Managing mealybugs and scale insects presents unique challenges. Products with contact modes of action must be applied at specific timings in order to reach the most susceptible crawler stages
Category: Entomology
Beetle, Borer, Weevil & White Grub Efficacy – 2023
Collectively, managing coleopteran insects can be challenging because the adult and larval stages may both cause damage and sometimes occur on different hosts or on different plant parts.
Neem + Azadirachtin Crop Safety – 2022
ANEEM (neem oil + azadirachtin) is an extract from the neem plant which has insecticidal, miticidal and some nematicidal and fungicidal properties. The IR-4 Project completed 23 crop safety trials on seven
Beetle, Borer, Weevil & White Grub Efficacy – 2022
Collectively, managing coleopteran insects can be challenging because the adult and larval stages may both cause damage and sometimes occur on different hosts or on different plant parts.
Thrips Efficacy – 2022
For the last 16 years, the IR-4 Environmental Horticulture Workshop has ranked developing efficacy data on new products to manage thrips as a High Priority Project either nationally or regionally.
V-10433 Crop Safety – 2021
V-10433 is a new insecticide being developed by Valent for the control of scales, mealybugs thrips and other insect infesting environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 24 crop safety trials
ISM-555 Crop Safety – 2021
ISM-555 is a new insecticide being developed by Syngenta for management of scale, mealybugs, thrips, beetles and other pests on environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 22 crop safety trials
SP3014 Crop Safety – 2021
SP3014 is a new insecticide being developed by SePro for the control of scales, mealybugs and other insects on environmental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project completed 22 crop safety trials
Beetle, Borer, Weevil & White Grub Efficacy – 2021
Collectively, managing coleopteran insects can be challenging because the adult and larval stages may both cause damage and sometimes occur on different hosts or on different plant parts.
Scale and Mealybug Efficacy – 2020
Managing scale and mealybug insects presents unique challenges. Products with contact modes of action must be applied at specific timings in order to reach the most susceptible crawler stages.