Tag Archives: Insect Control

Tampa, Fla.-based Helm Agro US recently received Environmental Protection Agency Section 3 registration for its insecticide/miticide Diflumax 2L.

An Environmental Protection Agency appeals board has upheld the agency’s decision to cancel registration of Belt insecticide from Bayer CropScience, but it will let growers use existing stocks.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of sulfoxaflor insecticide again but on fewer crops and with additional pollinator-protection measures.

BASF recently submitted a registration request for Inscalis, a novel insecticidal active ingredient that controls piercing and sucking insects. Among those are whiteflies, aphids, psyllids, scales and leafhoppers.

The Environmental Protection Agency and registrants of flubendiamide continue to disagree about whether the insecticide should be pulled from the market.

In the South, consultants keep a sharp lookout for economic thresholds of insect pests and take action when necessary to keep them under control.

Kudzu bugs have been detected on kudzu in several Arkansas counties, prompting a warning to scout and only treat if economic thresholds are reached.

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Valent U.S.A. plans to expand its research facility in Leland, Miss., as well as build a new facility near Champaign, Ill. The investments are part of a …

An analysis of neonicotinoid insecticidal seed treatments by a group of Mid-South entomologists found they yielded economic benefits for soybean producers.

University of Georgia researchers suspect that declining kudzu bug numbers may be due to natural enemies, but they don’t know for sure.