 2022. Four treatments consisted of mass trapping, two using bait sprays, and a control treatment. Three monitoring t...
July 2024
Scientific articles | Optimus®
This experiment was implemented during 2021-2022 season as a factoria1 experiment (4×3) relying on (R.C.B.D.). Two factors were tested in this experiment: first factor is: Foliar application at 4 levels: (0, 1 , 2, 3) ml L-1 from a mixture of MARVEL fertilizer with plant growth regulator (FLORATONE (6 g L-1). Second factor is Foliar application at three levels of AminoAlexin® fertilizer (0, 1.5, 3) ml L-1. Results were summarized that foliar application for a combination of (MARVEL + FLORA...
December 2023
Scientific articles | Cera-Trap®
CeraTrap®, an innovative attractant marketed for more than 15 years as a unique alternative for monitoring and surveillance in pest management programs was compared for its efficacy (up to 94%), economy (reprimed 1.5 to 2 months), and ecological management with various attractants to capture or eliminate fruit flies in different crops in the field, with special attraction on females. This review includes controversial aspects explained by researchers who agree on usefulness of the attractan...
June 2023
Scientific articles | Cera-Trap®
Mass trapping is a control method for fruit fly pests (Diptera: Tephritidae) in fruit-growing areas. This study aimed at providing information on the use of mass trapping using Cera Trap® to control fruit fly pests in a citrus-growing area in Guatemala. We analyzed the “flies per number of traps × exposure d” index and sex ratios of fly populations based on 3 trapping types: a mass trapping network, a monitoring trap in the center of a plot involving mass trapping, and another trap ins...