Barbara H. Łabanowska1/, Wojciech Piotrowski1/, Mirosław Korzeniowski2/,

Małgorzata Gruchała1/, Tomasz Gasparski2/

Efficacy a new active ingredient spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in the control of

blackcurrant and strawberry pests in Poland

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2/26-28 May, Vigalzano, Pergine Valsugana 2014 / Italy

Spirotetramat?

Spirotetramat is a new compound which belongs to the chemicalclass of ketoenols, product of Bayer CropScience company.

During last few years spirotetramat as Movento 100 SC wastested at the Research Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice(central Poland) in the control of few most important pests ofblackcurrant and strawberry plantations.

In case of blackcurrant pests spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC ‐0.75 and 1.0 l/ha) was applied either before or after bloom.

On strawberry plantations the pest control treatment wasperformed after fruit harvest.

Control of black‐currant pests

Blackcurrant bushes are damage by few species of pests and some of them have to be controlled every year.

Big bud mite – Cecidophyopsis ribis

One of the most important pests of blackcurrant – it can damage even more than 50‐60 % of buds.

It is noted on almost all grown cultivars. 

In Poland there is a new Polish cultivar ’Polares’ resistant to big bud mite and some less sensitive cvs. ’Tisel’, ’Ruben’, ’Gofert’ and ’Tihope’.

Currently only fenpiroxymate (Ortus 05 S.C.) is permitted to control the pest. 

We are looking for some new or other products to control C. ribis.

First experiments (2008/2009)Efficacy (%) of sulphur in the control of big bud mite on blackcurrant 

(counting on shoots with damaged buds in 2008)

*Date of treatment – before blossom ‐ 9.04.2008Date of assessment ‐ 24‐25.03.2009Sulphur used once before blooming of currants reduced the number of affected buds by44%.

Skierniewice 2008/09

Efficacy of spirotetramat ( Movento 100 SC) in the control of big bud mite on blackcurrant

(% of damaged buds in 2009 and 2010)

Mokra Lewa 2009/2010

*Date of treatment – 21.04.2009 ‐ before blossom, 11.05.2009 ‐ after blossom.Date of assessment ‐ 24.03.2010

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 S.C.) in big bud mitecontrol on blackcurrant, Ben Sarek cv. (shoots without damaged buds in 2011)

Insecticides and time of treatmentRate

l/kg/haDamaged

buds (%) 2012Efficacy (%)

Abbotts

Untreated check - 6,0 d -

Movento 100 SC 1x (B) (spitrotetramat) 0,7 0,0 a 100

Ortus 05 SC 1x (C) (fenpiroximate) 1,5 2,1 c 64,6

Ortus 05 SC 1x (C)+ Movento 100 SC 1x (D) 1,5 + 0,7 1,3 bc 77,5Movento 100 SC 1x (D) 0,7 1,7 bc 69,5

Siarkol Extra 80 WP 1x (sulphur) + Treol 770 EC 1x (A) (paraffin oil) tank mix+ Movento 100 SC 1x (D)

5,0 + 5,0+ 0,7

0,8 bc 86,1

Siarkol Extra 80 WP 1x (A) + Ortus 05 SC 1x (C) + Movento 100 SC 1x (D)

5,0 + 1,5 + 0,7

0,5 b 87,4

Nowy Dwór 2011/2012

Date of treatment: A – 12.04.2011 ‐ B – 20.04 (2 weeks before bloom), C – 27.04 (first flowers open)D – 15.05 (just after blossom)

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in big bud mitecontrol on blackcurrant, Ben Sarek cv. (shoots without damaged buds in 2011)

Insecticides and time of treatmentRate

l/kg/haDamaged

buds (%) 2012Efficacy (%)

Abbotts

Untreated check - 3,9 b -

Movento 100 SC 1x (B) (spitrotetramat) 0,7 0,7 a 81,2

Ortus 05 SC 1x (C) (fenpiroximate) 1,5 1,6 a 57,9

Ortus 05 SC 1x (C)+ Movento 100 SC 1x (D) 1,5 + 0,7 0,5 a 81,5

Movento 100 SC 1x (D) 0,7 0,4 a 84,3

Siarkol Extra 80 WP 1x (sulphur) + Treol 770 EC 1x (A) (paraffin oil) tank mix+ Movento 100 SC 1x (D)

5,0+ 15,0+ 0,7

0,6 a 84,5

Wola Pękoszewska 2011/2012

Date of treatment: A – 12.04.2012; B – 20.04 (2 weeks before bloom)C – 27.04 (first flower open); D – 18.05 (just after blossom)

Efficacy (%) of big bud mite control(shoots without damaged buds in 2011)

TreatmentDate of

treatmentRate l/kg/ha

Damaged buds (%) 2012

Efficacy (%) Abbotts

Untreated check - - 10,3 c -Siarkol Extra 80 WP (sulphur) Vertimec 018 EC (abamectinMovento 100 SC (spitrotetramat)

ADF

51.50.7

1.2 ab 87.9

Siarkol Extra 80 WP + Treol 770 EC (paraffin oil ) tank mix Movento 100 SCVertimec 018 EC

A

BE

5 +7.50.71.5

0.3 a 95.3

Vertimec 018 EC Vertimec 018 ECMovento 100 SC

CDF

1.51.50.7

2.3 b 77.2

Siarkol Extra 80 WP Movento 100 SC

AF

5.00.7

1.2 ab 87.6

Wola Pękoszewska 2011/2012

Date of treatment:A – 12.04.2011 – about 3 weeks before blossom; B – 20.04.2011‐ 14 days before blossomC – 27.04.2011 – begining of blossom; D – 11.05.2011 – full of blossomE – 18.05.2011 – after full of blossom; F – 28.07.2011 – after blossom

Sulphur as Siarkol Extra + Treol (paraffin oil) usedabout 2 weeks before blossom of blackcurrantreduced the number of buds affected by the big bud mite

Spirotetramat used 1‐2 weeks before blossom or just after blossom of blackcurrant showed promissing results in the reduction of the number of buds affected by the big bud mite. 

Big bud mite – Cecidophyopsis ribis control

Currant – sowthistle aphid - Hyperomyzus lactuce control on blackcurrant (2010-2011)

(Łabanowska, Korzeniowski, Gasparski 2013)

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in the control of aphid Hyperomyzus lactucae

Experiment I (Mokra Lewa, 2010).

Date of treatment: 19.05.2010 – after blosoom

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in the control of aphid Hyperomyzus lactucae

Experiment II (Kwasowiec, 2011).

Date of treatment: 19.05.2010 – after blosoom

Aphids control on blackcurrant

On blackcurrant plantations spirotetramat used onceafter blosoom showed very high and long‐lasting efficacy in the control of aphids.

Efficacy of spirotetramat was similar or even higher than the efficacy of reference substances: pirimicarb, thiamethoxam and thiachloprid. 

Blackcurrant leaf midge ‐ Dasineuratetensi control on blackcurrant(2012‐13)

Date of treatments: 18.05. and 08.06.2012; 25.05. and 14.06.2013Before treatment 5‐10 larvae (2012) and 10‐12,8 (2013) larvae were noted per 1 leaf

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) In the control of D. tetensi

Treatments(after bloom)

Rate in l/ha

Date of observations.No. of alive larvae/1 leaf (efficacy %)

1-week after 1st treat. 1-week after 2nd treat.

Untreated - 8.2 21.5Thiachloprid(Calypso 480 SC )- 2x 0,20 0.5 (92.0) 7.5 (69.1)

Spirotetramat(Movento 100 SC) – 2x 0,45 2.0 (81.7) 0 (100)

Spirotetramat(Movento 100 SC) – 2 x 0,75 0 (100) 0 (100)

Spirotetramat(Movento 100 SC) – 1 x 0,75 0 (100) 0.15 (99.3)

Lambda-cyhalothrin(Karate Zeon 050 CS )– 2 x 0,15 0.4 (99.0) 0.6 (97.5)

Average of 2 exp. 2012/2013

Blackcurrant leaf midge –Dasineura tetensi control on blackcurrant

Spirotetramat used once after bloom gave good control (up to 100 %) of the blackcurrant leaf midge (D. tetensi), but much better results were obtained when the treatment was performed at the start of larvae feeding. Spirotetramat showed very long lasting efficacy???

The efficacy of spirotetramat was similar to the results obtained with reference products such as thiachloprid and lambda‐cyhalothrin. 

Blackcurrant stem midge –Resseliella ribiscontrol on blackcurrant (2012‐13)

Monitoring of the black currant stem midge ‐ R. ribis egg laying Number of eggs and larvae of black currant  stemmidge per 1 artificial split

Treatments(1 or 2) 

Rate in l/ha

Date of observationsNo of alive larvae/1 shoot (efficacy %)

4 weeks after 1st treatment 3 weeks after 2nd treatment

Untreated ‐ 12.4* 8.3Thiachloprid(Calypso 480 SC) – 2x 0,20 3.0 (67.4) 4.1 (49,9)

Spirotetramat(Movento 100 SC) – 2x 0,45 2.8 (78,2) 3,1 (63,2)

Movento 100 SC – 2x 0,75 2.3 (86,8) 2.4 (70,4)Movento 100 SC – 1x 0,75 4.5 (71,4) 4.2 (50,9)Lambda‐cyhalothrin (Karate Zeon 050 CS)– 2x 0,15 1.7 (86,3) 1.5 (81,7)

Date of treatments: 14.06. and 26.07.2013, 1 x – only first treatment 14.06.2013

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in the control of black currant stem midge (R. ribis) 

Average of 2 years 2012/2013

Black currant stem midge – Resseliella ribis control

Spirotetramat applied in the period of the blackcurrant stem midge  (R. ribis) flight, both the 1st generation after bloosom and the 2nd generation just after harvest, showed reduction of pest population on the average level ‐ 65,7‐71,0 % or 57,3‐85,9 %, dependingon the year of experiment. 

Two‐spotted spider mite –Tetranychus urticaecontrol on blackcurrant (2012)

Treatment Rate in l/kg/ha

Beforetreatment05.06

Date of observations, weeks after treat. 

1 3 4

Number of stage motile/1 leaf ‐ efficacy %

Untreated ‐ 3,0  23,6  31,3  8,9 fenpiroksymat(Ortus 05 SC) 1,25 1,8   0,2  (98,5) 0,0 (100) 0,5 (88,3)

Spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) 0,75 6,1  0,7 (98,4)  0,0 (100) 0,0 (100)

Afik 2,25 3,1  0,1 (99,6) 0,1 (99,7) 2,9 (66,4)Abamectin(Vertimec 018 EC) 1,0 1,7  2,3 (80,4) 0,0 (100) 0,2 (95,6)

Solfan PK (PK fertilizer)+ Treol 770 EC (paraffin oil)

3,751,5 3,5  0,6 (97,8) 4,3 (89,1) 1,4 (86,0)

Date of treatments: 06.06.2012 

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in the control of two‐spotted spider mite (T. urticae)

Pękoszew, 2012

Two‐spotted spider mite – Tetranychus urticae controlon black currant

Spirotetramat applied after blooming on the blackcurrant bushes showed very high efficacy‐98,4‐100%,  in the reduction of motile forms of two‐spotted spider mite. 

Strawberry mite ‐ Phytonemus pallidus and two‐spotted spider mite – Tetranychus urticaecontrol on strawberry (2009‐2012)

The strawberry mite is one of  important pest on strawberry in Poland.  ???It damages the youngest leaves, reduces the size and quality of the fruit as well as the quantity of the yield.It must be controlled in the nurseries (mother plantations) and on some commercial plantations.

Two‐spotted spider mite damages older leaves. It is also common pest on many strawberry plantations.

We are still looking for relatively new products to controlboth mentioned pests on strawberry.  

Damaged plant

Larvae and adults

Damaged leaves and fruit

Eggs

Strawberry mite ‐ damage

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento150 OD)  in the control of strawberry mite (Phytonemus pallidus) 

Experiment I (Czatolin 2009). 

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Efficacy %

Days after treatment

Spirotetramat 75 g a.i. ha Spirotetramat 105 g a.i. ha Pyridaben 450 g a.i. ha

Date of treatment: 30.07 and 10.08.2009 . 

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in the control of strawberry mite (Phytonemus pallidus)

Experiment III (Bobrowa 2010)

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Days after treatmentSpirotetramat 70 g a.i. ha Abamectin 18 g a.i. haAbamectin 18 g a.i. ha + Slippa Pyridaben 450 g a.i. ha

Date of treatment: 9.07 and 16.07.2010 

Efficacy (%) of spirotetramat (Movento 100 SC) in controlling of two‐spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) according Henderson – Tilton

formula Experiment I, Bobrowa 2012

Date of treatment: 04.05.2012

Strawberry mite (Phytonemus pallidus) and two‐spottedspider mite – Tetranychus urticae control on strawberry

Spirotetramat applied once or twice, after fruit harvest, showed high efficacy in the control of the strawberry mite (P. pallidus). Pest population started to rebuild three weeks after just a single treatment.

After two applications the efficacy was at a high level (over 90 %) even upto five weeks after last treatment. The results obtained with spirotetramat were similar or even better than those obtained with the reference product – pirydaben (Sanmite 20 WP).

Spirotetramat as Movento 100 SC also reduced the two‐spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) population.  

Conclusions

BlackcurrantAfter completion of the registration procedures,  spirotetramat ‐Movento 100 SC, may be used after blossom of blackcurrant to control several  pests: big bud mite, aphids, blackcurrant leaf midge and and two‐spotted spider mite. 

It can also be applied to reduce the population of blackcurrant stem midge.

Strawberry Spirotetramat may be applied after fruit harvest to control strawberry mite and two‐spotted spider mite. 

This product will be a useful tool in the integrated plant protection programme.

Selectivity of spirotetramat to beneficialsaccording to IOBC scale:

Chrysopa spp. Forficula spp. Stethorus spp. Chilocorus negritus

Aphelinus mali Aphytis spp. Trichogramma spp.

Ladybird beetles: Parasitoids:Earwigs:Lacewings:

Coccinela spp.

Predatory bugs:Macrolophuscaliginosus

Anthocorisnemoralis

Orius spp. Lycosa spp. Tetragnatha spp.

Episyrphus spp.Typhlodromus pyri

Hoverflies: Spiders:Predatory mites

Slightly harmful HarmlessModerately harmful

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