bollworms

Caterpillars like to eat, and soybeans are often a favorite meal. In Louisiana and other southern states, worms commonly cause economic damage to soybeans. Corn earworm larvae feed on every major row crop. Though they start in corn, the second...

• By Whitney Crow, Angus Catchot, Jeff Gore and Don Cook • There are several biological insecticide options labelled in soybean; however, the most readily available and widely used product is Heligen. In the past week, many people have asked...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Elevest insecticide from FMC Corp. for use on several crops, including cotton, soybeans, sweet corn, peanut and potatoes. The product is a premix of the full rate of Rynaxypyr — the brand...

• By Jeff Gore, Angus Catchot, Don Cook and Whitney Crow• The 2019 season was one of the most challenging years we have had from a bollworm standpoint in both cotton and soybeans. The issue was not from a numbers...

When relentless spring rains pushed the planting window wide open, entomologists predicted problems for Arkansas row-crops. That has certainly proven true for the state’s late-planted cotton, soybeans and rice, said Gus Lorenz, Extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas...

Mississippi State University has published the "2016 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops" in a free, downloadable version. A print edition will be available at county Extension offices in January. The updated guide has removed pyrethroid insecticides for bollworm control...