greenhouse labelled insecticides
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GREENHOUSE-LABELED
INSECTICIDES
Karen Panter
Horticulture Specialist
Plant Sciences Department
RESOURCES
• National Pesticide Information Center
– http://www.npic.orst.edu/
– 1-800-858-7378
• Greenbook
– http://www.greenbook.net
• Greenhouse Grower
– http://www.greenhousegrower.com/video/
RESOURCES
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
– http://www2.epa.gov/science-and-
technology/pesticides-science
• OMRI
– Organic Materials Review Institute
– https://www.omri.org/
• Trade names are used to simplify the
information presented in this newsletter.
No endorsement by UW Extension is
intended, nor is criticism implied of similar
products that are not named.
– In no particular order
– Assume insect/mite identified correctly
– Remember: IF IT DOESN’T SAY
“GREENHOUSE” ON THE LABEL IT IS NOT
LEGAL TO USE IN ONE
– Over the counter products rarely labeled for
indoor or greenhouse use
– Label is a legal document
TO AVOID NEONICOTINOIDS
• Thrips
– Aria
– Aza-Direct
– AzaGuard
– Azatin XL
– Mesurol
– Orthene 97
– Overture
– Pedestal
– Pylon
– Sanmite
TO AVOID NEONICOTINOIDS
• Aphids
– Aria
– Azatin
– BotaniGard
– Distance
– Endeavor
– Enstar II
– Kontos
– Ornazin
– Orthene 97
– Precision
TO AVOID NEONICOTINOIDS
• Whiteflies
– Aria
– Azatin
– BotaniGard
– Distance
– Endeavor
– Enstar II
– Kontos
– Ornazin
– Orthene 97
– Pedestal (not
poinsettias)
– Precision
– Sanmite
– Talus
– Judo
TO AVOID NEONICOTINOIDS
• Mites
– Akari
– Avid
– Floramite
– Hexygon
– Judo
– Kontos
– Ovation
– ProMite
– Pylon
– Sanmite
– Shuttle-O
– Tetrasan
– Ultiflora
TO AVOID NEONICOTINOIDS
• Broad and cyclamen
mites
– Avid
– Akari
– Judo
– Pylon
– SanMite
– Horticultural oil
(humidity <80%)
• Fungus gnats
– Azatin XL
– Adept (not poinsettias)
– Distance (drench)
• Mealybugs
– Aria
– Orthene 97
– Talus
OPTIONS FOR THRIPS
• Highly water-soluble systemics
• Allow insecticide to reach flowers
• WFT prefer flowers to foliage
• May also use systemics as foliar sprays, if
labeled
OPTIONS FOR THRIPS
• Acephate (Orthene) 79,000 ppm
• Azadirachtin
(Azatrol, Aza-Direct, Molt-X) 0.50 ppm
• Dinotefuran (Safari) 39,000 ppm
• Imidacloprid (Marathon) 510 ppm
• Spirotetramat (Kontos) 29 ppm
• Thiamethoxam (Flagship) 4,100 ppm
OPTIONS FOR THRIPS
• 90% mortality– Conserve, Avid, Conserve + Avid, Conserve +
Endeavor
• 80% mortality– Sirocco, Avid, Avid + Floramite
• 90% mortality– Conserve, Conserve + Decree, Conserve +
Heritage
• 80% mortality– Overture, Overture + Decree, Overture + Heritage
NEWER OPTIONS
• XXPire WG (Dow
AgroSciences)(Isoclast™ Active +
spinetoram)
• Chewing and sap-feeding insects
• Systemic and translaminar activity
• 12hr REI, Caution
• Greenhouse, nursery, landscape
• Isoclast™ Active is new class
– sulfoximine
NEWER OPTIONS
• Talus 70DF (SePro)(buprofezin)
• Broad spectrum
• Contact, ingestion, and vapor activity
• Greenhouse tomatoes, greenhouse
ornamentals, nursery, lath, landscape, etc.
• Chitin synthesis inhibition mode of action
• Blocks chitin formation
NEWER OPTIONS
• AzaGuard (BioSafe
Systems)(azadirachtin)
• Effective on citrus mealybugs
NEWER OPTIONS
• Rycar (SePro)(pyrifluquinazon)
• 12hr REI, Caution
• Whiteflies, aphids, leafhoppers, chili thrips,
mealybugs
• Unknown mode of action
• Greenhouse ornamentals
NEWER OPTIONS
• Sultan (BASF)(cyflumetofen)
• Mite eggs, nymphs, adults managed
• Ornamentals in greenhouses, nurseries,
landscapes, interiorscapes, etc.
• 12hr REI, Caution
NEWER OPTIONS
• Enstar AQ (Wellmark)(S-kinoprene)
• Water-based formulation of Enstar
BEAUVARIA BASSIANA
SPORES STRAIN GHA, TB-1
• Pathogenic fungus
• Whiteflies, aphids, thrips, psyllids, weevils,
mealybugs
• Ornamentals, vegetables
• Nurseries, greenhouses, shadehouses,
landscape, interiorscape
BEAUVARIA BASSIANA
SPORES STRAIN GHA, TB-1
• Botanigard 22WP (Mycotech)
• Naturalis-O (Whitmire Micro-Gen)
• 4hr REI
• Caution
• Spores must land on insect
• Takes 3 to 7 days for kill
BEAUVARIA BASSIANA
SPORES STRAIN GHA, TB-1
• Keys
– Insect coverage
– Patience
– Wide host range
– Attacks adult pests
BT
• Pathogenic bacteria
• Larvae stop feeding after ingestion
• Kill may take several days
• Ornamentals, herbs, some vegetables
• Greenhouse
BT
• Dipel DF (Valent)
• Javelin WG (Certis)(Bt kurstaki)
• Agree WG (Certis)(Bt aizawai)
• XenTari (Valent)(Bt aizawai)
• 4hr REI
• Caution
• Caterpillars only
• Destroys intestinal lining
BT
• Keys
– Foliage coverage
– Patience
BT
• Pathogenic bacteria
• Larvae stop feeding after ingestion
• Kill may take several days
• Ornamentals and vegetables
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
BT
• Gnatrol (Valent)(Bt israelensis)
• 4hr REI
• Caution
• Fungus gnat larvae (not shore flies)
• Destroys intestinal lining
BT
• Keys
– Soil drench
– patience
SOAPS
• Fatty acids
• Ornamentals, vegetables
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
SOAPS
• Insecticidal Soap 49.52CF (Olympic)
• Safers
• 12hr REI
• Warning due to eye injury, skin irritation
• Foliar for aphids, earwigs, fungus gnats,
mealybugs, mites
• Drench for springtails
• Fatty acids disrupt membrane permeability
SOAPS
• Keys
– Insect coverage
– Soft water
– No agitation
– Not for new transplants
– Not for cuttings
– Not for drought stressed
– Not over 85°F
OILS
• Paraffinic oil
• Less phytotoxicity than refined oils
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
OILS
• PT Ultra-Fine (Whitmire Micro-Gen)
• 4hr REI
• Caution
• Broad spectrum
• Suffocates
OILS
• Keys
– Insect coverage
– Cool temperatures
– Cloudy day
– May remove color
– Some plants sensitive
– Not drought stressed
CHLORPHENAPYR
• Microbial pyrrole
• Mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor
• Mites, some caterpillars, fungus gnat
larvae
• Greenhouse
CHLORPHENAPYR
• Pylon (Olympic)
• 12hr REI
• Caution
• Disrupts pests’ ability to produce energy
CHLORPHENAPYR
• Keys
– Insect coverage
– Foliage coverage
– Becomes active after
enters host pest
– Fog
– Spray
PYMETROZINE
• Feeding disruption within hours
• Death through starvation
• Systemic through phloem
• Specific
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
PYMETROZINE
• Endeavor 50WPG (Syngenta)
• 12hr REI
• Caution
• Aphids and whiteflies
PYMETROZINE
• Keys
– Foliage coverage
– Some persistence
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Adept WSB (Uniroyal)(diflubenzuron)
• Slow
• Disrupts molting
• Soil or foliar
• Ornamentals
• Shore flies, fungus gnats; lepidopterousleafminers, suppresses whiteflies
• Phyto possible on poinsettia, hibiscus, Riegers
• 12hr REI, Caution
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Neem– Azatin XL (Olympic)
– Ornazine 3%EC (SePro)
• Botanical
• Ornamentals, vegetables
• Aphids, fungus gnats, thrips, whiteflies
• Larvae or nymphs but not adults
• Interferes with molting
• 12hr REI, Caution
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Citation 75WP (Syngenta)(cyromazine)
• Dipterous leaf miners, fungus gnats, shore
flies
• 12hr REI, Caution
• Ornamentals
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Confirm T/O (DowAgro)(tebufenozide)
• Ornamentals
• Lepidopterous larvae by ingestion
• Very specific
• 12hr REI, Caution
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Distance (Valent)(pyriproxyfen)
• Whiteflies, scales, shore flies, fungus
gnats
• Suppresses aphids, mealybugs
• All life stages but in adults reduces viable
egg production
• 12hr REI, caution
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Enstar II (Wellmark)(S-kinoprene)
• Ornamentals
• Aphids, scales, whiteflies, fungus gnats,
other soft-bodied
• 4hr REI, Warning
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Ovation SC (Aventis)(clofentezine)
• Specific miticide
• Greenhouse ornamentals
• 12hr REI, Caution
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Pedestal 10%SC (Uniroyal)(novaluron)
• Thrips, whiteflies, leafminers, caterpillars
• Use once, not repeated
• Greenhouse ornamentals
• 12hr REI, Caution
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Precision (Syngenta)(fenoxycarb)
• Aphids, caterpillars, leafminers,
mealybugs, mites, scales, whiteflies
• Carbamate insecticide and IGR
• Greenhouse
• 12hr REI, Caution
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
• Keys
– Time
– Repeated applications
– Contact
ORGANOPHOSPHATES
• DuraGuard ME (Whitmire Micro-
Gen)(microencapsulated chlorpyrifos)
– Greenhouse ornamentals
– Broad spectrum
– 24hr REI, Caution
• Orthene (acephate)
– Greenhouse ornamentals
– 12hr REI, Caution
ORGANOPHOSPHATES
• Keys
– Quick knockdown
– Contact
SPINOSYN
• Conserve SC (DowAgro
Science)(spinosad)
• Soil-borne microbe
• Digestive activity caterpillars, some beetle
larvae, leafminers, thrips
• 4hrREI, Caution
SPINOSYN
• Keys
– Time
– Contact
– Spray coverage
CHLORONICOTINYL
• Marathon II F, 1G (Olympic)
• Merit 75WP (Lesco)
• Greenhouse, interiorscape ornamentals
• Systemic
• Many sucking insects
• 12hr REI, Caution
CHLORONICOTINYL
• Keys
– Time as is systemic
PYRETHRINS
• Ornamentals
• Greenhouse, interiorscape
• Broad spectrum
• Chewing and sucking insects
PYRETHRINS
• Astro 3.2EC (FMC), Permethrin Pro
(TopPro)(permethrin)
– Not labeled for plants for sale
• Decathlon 20WP (Olympic)(cyfluthrin)
• Mavrik Aquaflow (Wellmark)(Tau-
fluvalinate)
• Pyreth-it (Whitmire Micro-gen)(pyrethrins +
piperonyl butoxide)
PYRETHRINS
• Scimitar GC (Syngenta)(lambda-
cyhalothrin)
• Talstar F (FMC)(bifenthrin)
• Tame 2.4EC (Valent)(fenpropathrin)
PYRETHRINS
• Keys
– REI vary from 12 to 24 hours
– Contact
– Spray coverage
ACARICIDES
• Akari 5SC (SePro)(fenpyroximate)
• Avid EC (Syngenta)(abamectin)
• Cinnamite (Whitmire Micro-Gen)
(cinnamaldehyde)
• Floramite (Uniroyal)(bifenzate)
• Ovation SC (Scott’s)(clofentezine)
• Sanmite 75WP (BASF)(pyridaben)
ACARICIDES
• Keys
– Mites vs insects
– Spray coverage
FUMIGANTS
• DDVP Fumigator (Fuller)(dichlorvos)(OP)
• Nicotine Fumigator (Fuller)(nicotine)
• Thiodan Insecticidal (Fuller)(endosulfan)
• Plantfume 103 (Plant Products
Corp.)(sulfotepp)
TOTAL RELEASE AEROSOLS
• Attain TR, Micro TR (Whitmire Micro-
Gen)(bifenthrin)
• Duraplex TR (Whitmire Micro-
Gen)(chlorpyrifos + cyfluthrin)
• Preclude TR (Whitmire Micro-
Gen)(phenoxycarb)
TOTAL RELEASE AEROSOLS
• PT1100 Pyrethrum TR (Whitmire Micro-
Gen)(pyrethrins + piperonyl butoxide)
• PT1300 Orthene TR (Whitmire Micro-
Gen)(acephate)
• Pyrethrum TR (Whitmire Micro-
Gen)(pyrethrins + piperonyl butoxide)
FUMIGANTS AND
TOTAL RELEASE AEROSOLS
• Keys
– Strict REI regulations
– Quick knockdown
– Assume insect/mite identified correctly
– Remember: IF IT DOESN’T SAY
“GREENHOUSE” ON THE LABEL IT IS NOT
LEGAL TO USE IN ONE
– Over the counter products rarely labeled for
indoor or greenhouse use
– Label is a legal document
THANKS!