Pest and disease control with minimal to no risk of resistance
Resistance to pests and pathogen is more and more becoming a major challenge in agriculture and horticulture worldwide . Resistance happens when a pest or disease builds up a margin and becomes resistant to a specific chemical , rendering the product ineffectual . According to Irene de Bruijn , Team Lead Microbial Profiling at Koppert , resistance can occur when a grower repeatedly uses a Cartesian product with the same chemical mechanism of action ....