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W.Va. Asks EPA To OK Dinetefuran For Orchards
May. 11, 2011
West Virginia agriculture officials are asking the Environmental Protection Agency for help in combating the marmorated stinkbug.
The state Department of Agriculture said Monday that it has asked the EPA to allow the use of the insecticide dinetefuran in mid-Atlantic orchards. The agency said scientists at Virginia Tech and experts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have made similar requests.
West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass said the marmorated stinkbug devastated some fruit growers' crops last year. He said the problem will continue without an effective way to control the insect.
Dinetefuran is approved for use on vegetables, grapes and cotton in the United States, but not in orchards.
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