Posts Tagged: insecticides
Using Seaweed to Kill Argentine Ants
[From the Spring issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] Argentine ants can be a damaging ant pest...
Celebrate Earth Day with Insectary Plants
This Earth Day, Sunday April 22, help natural enemies by growing insectary plants. Natural...
Do-It-Yourself Bed Bug Control?
[From the Summer issue of the UC IPM Retail Nursery & Garden Center News] Don't let the bed...
4b.Mattress encasement label. (B. Messenger-Sikes
Have a Rice Day! (Except for the Armyworms)
It's a day that rice growers look forward to. Bugs, not so much. Because they're...
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a pest of rice. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia: Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility)
Integration of Vacuums with the Application of Insecticides for Management of Lygus in Strawberry
One of the missing variables from the vacuum work over the past few years for management of lygus in strawberry has been the use of insecticides which inevitably accompany their use on the farm.
Wait no longer. Colleague Surendra Dara from Santa Maria with some serious grower support did a large study integrating a slew of insecticides, from microbials to botanicals to synthetic chemistries with the use of vacuums.
It's a lot to go through, but one thing which stands out is that the vacuum on its own does not appear to be the top performer. It looks like it's best to be used with some of the sprays tested here.
Link here:
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