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Introduction to Vegetable Insect Pests & Insecticides
Dr. Ayanava Majumdar (Dr. A)Ext. Entomologist &
State SARE CoordinatorAuburn, AL 36849
Tel: (251) 331-8416bugdoctor@auburn.edu
CHR Training Program, Fall 2013
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INSECT IDENTIFICATION
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Prefer cucumber, squash, gourd.
Females are clear wing moths.
Females lay 150-200 eggs singly.
Larvae burrow inside the stem & feed inside the stem.
Abundance of excreta.
Larvae overwinter in soil.
Row covers & field sanitation.
Hubbard trap crop on perimeter
Squash vine borer(Mellitia cucurbitae)
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Flattened dorsal surface – great for hiding.
Nymphs are whitish with reddish heads & legs
Both adults & nymphs feed.
Overwinter as adults.
Eggs laid in masses.
Heavy feeding causes sudden wilting of squash.
Remove crop debris promptly.
Transmit cucurbit yellow vine disease.
Squash bugs (Anasa tristis)
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Cucurbit yellow vine disease• Transmitted by SqBs• Can be misdiagnosed as
bacterial wilt• Caused by Serratia
marcescens.• Survives in SqBs• Young seedlings more
susceptible• Sudden wilting of vines mid-
season or after fruiting
CYVD in Addison, AL, 2013
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Cucumber beetles
Striped cucumber beetle,Acalymma vittatum
Spotted cucumber beetle,Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Severe feeding injury on watermelons
• Attack seedlings – first 2 to 3 wk critical • Use row covers, reduce weeds• Transmit bacterial wilt on squash, cantaloupe, cucumber
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What is it?Potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Green peach aphid, Myzus persicae
Monitoring/scouting techniques:Sample ten plants in several locationsYellow sticky traps at edge of fieldLike cool, dry weatherWatch for ants and lady beetlesET = 50% leaves with aphids
Host range: 40 host plants
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What is it?Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci
Tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca
Monitoring/scouting techniques:Use sticky cards (yellow, blue)Bag and shake techniqueNo action thresholdUse resistant varieties (BHN 444, 589, 640, Bella Rosa)
Tomato spotted wilt destroys plantsHost plants: tomato, peanuts, cotton, beans
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What is it?Monitoring/scouting techniques:
Monitor level of defoliation
Sample small plants with sweep net during morning hours
Observe activity of parasitoids, predators (sweep net)
ET = 5-10% defoliation early season, 25-30% defoliation mid-season
Flea beetles (many species)
Host plants: potato, tomato, peppers, broccoli, cabbage, okra, etc.
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What is it?Monitoring/scouting techniques:
Examine green fruit, stem terminals
Scout for egg masses or larvae
Use pheromone traps to detect first flight; ET = 5-10 moths per night when temp. is <85F
ET is ½ if temp. is >85F
Tomato fruitworm, Helicoverpa zea
Tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens
Host plants: tomato, cotton, soybean, corn (16 host plants)
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What is it?• Caterpillars have an inverted Y
mark on head
• 4 black warts on 8th abdominal segment
• Curl up when disturbed
• Eats leaves and fruits
• Moths can be detected using pheromone traps
• Overwinters in Gulf coast
• Host range: sweet corn, tomato, peppers
• Premature drop & fruit rot
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
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• Polyphagous insect (tomato, pepper, cotton, soybean, alfalfa)
• Have many wild hosts – lambsquarter & pigweed
• Creamish or light-green caterpillar, 4 pairs of prolegs
• Black spot on thorax just above the leg
• Early instars feed voraciously
• Moths are attracted to weak plants
What is it?
Damage to pepper plant
Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua
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What is it?• Overwinter as pupae in soil
• Adults are hawk moths – rapid flyers
• Larva has 8 white stripes on side
• Larvae feed on foliage, then attack fruit
• Host range: tomato, pepper, eggplant, potato
• Repelled by marigold
• ET = >1 larva per plant
Tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata
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What is it?Monitoring/scouting techniques:
Use a sweep net
Use pheromone trap (expensive? cumbersome?)
Intensify scouting at fruit setting
ET = 0.25 bugs per 10 plants (green fruit stage)
Southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula
Brown stink bug, Euschistus servus Lygus bug, Lygus
lineolarisStink bug feeding injury
Host: >52 plants
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Leaffooted bugs
Leptoglossus phyllopusLeptoglossus gonagra
Leptoglossus zonatus
Mass feeding causes fruit drop
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Spider mites
• Major pest of open field & high tunnel crops• Extensive webbing on leaves/stems• Rapid buildup in hot dry weather• Difficult to control with approved pesticides
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Emerging Crop Pests: Invasive Insects
Brown marmorated stink bug, Hyalomorpha halys
Bean plataspid, Megacopta cribrariaDetected in AL in 2010Seeks shelter in homesInfests kudzu, soybean, kidney beans, lima beans, etc. UGA Photos
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What is IPM?• “Integrated pest management (IPM) is a threshold based decision management system which leads to judicious use of multiple pest control tactics.”
• IPM is currently insecticide-intensive…
• Major losses occur due to:
• Lack of early detection of insects
• Insecticide resistance by misuse
• Loss of natural control with insecticides
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Decision making in IPM…
• Insect detection & monitoring• Insect identification• Population pressure• Economic threshold• Make treatment decision• Choosing right insecticide
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USDA Crop Pest Management Practice Standard (NOP)
• Level 1: Systems-based practices (cultural
practices, sanitation, crop rotation, trap crops)
• Level 2: Mechanical and physical practices
(barriers, lures/traps, repellents, hand-picking)
• Level 3: Biorational & other material (OMRI
approved insecticides)
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CONVENTIONALVEGETABLE INSECTICIDES
CAUTION:
Use of product names does not mean endorsement by university!
Use cultural, mechanical, and other pest management tactics first
Insecticide use should be last resort!
Read pesticide labels – LABEL IS THE LAW.
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Insecticide Mode of Action (MoA)
Receiving neuron
Sensory neuron
Neonicotinoids, Spinosyn (mimic neurotransmitter)
Cyclodienes, Pyrethroids (act on receiving neuron)
Carbamates, OP (act in the synaptic gap)
Inhibit enzyme that breaks down neurotransmitter
Flow of info
Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC): 28 MoA classification
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Trends in synthetic chemistries
• Early insecticides were short chain>>quick activation• New insecticides: need “activation” by insect enzyme
systems (target-specific)
CarbarylMalathion
Zeta-cypermethrin Imidacloprid
Spinetoram
Chlorantraniliprole
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Step-by-step handbook use• Pest confirmed >> locate crop page• Think about IPM – start with cultural control tactics• E.g., brown stink bug confirmed on tomato, then…
Synthetic pyrethroids are listed in Table 2-26, Page 165 (details on next slide)
Table 2-22, page 159
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Check the efficacy table (Table 2-25, Page 164)
+++ Very effective++ Effective+ Somewhat effective- Ineffective/insufficient data
Chemical classes (rotate!) Major pests on top of page
Stink
bug
/H. b
ug
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Step-by-step handbook use• Identify the pest by traveling to the site • Misidentification is common!• E.g., predatory stink bug (A) vs. phytophagous stink
bug (B)
Source: Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Alabama IPM Communicator newsletter, 2011, Vol. 2, Issue 3
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Common name Product Pesticide type OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Carbaryl Sevin D/S In, Ac (St, Co) 300 FB, FAW, SVB
Methamidophos Monitor 4L In, Ac(Sys) 16 Aph, Thr, BAW
Methomyl Lannate 40SP
In, Ac (Sys, Co)
17 Thr, BAW
IRAC Chemical class: 1A (Carbamates)
MoA: inhibitor of enzyme (AChE), hyperexcites insects, nonselective
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Updates for Class 1A, 1B
• Inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme…NERVE ACTION• Lower control efficacy than other new insecticides (+, ++) – APPLY EARLY• Methomyl (Lannate) – good against loopers, hornworm, fruitworm,
pinworm• Malathion (50-55% generic) – effective against small loopers;
• very short residual against cucumber beetles, stink bugs in AL (2010, 2012 study)
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Common name
Product Pesticide type OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Malathion Malathion In (Co) 1000+ FB, CB, SqB, SB??
Acephate Orthene In (Sys) 800+ FAW, Aph, Thr
Diazinon Diazinon (RUP) I (Co) 400 WW, MGT, SqB
Chlorpyrifos Lorsban 15G In (Co) 95 MGT, CW, WW, FAW
Dimethoate Dimethoate IN (Sys) Aph, leafhoppers, psyllids, thrips
IRAC Chemical class: 1B (Organophosphates) MoA: inhibitor of enzyme (AChE), hyperexcites insects
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Common name Product Pesticide type
Oral LD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Cyfluthrin Baythroid XL In (Co, St) 1200+ ImCW, SqVB, CW, SB
Gamma cyhalo Proaxis 0.5EC In (Co) - FB, CB, ECB, ImCW, SqVB, CW
Fenpropathrin Danitol 2.4EC In, Ac (Co, St)
450 ImCW, SqVB, SqB
Zeta-cyper Mustang Max 0.8 EC
In (Co) 150-400 FB, CW, CB, SB, ImCW, SqVB
Bifenthrin Brigade 2EC In, Ac (Co) 54 FB, CB, ImCW, SqVB, CW
IRAC Chemical class: 3A (Pyrethroids) MoA: Act on sodium channels (receiving neuron)Contact/stomach: use for quick knock-down, nonselective
Asana® XL insecticide
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Synthetic pyrethroid insecticides3rd gen.4th gen.
Table 2-26
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Fruit quality with Sniper (Bifenthrin) Late season treatment, Cullman, 2012
Check plots Sniper (bifenthrin)
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Updates for Class 4A
• Neonicotinoid insecticides against sucking pests• Most can be applied to soil (transplant drench, drip irri.) or foliar spray• Systemic & contact action depending on application method• Imidacloprid (Admire):
• Aphid, Colorado potato beetle, thrips control in tomatoes• Soil application @ 7 oz (21 d PHI)• Foliar application @ 1.2 oz (0 PHI)• Transplant water @ 2 oz per 10,000 plants (21 d)
• Sulfoxaflor (Closer): For aphid control, 2 applications/season• Dinotefuran (Venom 70SG, Scorpion 35SL):
• Cucumber beetle & squash bugs – Venom @ 4 oz , 21 d PHI• Stink bugs, whitefly in tomato – Scorpion @ 2 to 7 oz, 1 d PHI• Good action against stink bugs (tested in AL, 2012)
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Common name Product Pesticide type OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Thiamethoxam Platinum SC In (Sys) >5000 Aph, FB, CB, SB
Dinotefuran Venom 70SG In (Sys) >5000 FB, CPB, CB, SB, WF
Clothianidin Belay 3G In (Sys) 4700 FB, CPB, SqB, CB
Imidacloprid Admire 1.6F
Provado F
In (Sys, Co, St)
450 FB, CPB, Aph, SB
CPB, CB, Aph, ThrAcetamiprid Assail 30SG In (Sys) - Aph, CPB, Thr
IRAC Chemical class: 4A (Neonicotinoids) MoA: Mimic neurotransmitter at neuromuscular joints, hyperactivity Systemic action: many weeks of protection against pests, apply early
Assail® insecticide
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Master Gardeners IPM Project (2010): Efficacy of Imidacloprid
Observations:
• Imidacloprid provides early season protection
• Promotes plant establishment & growth
• Earlier fruit harvest
• Less buildup of insects
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Results of 1999 tomato test at Tifton, GA in terms of main plot (BHN444 resistance and silver reflective mulch) and subplot (different length periods of insecticide control of
thrips) effects on number of thrips, % TSWV, and $ yield per acre, respectively.
BHN444-silver mulch 47 b 28% b $7,233 a
Sunny Hyb.-silver mulch 49 b 57% a $4,721 ab
Sunny Hyb.-black mulch 64 a 67% a $3,602 b
Admire + four weeks of foliar sprays 53 b 28% c $6,685 a
Admire + two weeks of foliar sprays 57 b 56% ab $6,102 a
Admire + eight weeks of foliar sprays 13 c 44% ab $5,781 a
Admire + one week of foliar sprays 70 a 58% ab $3,777 b
Untreated check 73 a 67% a $3,580 b
David Riley, UGA, http://wiki.bugwood.org/Thrips_and_Spotted_Wilt_Management_in_Tomato
Systemic insecticide (imidacloprid) reduces virus transmission in tomatoes
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Common name Product Pesticide type OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Sulfoxaflor Closer In Aph, leafhopper, scale insects
IRAC Chemical class: 4C MoA: Nerve poison, primarily by ingestion Limited to 2 applications/season
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Common name Product Pesticide type
OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Spinosyn A, D Entrust (SpinTor phase out)
In (St) >5000 CPB, ImCW, CEW, FAW, BAW, CL, DBM
Spinetoram Radiant 1SC In (St) >5000 CPB, CEW, ECB, ImCW, CL, Thr
IRAC Chemical class: 5 (Spinosyns) MoA: Mimic neurotransmitter, hyperexcite insects
Spinetoram (Radiant 1SC):• Microbial fermentation derivate• Application rate = 6-8 oz• Preharvest interval (PHI) = 1-3 days• Registered for many leafy veg., fruit crops, root crops, etc.
Entrust: for ORGANIC producers
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Updates for Class 5
Radiant:
• 2nd generation spisosyn with long residual (10-14 d)
• Strong contact poison (nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activators)
• Foliar application, overhead chemigation
• Excellent against thrips, CEW, ICW, loopers, armyworms
• In AL, provides 7-10 d relief against cabbage loopers & armyworms
• 1 d PHI
• Great fruit quality
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Fruit quality with Radiant (spinetoram)Late season treatment, Cullman, 2012
Check plots Radiant foliar treatment
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Updates for Class 7Pyriproxyfen (Knack/Distance):Insect growth regulatorVery good against whiteflies (immatures only)Some delay in actionGet absorbed in eggs
Updates for Class 16Buprofezin (Courier, Talus):Insect growth regulator (disrupts cuticle formation)Very good against whiteflies (immatures only)3-7 d delay in actionTalus for greenhouse tomatoes
Whiteflies Biotype Q
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Growth Regulator Insecticides
Common name Product Pesticide type
OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against Less effective
Methoxyfenozide Intrepid 2F I (Co) >5000 CL, FAW, ImCW DBM, SqVB
Buprofezin Courier I, Mi (Co) >5000 WF
Pyriproxifen Knack I (Co) >5000 WF
IRAC Chemical class: 7C, 16, 17, 18
Growth regulators:• Methoxyfenozide forces molting, long-lasting, 4-10 oz, 1 day PHI
• Buprofezin inhibits chitin biosynthesis (homopteran), 9-13 oz, 7 day PHI
• Pyriproxifen mimics juvenile hormone (homop.), 8-10 oz, 14 day PHI
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Updates for Class 9Pymetrozine (9B, Fulfill)Flonicamid (9C, Beleaf)
• Selective homopteran feeding blockers (50% AI)
• Specific to aphids (over 19 sp, incl. green peach aphid)
• Suppression of whiteflies
• Applied through spray or chemigation
• 0 d PHI in tomatoes, 14 d PHI in watermelon
• Excellent rotation partner
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Common name Product Pesticide type OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Pymetrozine (9B) Fulfill 50WDG In (St) >5000 Aph, WF
Flonicamid (9C) Beleaf 50SG In(St) >2000 Aph
IRAC Chemical class: 9 (new chemistry)
MoA: Unknown; selective homopteran feeding blockers
Fulfill 50WDG (Syngenta):
• Selective insecticide for aphid control
• Good residual, rainfast
• Application rates low: 2-2.8 oz/acre product
• PHI = 0 days
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Spirotetramat (Movento)• New lipid biosynthesis inhibitor• Foliar systemic movement in plants (7 d
activation time)• Good aphid, whitefly control• Alternative to neonicotinoids• Needs a surfactant• Residual action for 21 d (leaf surfaces)• 1 d PHI
Updates for Class 23
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Updates for Class 28
Chlorantraniliprole (Coragen)
Flubendiamide (Synapse 24WG/Belt 4SC)• Ryanodine receptor modulators (nerve/muscle action)• Rapid cessation of feeding• Belt 4SC against armyworms @1.5 fl. oz.• Synapse 24WG against loopers, hornworms, fruitworms @ 2-3 oz• Apply early for small caterpillars• Foliar application• 1 d PHI• Excellent rotation partner
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Common name Product Pesticide type OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Chlorantraniliprole Coragen 1.67SC In (St, Co, Sys) >5000 CPB, CEW, ECB, FAW, BAW, CL, SqVB, SB
Flubendiamide Synapse 24WG In (Sys) >2000 CEW, ECB, CL, ImCW, BAW, FAW
IRAC Chemical class: 28 (new chemistry-diamides) MoA: Ryanodine receptor modulators (acts inside muscles)
Diamides:• Rapid inhibition of feeding, paralysis• Selective insecticides, contact/stomach action• No aphid or mite flaring• Appl. rate = 3-5 oz (Coragen), 2-3 oz (Synapse)• 1 day PHI
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Fruit quality with Coragen (chlorantraniliprole)Late season treatment, Cullman, 2012
Check plots Coragen foliar treatment
90% fruit damage
20% fruit damage
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Fruit quality with Belt (flubendiamide)Cullman, 2012
Untreated check
Belt
90% fruit damage <10% fruit
damage
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Insecticides for Organic Vegetable Production
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Organic Approved Insecticides
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Insecticide Mode of Action (MoA)Physical dessicant – kaolin clay, ash
Contact action – vegetable oils, horticultural oils, neem, pyrethrin, insecticidal soap, spinosyn, Beauveria, Metarhizium
Stomach action – Bt (Dipel), botanicals
Volatile action – Garlic Barrier, Cinnamite
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Friend of friends – Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
• Bt kurstaki acts on small caterpillars
• Caterpillars in cool-season crops, tomatoes, pepper
• Bt tenebrionis for beetles
• Frequent appl., thorough coverage needed
• Prefer the liquid than concentrate
• 0 Pre Harvest Interval (PHI)
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Fruit quality with Xentari (Bt aizawai)(Late season treatment, Cullman, 2012)
Untreated crop with 90% caterpillar damage
Xentari foliar treatment with 20% damage
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Pyrethrin/Pyrethrum
• Broad-spectrum insect control
• Pyganic 1.4EC, 5 EC – OMRI approved
•Pyrethrin + piperonyl butoxide (PBO-synergist) not organic
• Insects may recover
6% AI6o% PBO
Permethrin – NOT organic insecticide!
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Fruit quality with Pyganic (pyrethrum)(Cullman, 2012)
Untreated check Pyganic foliar
90% fruit damage
30% fruit damage
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Fruit quality with Xentari (Bta) + Pyganic(Late season treatment, Cullman, 2012)
Check plots Xentari + Pyganic foliar
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Insect pathogen: Beauveria bassiana• Contact action• Slow acting but effective• Target pests: nymphs & adults of
whiteflies, thrips, aphids, mealy bugs, scarab beetles
• Check label for OMRI
OMRI approved
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Neem-based Insecticides
Neem (oil)OMRI approved
Neem II (oil + pyrethrin)
• Contact action, controls immature insects!
• Look for azadirachtin on label (Molt-X, Neemix)
• Target pests: aphids, armyworms, scales, thrips, WF
• Clarified hydrophobic extract of neem oil may have no azadirachtin
For commercial producers
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Fruit quality with GOS Neem Foliar SprayClanton, AL 2013
Neem foliar (7DAT3)Untr. Check: 45-70% crop loss with live caterpillars (Aug 12)
20-30% fruit loss.
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Fruit quality with GOS Neem Foliar SprayCullman, 2013
Untreated crop with caterpillar damage &
irregular fruit size
Untr. Check Neem Oil Foliar(7DAT2)
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Common name Product Pesticide type
OralLD50 (mg/kg)
Best against
Spinosyn A, D Entrust (SpinTor phase out)
In (St) >5000 CPB, ImCW, CEW, FAW, BAW, CL, DBM
Spinetoram Radiant 1SC In (St) >5000 CPB, CEW, ECB, ImCW, CL, Thr
MoA: Mimic neurotransmitter, hyperexcite insects
Entrust: for ORGANIC producers
Spinosyn
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Spinosyn…a good rotation partner
• Excellent for thrips, leafminers, looper, DBM, CPB, control
• Monterey product is OMRI approved
• 1 day PHI
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Insecticidal Soap• Potassium salt of fatty acids• Control soft-bodied insects (aphids, whiteflies)• Some short-chain fatty acids are herbicides
(household detergent)• No residual action, not rain fast
OMRI Approved
Not OMRI Approved
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Kaolin Clay• Present naturally in soil in tropical countries• Foliar spray at high rate (25 lb/A)• OMRI approved – Surround WP (95% clay)• Natural desiccant, feeding deterrent
Vegetable Oils• Physical poisons• Short residue• Effective against soft-bodied insects• Do not use if temps are >90F• May not be OMRI approved
Canola oil (96%)
Soybean oil (93%)
Sesame oil 5%Fish oil 92%
Pyola Insect Spray = vegetable oil + pyrethrin
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Pyola• Pyrethrin 0.5% + canola oil 89.5%• Contact insecticide• Controls aphids, caterpillars,
mites, flea beetles
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Fruit quality with Pyola applications Clanton, AL 2013
Pyola (Pyrethrin + canola oil, 7DAT3)
Untr. Check: 45-70% crop loss with live caterpillars (Aug 12)
20% fruit loss. Good fruit quality.
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• Microbial pesticide derived from Chromobacterium subsugae strain PRAA4-1 (30% AI)
• Can be used in open field and greenhouse – OMRI appr.
• Complex and broad mode of action against caterpillars & small sucking insects (aphids, thrips, WFs) + mites
• Doesn’t interfere with beneficial insects
• Use a surfactant
• Good activity against BAW and SAW on tomato applied at 2 lb/A, 2 to 4 weekly treatments (UFL & UC 2011 studies)
• Reduced ACP nymphs and adults at 2lb/A after 1 to 2 weekly treatments.
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Insecticide PremixesAzera (MGK): • OMRI approved• Mix of azadirachtin + pyrethrin• Interferes with molting, rapid knock-down• Contact, stomach action, IGR• Effective against stink bugs (brown
marmorated stink bug)
Mix of neem + pyrethrin (Green Light)
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Fruit quality with Azera Thomaston, AL (2013)
Untr. Check
Wet year with abundant rainLow to moderate caterpillar & stink bug pressureUneven fruit size
Azera, 2 appl. (4 oz/Ga)
Consistent fruit size, good qualityGood caterpillar control Weak on stink bugs
Dr. Ayanava Majumdar (Dr. A)Tel: (251) 331-8416
bugdoctor@auburn.edu
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