Lepidopterous Insect Pest Control with New Insecticides in Cabbage

• Main Authors: Umeda, K., Murrieta, J., Stewart, D.
• Other Authors: Oebker, Norman F.
• Language: en_US
• Published: College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 1997
• Subjects: Agriculture > Arizona; Vegetables > Arizona; Cabbage > Arizona; Cabbage > Insects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/221641

Four experimental insecticides being developed for lepidopterous insect control in vegetable crops were applied on cabbage and demonstrated efficacy against cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni, CL). Chlorfenapyr (Alert®), tebufenozide (Confirm®), spinosad (Success®), and emamectin- benzoate (Proclaim®) reduced the number of larger cabbage loopers following multiple applications. The experimental insecticides were comparable or superior to the commercially available standard treatments of thiodicarb (Larvin®), methomyl (Lannate®), or cryolite (Kryocide®). Evaluations at 7 days after treatment (DAT) showed that Success controlled CL so that no medium to large -sized larvae were observed. Alert, Confirm, and Proclaim were highly effective and less than 0.3 CL/plant were detected. The untreated cabbage had 0.5 to 1.1 CL/plant that were medium to large-sized at various observation dates.