PRO Notes: April 2008 - GMPrp

New positions

Clint Albin to media relations manager, Independent Garden Center Show, Clearwater, Fla.

David L. Jackson to president and chief operating officer, Easy Gardener Products Inc., Waco, Texas.

James A. Cooper to president, Canarm Ltd., Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

Frank Jusich to president, Central Life Sciences Professional Products Group, Schaumburg, Ill.

Bob D’Addario to vice president of sales, Solo, Hauppauge, N.Y.

Charles Vaughan to president and chief operating officer, Vaughan and Bushnell Mfg. Co., Hebron, Ill.

Honors

Pride Family Brands, Hollywood, Fla., received the Expo Outdoor Living Vendor-Partner of the Year Award from Expo Design Center, Atlanta. Pride Family Brands also received the Patio Department Vendor of the Year Award from Fortunoff, Westbury, N.Y.

Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, Palm Beach County Chapter, presented the James J. Lulfs Industry Service Award to William (Bill) Schall, Palm Beach County Extension; and Elise Ryan, Color Garden Farms, Loxahatchee.

Business changes

American Vanguard Corp., Newport Beach, Calif., acquired the pentachloronitrobenzene fungicide product line from Chemtura Corp. Crop Protection Division, Middlebury, Conn.

Seville Farms Inc., Lillian, Texas, became a licensed grower of Anthony Tesselaar USA Inc. products.

Pell Greenhouses, Hudsonville, Mich., is expanding its production of Bodger Botanicals vegetative cuttings. Linters produced at Pell will be consolidated and shipped from Mast Young Plants at Neal Mast Greenhouse, Grand Rapids, Mich.

McGregor Plant Sales, Carlsbad, Calif., and Elsner PAC, Germany, formed a partnership to provide unrooted geranium cuttings from Israel to North American growers.

Laurie Rudd Public Relations, Winterville, N.C., opened to provide public relations, promotions and marketing to the casual/outdoor living industry.

Deaths

Max D. Bergquist, owner of Green Arrow Nursery, Green Thumb International Nurseries and Farmers Fertilizer, died Nov. 19, 2007. He was 87.

Publications and videos

Chemical application videos available online. Syngenta has produced a series of brief online videos to assist pest control applicators to ensure they are applying chemicals correctly and maintaining their equipment properly. These videos help to identify equipment in need of repair or replacement, how to test for even coverage and how to apply product accurately and safely. There is also a video on integrated pest management describing some practical methods to prepare to implement better IPM practices. Some videos are also available in Spanish.

For more: Syngenta, www.greencastonline.com/sprayervideo.

Greenhouse insect control wall chart available. Michigan State University Cooperative Extension is offering a revised wall chart that lists 59 insecticides labeled for greenhouse floriculture production. It provides details on mode of action, insects and mites, labeling on herbs and vegetables and notes on their usage along with other valuable information. The 2007 Insect Controls for the Greenhouse Industry bulletin (E-2696) costs $5 and may be ordered online, by phone or mail.

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For more: MSU Bulletin Office, (517) 353-6740; www.emdc.msue.msu.edu.

April 2008