Several new insecticide chemistries were evaluated and compared with standard chemistries for temporal and diagnostic mortality of beet armyworm in lettuce. Field and lab bioassays of small and large armyworm mortality were conducted at pre- thinning thinning postthinning and harvest stages of lettuce. Results from both the field and laboratory indicated similar trends for the temporal activity of the products. The compounds with translaminar activity (Alert, Success, and Proclaim) appear to be have the most rapid "knockdown activity" with 100% mortality consistently occurring by 1-2 DAT. Because of their rapid activity, a large proportion of larvae are found dead on the plants. The products that need to be ingested to cause larval mortality (Larvin, Confirm, Neemix, Crymax, Cryolite, MP 062) generally varied significantly in temporal mortality and in efficacy against larvae. Unlike the translaminar products, a large proportion of larvae on were often found missing from treated plants The results of this study provide basic guidelines concerning the activity and assessment of the performance of these materials in the field PCAs and growers will ultimately be able to develop specific use patterns for these materials within their individual lettuce pest management programs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/221646 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Palumbo, John C., Kerns, David L. |
| Contributors | Oebker, Norman F. |
| Publisher | College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Article |
| Relation | 370111, Series P-111 |
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