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Category: Entomology Efficacy

Beetle, Borer, Weevil & White Grub Efficacy – 2022

Posted on June 28, 2022June 28, 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.

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy

Thrips Efficacy – 2022

Posted on June 2, 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.

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy

Scale and Mealybug Efficacy – 2020

Posted on November 30, 2020August 23, 2021

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.

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy

Mite Efficacy Summary – 2019

Posted on June 11, 2019August 20, 2021

From 1999 to 2016, 34 active ingredients were tested mainly as foliar applications against several genera and species of mite pests on ornamentals and vegetables.

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy

Leafminer Literature & Efficacy Summary – 2018

Posted on August 14, 2018August 20, 2021

From 2009 to 2015, numerous products representing 15 active ingredients were evaluated in the greenhouse to control dipteran leafminers (Liriomyza trifolii and other species). Nine

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy

Whitefly Efficacy Summary – 2014

Posted on November 16, 2017August 20, 2021

Whiteflies are significant pests of ornamental horticulture crops. Three whiteflies species and biotypes contribute to crop production losses in the United States: greenhouse whitefly

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy

Pyrifluquinazon Efficacy & Crop Safety Summary – 2010

Posted on October 26, 2017August 20, 2021

Pyrifluquinazon is a new active ingredient for the management of sucking pests, such as aphids, thrips, whiteflies and more. Its mode of action is to halt insect feeding so that they starve.

Posted in CropSafety, Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy, Environmental Horticulture Program

Tolfenpyrad Efficacy & Crop Safety Summary – 2010

Posted on October 26, 2017August 20, 2021

Hachi-Hachi 15EC (tolfenpyrad) was registered July 28, 2010 for the control of aphids, leafhoppers, scales, thrips, whiteflies, and early instar lepidopteran larvae on ornamental

Posted in CropSafety, Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy, Environmental Horticulture Program

Arthropod Shipping and European Pepper Moth APHIS Research Summary

Posted on February 14, 2017August 20, 2021

The project entitled “Developing sustainable methods for controlling invasive pests on ornamental plant cuttings” had 6 objectives with two primary goals of

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy, InvasiveSpecies

Aphid Efficacy Literature Review & Summary – 2015

Posted on August 20, 2015August 20, 2021

In the past, IR-4 had conducted Ornamental Horticulture Surveys to poll growers, landscape care operators, researchers, extension personnel and others

Posted in Efficacy, Entomology, Entomology Efficacy

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