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IST-Pesticides RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY: Osborne Natural Enemies Bugs eating Bugs What natural enemies are available? How can natural enemies be used? Impact of insecticides on natural enemies? Natural Enemies Bugs eating Bugs
Natural Enemies – “Bugs eating Bugs”
What natural enemies are available? How can natural enemies be used? Impact of insecticides on natural enemies?
Natural Enemies “Bugs eating Bugs”
What natural enemies are available?
Commercial:
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Feltiella acarisuga
Feltiella acarisuga
Cotesia sp.
Lacewing adults
Zelus longipes
A sachet contains bran, Carpoglyphus lactis (Dried Fruit Mite or Sugar Mite) and the predatory mite
- A. swirskii.
Paecilomyces fumosoroseus PFR-97 Apopka
Natural Enemies “Bugs eating Bugs”
What natural enemies are available?
Homeowners:
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Natural Enemies “Bugs eating Bugs”
How can natural enemies be used?
Conservation biological control
(no releases, limit pesticide usage and protect resources used by established natural enemies)
Types of Biological Control and Implementation
Classical biological control
(usually targeted at an alien pest and self-sustaining)
Types of Biological Control and Implementation
5 10 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Time (years)
EIL
Introduction of pest
Introduce natural enemies
Natural Enemy Releases
Inoculative biological control
(usually not self-sustaining, releases at beginning of the cycle)
Types of Biological Control and Implementation
Inoculative Releases
0.5 1 4 5 6 7 8
Time (Months)
EIL
Introduce natural enemies Begin cycle End cycle Begin cycle
Inundative biological control
Types of Biological Control and Implementation
Inundative Releases
0.5 1 4 5 6 7 8
Time (Months)
EIL Introduce natural enemies
Begin cycle End cycle Begin cycle
Augmentative or Seasonal
Inoculative biological control
(periodic releases, usually endemic natural enemies)
Types of Biological Control and Implementation
Seasonal Inoculative
0.5 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time (months)
EIL Introduce natural enemies
Begin Cycle End Cycle Begin Cycle
Seasonal Inoculative
Banker Plants
0.5 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time (months)
EIL Introduce banker plants
Begin Cycle End Cycle Begin Cycle
Natural Enemies “Bugs eating Bugs”
Impact of insecticides on natural enemies?
Assume anything you spray w ill have a negative impact on most natural enemies!
Natural Enemies “Bugs eating Bugs”
Impact of insecticides on natural enemies? APPLIEDBIO-NOMICS.COM BIOBEST KOPPERT
Selected Miticides for Use on Ornamental Plants
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Mites are the KEY pest in many systems.
In the United States, 34% of all pesticides applied to
- rnamentals were for
mite control (1996).
SCOUT
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IDENTIFICATION
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Tenuipalpidae
Brevipalpus spp.
CHEMICAL CONTROL Avid ProMITE Sanmite Shuttle Sulfur
Tarsonemidae
Broad Mite and Cyclamen Mite
Broad Mite
How do broad mites get into the greenhouse?
Crawling and contact Infested transplants Air currents Insects
Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Polyphagotarsonemus latus
CHEMICAL CONTROL
Akari Avid Pylon Sanmite Thiodan*
Tetranychidae
GLOVER MITE
TUMID MITE
TUMID MITE
- T. gloveri
= red eggs
- T. tumidus = white & red eggs
Twospotted Spider Mite
Twospotted Spider Mite
CHEMICAL CONTROL for Spider Mites
100% Reliance
- n Pesticides =
RESISTANCE
Week 1 Marathon 2 Fungicide 3 Pentac 4 Avid 5 Fungicide 6 Pyrethroid 7 Sanmite 8 Fungicide 9 Biorational 10 Diazinon Repeat from week 2
Week 1 Marathon 2 Fungicide 3 4 Avid 5 Fungicide 6 Pyrethroid 7 Sanmite 8 Fungicide 9 Biorational 10 Diazinon Repeat from week 2
Week 1 Marathon 2 Fungicide 3 4
Avid
5 Fungicide 6 Pyrethroid 7 Sanmite 8 Fungicide 9 Biorational 10 Diazinon Repeat from week 2
Week 1 Marathon 2 Fungicide 3 4
Avid
5 Fungicide 6
Pyrethroid
7 Sanmite 8 Fungicide 9 Biorational 10 Diazinon Repeat from week 2
Week 1 Marathon 2 Fungicide 3 4
Avid
5 Fungicide 6
Pyrethroid
7
Sanmite
8 Fungicide 9 Biorational 10 Diazinon Repeat from week 2
Week 1 Marathon 2 Fungicide 3 4
Avid
5 Fungicide 6
Pyrethroid
7
Sanmite
8 Fungicide 9 Biorational 10 Repeat from week 2
Crisis!
PLAN
Identify All Pesticides Registered for the Pest and Crop Determine Plant Safety Determine Labeled Frequency Determine Other Use Restrictions Organize Treatments… Don’t Forget Other Pests!
ORDER OF ROTATION
HEAVY POPULATION
1) CONTACT ONLY 2) 7 DAY RESIDUAL 3) GREATER THAN 21
MITICIDES
TRADE NAME CLASSIFICATION
Akari 21 Avid 6 Conserve 5 Endosulfan 2 Floramite 25 GC‐Mite M Hexacide M Hexygon 10a Judo 23
OHP
MITICIDES
TRADE NAME CLASSIFICATION
Oils, Soaps M Ovation 10a ProMITE 12 Pylon 13 Pyrethroids 3 Sanmite 21 Shuttle 20 TetraSan 10b Ultiflora 6
OHP
Don’t over ROTATE
PHYTOTOXICITY PESTICIDES CAN DAMAGE PLANTS
WE ARE IN A BETTER POSITION TO DEVELOP IPM PROGRAMS THAN ANY OTHER POINT IN HISTORY
Integration
IMPACT OF MARATHON ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PREDATORY MITES
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 PREDATORS W E E K 1 W E E K 2 W E E K 3 W E E K 4 CONTROL MARATHON
HIBISCUS
TREATED WITH
Talstar Conserve
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