Micah Raub (VDACS) received an email recently from Mr. Howard (EPA). Mr. Howard said,…”the Avipel Section 18 is eligible for re-certification with data.” 2010 data from grower testimonials on bird injury to their corn seed and seedlings, carried the day for approval of our 2011 Section 18 for Avipel use in Virginia. This is where you come in. Attached is the same survey instrument about bird injury used on 2010 acres, with 1 difference. Its requesting data for your 2011 corn fields that suffered from bird injury. Hopefully, we will receive re-certification of our Section 18 in time for you to use it on more than 12,600 acres in Virginia.
Additional information: 2011-crop-year-docx
Category Archives: Insect
Supplemental label for Zeal miticide on cukes and fruiting veggies
Control of two-spotted spider mite can be very difficult once mite outbreaks are flared. Portal, Oberon, Acramite, and Agrimek are all efficacious materials to control mite outbreaks on vegetables. Zeal is also effective, and has just recently gotten a Supplemental Label for additional crops including: cucumbers, fruiting vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers, and other small fruit crops. Rotation of miticides is important for resistance management. Zeal is another effective miticide with a novel mode of action to include in this rotation. Click more for the Supplemental Label. Additional information: zealsupplementallabel-cukes-fruitingveggies-pdf
Final black light trap report for brown marmorated stink bug, 2011 season
Petersburg was the only station that reported captures of BMSB this week, with a total of 6 captured for the week of Sep. 23-29. Please see the attached table for the season summary. Please note that we will continue to inform our clientele of the status of BMSB in Virginia soybean; our scout is continuing his efforts a couple more weeks. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf
Final corn earworm moth black light trap report and table for 2011
Very low numbers of corn earworm moths reported this week; please see the final table for details. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf
Bayer is discontinuing Larvin
Accoreind to a recent email from Malone Rosemond with Bayer CropScience, “Bayer will discontinue supplying Larvin as of December 2011. The channel can still sell and growers can still use Larvin until supplies are exhausted. This decision will not impact Aeris, as thiodicarb will still be produced for this product”.
Corn earworm moth trap captures for the week ending Sep. 22, 2011
Average nightly black light trap captures of corn earworm moths were as follows: Warsaw (18.7), Petersburg (6.6), Prince George (2.9), Suffolk (7.4). Pheromone traps in Virginia Beach captured a weekly total of 19 corn earworm moths at the Baker farm and 4 at the Henley farm. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf
Brown marmorated stink bug update: black light trap captures and location in Virginia soybean
Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) black light trap catches for this week totaled 1 in Virginia Beach and zero in Warsaw, Petersburg, and Suffolk. If you click “More” you can see the results (to date) of Dr. Herbert’s survey of BMSB in soybean. Additional information: va-bmsb-2011-pdf
Corn earworm moth trap captures for the week ending September 15, 2011
Nightly averages for corn earworm moths in our black light traps were as follows: Warsaw (33), Petersburg (18), Prince George (12), Suffolk (15). Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf
Brown marmorated stink bug black light trap catches for the week ending September 15, 2011
The Petersburg black light trap had a total of 17 BMSB captured this week, followed by Virginia Beach with 2. Prince George, Suffolk, and Warsaw traps did not catch any BMSB this week. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf
Brown marmorated stink bug survey–Sep. 8, 2011 update
For the past two months, Ed Seymore and Laura Maxey have been surveying Virginia soybean fields for brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) and soybean aphid. Please click “More” to view the map showing the BMSB results to date. A field in Gloucester had low numbers of soybean aphids, but they have not been found in our other survey locations. Additional information: va-bmsb-2011-pdf