Valent U.S.A. Corporation has recently registered two new products for pest control in soybean and cotton in Virginia. Belay , has the neonicotinoid, clothianidin, as the active ingredient and is labeled for foliar applications to control aphids, plant bugs and stink bugs in cotton at 3 – 4 oz per acre, and is labeled for control of aphids, bean leaf beetles, Japanese beetles, leafhoppers, plant bugs, stink bugs and three-cornered alfalfa hoppers in soybean at 3 – 4 oz per acre. INOVATE, a combination of clothianidin and the fungicide, RANCONA (metalaxyl + ipconazole), is now labeled as a seed treatment for soybean to control early season insect pests and seedling disease. Belay has performed well in our cotton and soybean stink bug research trials. We have not evaluted INOVATE, but will be this coming field season. Contact us if you have any questions regarding these new options.

Thanks to all the black light trap operators for all their reports this season. We are putting away our black light traps until next year. The final corn earworm moth table is attached. Additional information: blacklight-table-09-doc

Please see the attached table for the corn earworm moth summary. Additional information: blacklight-table-09-doc

Please see the attached table for the corn earworm moth summary. Additional information: blacklight-table-09-doc

Please see the attached table for this week’s corn earworm moth counts. Additional information: blacklight-table-09-doc

In general, corn earworm moth catches were lower than mid-August’s numbers. Please see the attached table for more specifics. Additional information: blacklight-table-09-doc

Average nightly trap catches for corn earworm moths, as reported by cooperators, are included in the attached table. Additional information: blacklight-table-09-doc

Most reporting stations saw a large increase in corn earworm moth catches this week. Nightly averages are provided in the attached table. Additional information: blacklight-table-09-doc