We very much regret the oversight in not listing the following companies in the acknowledgements section of our annual report, 2012 Insect Pest Management in Virginia Cotton, Peanut and Soybean, AREC-37NP: AMVAC, FMC and BASF. Funding for our program is critical as are the valuable collaborations and partnerships we have with many companies and their representatives. I hate that we slipped up on this and we apologize. We are looking forward to a new season and are already making plans for a productive season. Thank you for your support of our insect pest management program. Ames Herbert
Category Archives: General Comments
Ames Herbert’s 2012 annual research summary book now available online
Ames Herbert’s annual research summary book, “2012 Insect Pest Management in Virginia Cotton, Peanut, and Soybean,” is now available on the Virginia Cooperative Extension website: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-37/AREC-37.html (the publication number is AREC-37NP). It is a 3MB pdf file. Thanks to all those who supported our entomological research program in 2012.
Prevathon is now approved by EPA for use on soybean
Dupont has received EPA approval to add soybeans and oilseed crops (including sunflowers and canola) to the Prevathon® label. Pending state registrations we expect to have Prevathon® available for the soybean, sunflower and canola crops for the 2013 growing season. Prevathon is the active ingredient chlorantaniliprol and has excellent activity against lep pests including corn earworm, armyworm species and others.
Corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug black light trap report for week ending Sep. 13, 2012
Please see the attached pdf document for this week’s insect counts. Additional information: 913blt-pdf
Corn earworm/brown marmorated stink bug black light trap catches for week ending Sep. 6, 2012
Warsaw saw high corn earworm moth activity in their black light trap this week (average of 88 per night); other locations were under 11 per night. Brown marmorated stink bug reports ranged from zero to 5 per night. Please see the attached tables (pdf document) for more details. Additional information: sep6blt-pdf
Black light trap report for Aug. 30, 2012
Mean corn earworm moth captures ranged from 5 to 29 per night this week; brown marmorated stink bugs ranged from zero to 2 per night. Please see the attached pdf for each location. Additional information: blttables-pdf
Corn earworm and brown marmorated stink bug black light trap captures for week ending Aug. 23, 2012
This week’s numbers of CEW moths and BMSB are attached, please click “More” for the tables. In general, numbers of both pests were down this week. Additional information: cew-bmsb-pdf
Kudzu bug and brown marmorated stink bug Virginia distribution map–Aug 16, 2012
Our scouts have added a few more counties to the kudzu bug and BMSB Virginia distribution map. Please see the attached pdf for more details. Additional information: va-bmsb-kudzu-bug-2012-pdf
Corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug black light trap captures (week ending Aug. 16, 2012)
Average nightly black light trap catch tables for corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug are attached as a single pdf document. Additional information: cew-bmsb-blt-pdf
Brown marmorated stink bug black light trap averages for week ending Aug. 9, 2012
BMSB trap catches were low in most locations, except Petersburg (13.9/night) and Warsaw (2.8/night). Mark Kraemer, Entomologist at Virginia State University, reported that he was seeing BMSB adults and second instars in Asian Long Beans, and mentioned that a co-worker found some adults on vegetable soybean along a field edge next to the woodline. Prince George-Disputanta had been getting zero’s this season, but this week averaged 0.9 per night. Isle of Wight had a suspected BMSB captured in its trap; we are in the process of confirming the species. Please see the table (attached pdf file) for more details. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-12-pdf