Syngenta Crop Protection has trademarked a new insecticide active ingredient, Plinazolin technology, for launch in the coming years. It contains the active ingredient isocycloseram, a member of the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee’s Group 30.
This group of insecticides is known...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Vantacor insect control from FMC Corp. for use on an array of crops including soybeans, corn, cotton, peanuts, potatoes, sweet corn, sugarcane and onions. Vantacor is a highly concentrated formulation of Rynaxypyr...
With the recent registration by the Environmental Protection Agency, BASF has introduced three new seed treatments for soybeans: Vault IP Plus, Poncho XC and Relenya. They will be available through local retailers for the 2021 season, according to a...
University of Kentucky researchers are studying the reasons behind an unexpected yield increase that appeared in a doctoral student’s soybean research.
Katherine Rod, UK doctoral student, was studying intensive management practices in double-crop soybeans under the advisement of Carrie Knott,...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comments on a proposal that could potentially severely restrict the use of pyrethroid insecticides, including...
Bayer officials have decided not to fight the Environmental Protection Agency over the registration cancellation of flubendiamide insecticide.
In a statement Wednesday, the company said it was too risky to appeal the case.
The insecticide is marketed by Bayer as Belt...
Tampa, Fla.-based Helm Agro US recently received Environmental Protection Agency Section 3 registration for its insecticide/miticide Diflumax 2L.
The product, an insect growth regulator, contains the active ingredient diflubenzuron. It blocks the production of chitin, which is used to build...
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.
Belt, which contains the active ingredient flubendiamide, is labeled to control lepidopteran...
An administrative law judge has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to cancel registration of the insecticide, flubendiamide.
The active ingredient, marketed by Bayer CropScience as Belt, received a conditional registration in 2008. Bayer is joined by Nichino America as...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of sulfoxaflor insecticide again but on fewer crops and with additional pollinator-protection measures.
The insecticide, marketed as Transform and Closer by Dow AgroSciences, was pulled from the market in 2015 after the...
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 first tier of registrations, expected in 2019 pending regulatory approval, are...
The Environmental Protection Agency and registrants of flubendiamide continue to disagree about whether the insecticide should be pulled from the market.
Bayer CropScience markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it is labeled to control worm pests on several...
In the South, consultants keep a sharp lookout for economic thresholds of insect pests and take action when necessary to keep them under control.
By Carroll Smith
Soybean insects are monitored closely throughout the season in the South to spot populations...
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 wide-scale global research initiative announced earlier this month by...
An analysis of neonicotinoid insecticidal seed treatments by a group of Mid-South entomologists found they yielded economic benefits for soybean producers.
Led by Mississippi State University entomologist Jeff Gore, they published their work in a recent issue of the Journal...
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