PLANT PROTECTION 1 â Pests, Diseases and Weeds
PLANT PROTECTION 1 â Pests, Diseases and Weeds
PLANT PROTECTION 1 â Pests, Diseases and Weeds
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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />
Table 2. Insecticide Mode of Action Groups (2009) some examples<br />
MAIN MODE OF<br />
ACTION GROUP<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
Primary Site of<br />
Action<br />
4<br />
(contd)<br />
5<br />
Nicotinic Acetyl<br />
choline receptor<br />
allosteric<br />
activators<br />
Nerve action<br />
6<br />
Chloride<br />
channel<br />
activators<br />
Nerve action<br />
7<br />
Juvenile<br />
hormone<br />
mimics<br />
Growth<br />
regulation<br />
8<br />
Miscellaneous nonspecific<br />
(multi-site)<br />
inhibitors<br />
9<br />
Selective<br />
Homopteran<br />
feeding<br />
blockers<br />
10<br />
Mite growth<br />
inhibitors<br />
Growth<br />
regulation<br />
CHEMICAL<br />
SUBGROUP or<br />
Exemplifying<br />
Active<br />
constituent<br />
4A<br />
Neonicotinoids<br />
(contd)<br />
4B<br />
No registered<br />
actives<br />
Spinosyns<br />
Eco-naturalure<br />
is a BFA<br />
CERTIFIED<br />
PRODUCT FOR<br />
ORGANIC GARDENS<br />
Avermectins<br />
Milbemycins<br />
(from<br />
Streptomyces<br />
sp.)<br />
7A<br />
Juvenile<br />
hormone<br />
analogues<br />
7B<br />
Fenoxycarb<br />
7C<br />
Pyriproxyfen<br />
8A<br />
Alkyl halides<br />
8B<br />
Chloropicrin<br />
8C<br />
Sulfuryl fluoride<br />
9A<br />
No registered<br />
actives<br />
9B<br />
Pymetrozine<br />
10A<br />
Clofentezine<br />
10B<br />
Etoxazole<br />
Trade name<br />
Active constituent<br />
ACTARA, CRUISER,<br />
MERIDIAN<br />
thiamethoxam<br />
No registered actives<br />
THE PRODUCT<br />
ECO-NATURALURE,<br />
TRACER NATURALYTE,<br />
VARIOUS<br />
spinosad<br />
(derived from soil<br />
bacteria)<br />
DELEGATE<br />
spinetoram<br />
ABAMECTIN,<br />
VERTIMEC,<br />
VARIOUS<br />
abamectin<br />
(fermentation product<br />
of soil micro-organism<br />
MILBEKNOCK,<br />
ULTIFLORA<br />
milbemectin<br />
Any on the surface is<br />
degraded by sunlight<br />
RIZACON, GRAIN-<br />
STAR, VARIOUS<br />
methoprene<br />
INSEGAR,<br />
VARIOUS<br />
fenoxycarb<br />
SUMILARV<br />
pyriproxyfen<br />
To be used by licensed<br />
pest control operators<br />
only<br />
METHYL BROMIDE<br />
methyl bromide<br />
VARIOUS<br />
chloropicrin<br />
VARIOUS<br />
sulfuryl fluoride<br />
No registered actives<br />
CHESS<br />
pymetrozine<br />
APOLLO<br />
clofentezine<br />
CALIBRE<br />
hexythiazox)<br />
PARAMITE<br />
etoxazole<br />
Mode of action<br />
Systemic<br />
Contact<br />
Stomach<br />
Contact action<br />
Stomach action<br />
baits & sprays,<br />
may kill certain wasp<br />
parasites <strong>and</strong> some<br />
lacewings<br />
Non-systemic<br />
Contact action<br />
Stomach action<br />
slow acting, good<br />
persistence effective<br />
against insects<br />
resistant to other<br />
insecticides<br />
Non-systemic<br />
but absorbed by<br />
young leaves, taken<br />
up by feeding mites<br />
<strong>and</strong> remains active<br />
for many weeks<br />
Insect growth<br />
regulator,<br />
prevents insects from<br />
maturing to adults, eg<br />
inhibits larval moulting<br />
Insect growth<br />
regulator<br />
Contact action<br />
Stomach action<br />
ovicidal, inhibits<br />
larval moulting<br />
Insect growth<br />
regulator<br />
Contact action<br />
Stomach action<br />
SOME USES<br />
Read label, obtain advice from company<br />
CROPS, SITES<br />
TREATED<br />
Turf; citrus, cotton,<br />
tomato, maize sorghum,<br />
sweetcorn, sunflower<br />
Certain herbs, fruit & nut<br />
crops, vegetables,<br />
ornamentals,<br />
field crops, tea tree,<br />
eucalypts<br />
Pome & stonefruit<br />
Ornamentals, roses,<br />
apple, pears, citrus,<br />
cotton, tomatoes,<br />
strawberries,<br />
minimum impact on<br />
beneficials<br />
Strawberries,<br />
ornamentals including<br />
roses, chrysanthemums,<br />
carnations<br />
Stored cereal grains,<br />
also dogs, cats<br />
Apples, pears<br />
Buildings, houses,<br />
restaurants, puppies,<br />
cats kittens<br />
see Fumigants page 267<br />
All fumigants must only be supplied to <strong>and</strong> used by<br />
professional <strong>and</strong> registered fumigators<br />
see Fumigants page 267<br />
see Fumigants page 267<br />
Systemic<br />
Contact action<br />
Stomach action<br />
long lasting<br />
Contact action<br />
ovicide, larvicide, not<br />
adults, control for up to<br />
80 days, slow acting<br />
Non-systemic<br />
Contact action<br />
Stomach action<br />
Ovicidal, not adults<br />
Contact action,<br />
Translaminar<br />
Residual activity of 4-5<br />
weeks; not adult<br />
mites. Adults lay<br />
sterile eggs, stops<br />
existing eggs <strong>and</strong><br />
nymphs developing<br />
Certain brassica<br />
vegetables, potatoes,<br />
stone fruit, cotton<br />
Certain pome & stone<br />
fruits, bananas, hops,<br />
ornamentals<br />
Ornamentals, apple,<br />
pear, stone fruit,<br />
strawberry<br />
Pome fruit, stone fruit,<br />
table grapes, cotton<br />
PESTS CONTROLLED,<br />
SUPPRESSED<br />
Broad spectrum<br />
soil & sucking insects, eg<br />
larvae of various scarabs,<br />
billbug; wireworm,<br />
earwigs, thrips, aphids<br />
Insecticide<br />
Helicoverpa,, loopers,<br />
other caterpillars, pear<br />
& cherry slug, beetles,<br />
Queensl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
Mediterrean fruit flies.<br />
Narrow spectrum<br />
lightbrown apple moth,<br />
loopers <strong>and</strong> oriental<br />
fruit moth<br />
Miticide<br />
motile stages only, no<br />
ovicidal activity<br />
Insecticide<br />
leafminers, native<br />
budworm<br />
Miticide<br />
twospotted mite<br />
Narrow spectrum<br />
stored grain pests;<br />
fleas, etc<br />
Narrow spectrum<br />
codling moth,<br />
lightbrown apple moth,<br />
aids in control of San<br />
Jose scale<br />
Narrow spectrum<br />
cockroaches, fleas<br />
(retards growth of<br />
insect larvae, ovicidal)<br />
Narrow spectrum<br />
aphids (can remain alive<br />
for 2-4 days but stop<br />
feeding in a few hours)<br />
Miticide<br />
European red mite,<br />
bryobia mite, strawberry<br />
mite, twospotted mite<br />
Miticide<br />
European red mite,<br />
twospotted mite<br />
Miticide<br />
twospotted mite, bean<br />
spider mite, European<br />
red mite<br />
58 Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Integrated pest management