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This year the bedbugs are back, attacking soybeans in Argentina
Jan. 26, 2017
Bed bug complex has been increasing and its presence is being anticipated year after year now.
Conditions are favoring the continuous presence of this type of pest. The green winter bridges generated because of more winter crops. Lack of control of weeds prolongs their presence well into the spring.
Since Bt soybeans does not require early control treatment for lepidopteran caterpillars, there is more potential for such pests to affect the crop.
Today, pest monitoring consultants have been reporting number of adults below the control thresholds, but their presence continues throughout.
Over a period of time, it can cause as much loss as what a large number of pests could have done over a short period of time.
The FMC strategy to check this involves the application of Magic® once the appearance of the first individuals in R1 or R2 is noticed. This will help reduce the ovoposición of the species and to considerably reduce the pressure of the pest on the crop.
This insecticide combines the action of a pyrethroid and a neonicotenoid, acts by contact, ingestion and in systemic way to control the adult insects and nymphs intervening in the transmission of stimuli in the central nervous system.
Its formulation is concentrated suspension based on environmentally friendly solvents, which together with the correct dosage (Bifentrin 3% + Imidacloprid 10%) make Magic® an excellent product.
On the other hand, the presence of Bifentrin avoids the stimulation of thrips eggs, a fundamental issue in areas which witness water deficit, as happened this year in the south of Buenos Aires.
Towards R5, with the new peak of bed bug onset, HERO® solves the problem efficiently and at a low cost, keeping the economy under control with excellent productive efficiency.
HERO® from FMC consists of two pyrethroids with excellent turning power and acts by contact or by ingestion.
This characteristic offers a wide spectrum control, acting on sucking insects and masticadores, among which are bedbugs, spiders and thrips complex, as well as defoliating caterpillars such as Anticarsia, Rachiplusia, Helicoverpa and Spodoptera.
Its formulation CE (Emulsifiable Concentrate) favors the adhesion of the product to the plant and collaborates in the control by contact with the individuals that move inside the crop or the plant.
This strategy considers the population dynamics and the producer's pocket. If the campaign is carried out in this fashion, it is very probable that two population peaks of this pest will appear. Intervening with Magic to flip and leave residuality, we can expect to act during the second peak with a more economical but broad-spectrum product like Hero, attacking bedbugs and caterpillars to close the cycle with healthy crops.
Source: AgroNews
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