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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – 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 3. Bio-insecticides, spray oils, soaps, pheromones, etc. (some are<br />

agricultural biological products)<br />

THE PRODUCT<br />

SOME USES<br />

TYPE<br />

Read label, obtain advice from company<br />

Trade name<br />

Mode of action<br />

CROPS, SITES<br />

PESTS<br />

BIO-<br />

INSECTICIDES<br />

SPRAY OILS<br />

Petroleum oils<br />

Active constituent<br />

BIOCANE GRANULES<br />

Metarhizium sp.<br />

GREEN GUARD<br />

Metarhizium sp.<br />

Nematode<br />

Beddingia siricidicola<br />

Nematode<br />

Heterorhabditis<br />

bacteriophora<br />

Nematode<br />

Heterorhabditis<br />

zeal<strong>and</strong>ica<br />

Nematode<br />

Steinernema<br />

carpocapsae<br />

Nematode<br />

Steinernema feltiae<br />

GEMSTAR<br />

Helicoverpa NPV (zea)<br />

WINTER OIL, DORMANT<br />

OIL, STIFLE, VARIOUS<br />

petroleum oil<br />

Fungal disease of<br />

insects<br />

as above<br />

Nematode disease of<br />

insects<br />

TREATED<br />

<br />

crop<br />

Agricultural areas,<br />

pastures, crops, forage<br />

crops, non-crop areas<br />

Pinus radiata.<br />

CONTROLLED<br />

Selective insecticide<br />

greyback canegrub<br />

Selective insecticide<br />

grasshopper, locusts<br />

Selective insecticide<br />

sirex wasp<br />

as above Ornamentals Selective insecticide<br />

black vine weevil<br />

as above Turf Insecticide<br />

Argentine stem weevil,<br />

African black beetle,<br />

black-headed cockchafer,<br />

Argentine scarab, bill bug<br />

as above Bananas, etc Insecticide<br />

banana borer weevil,<br />

cutworm, armyworm, house<br />

termites, cat flea<br />

as above<br />

Virus disease of<br />

Helicoverpa spp.<br />

Contact action<br />

Smothers pests<br />

Currants; seedlings,<br />

hydroponically grown<br />

flowers, mushroom houses<br />

Various crops including<br />

cotton<br />

Used only on dormant<br />

deciduous pome <strong>and</strong> stone<br />

fruit tree & vines<br />

Insecticide<br />

currant borer moth, fungus<br />

gnat, mushroom fly,<br />

western flower thrips<br />

Selective insecticide<br />

Helicoverpa spp.<br />

Insecticide<br />

especially scale insects &<br />

insects<br />

Paraffinic<br />

oils<br />

s SUMMER OIL,<br />

PEST OIL, WHITE OIL,<br />

VARIOUS<br />

petroleum oil<br />

BIOPEST, ECOPEST<br />

OIL, VARIOUS<br />

paraffinic oil<br />

paraffinic oils must contain at<br />

least 62% paraffinic chains<br />

BioPest<br />

Paraffin Oil<br />

Contact action<br />

Smothers pests<br />

Contact action<br />

Smothers pests<br />

.<br />

Used on plants in foliage.<br />

Certain fruit, ornamentals,<br />

special oils developed<br />

for some crops, bananas,<br />

citrus, grapes<br />

Used on plants in foliage.<br />

Fruit trees, eg citrus, pome<br />

fruit & stone fruit, grapes,<br />

certain vegetables, field<br />

crops roses, ornamentals<br />

Insecticide/Miticide/<br />

especially scale insects,<br />

mites, citrus leafminer,<br />

also aphids, mealybugs,<br />

whiteflies<br />

Fungicide<br />

certain banana diseases<br />

& powdery mildews<br />

Insecticide/Miticide/<br />

mites, scales, citrus<br />

leafminer, also aphids,<br />

mealybugs, whtieflies<br />

Fungicide<br />

certain banana diseases<br />

& powdery mildew<br />

Botanical oils,<br />

vegetable oils<br />

Oil seeds, eg<br />

soybean,<br />

canola, cotton<br />

ECO-OIL, VARIOUS<br />

botanical oils<br />

Contact action<br />

suffocates pests, waxy<br />

cuticle is denatured<br />

dehydrating insects,<br />

repellent activity<br />

Used on plants in foliage.<br />

Certain ornamentals, fruits,<br />

vegetables<br />

Insecticide/Miticide/<br />

scales, mites, aphids,<br />

whiteflies, citrus leafminer<br />

OILS ARE USED AS:<br />

1.Spray oils for pest control are mixed with water<br />

<strong>and</strong> applied to plants as a high volume spray for<br />

managing certain pests <strong>and</strong> diseases. They kill<br />

insects by smothering them so a good film of oil has<br />

to be applied to leaves, fruit, twigs <strong>and</strong> branches.<br />

Some insects avoid spray oils so that feeding by<br />

some sap-sucking insects, eg aphids, which spread<br />

virus diseases, is reduced; spray oils can also inhibit<br />

viruses spread mechanically by humans. They can<br />

provide some control of leaf spots, powdery mildews,<br />

rust diseases. Spray oils are suited to IPM programs.<br />

2.Spray adjuvants/spray additives to improve<br />

the effectiveness of insecticides, herbicides <strong>and</strong><br />

fungicides (page 455). Some spray oils used for pest<br />

control are also used as spray additives.<br />

SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS:<br />

1.How safe will it be to the plant <strong>and</strong> environment,<br />

eg dormant or winter (only applied when plants are dormant),<br />

summer or white (may be applied when in leaf), superior oils<br />

(applied year round without toxicity).<br />

2.How effective it will be in helping control sedentary<br />

or semi-sedentary pests <strong>and</strong> fungal diseases. Paraffinic oils<br />

are effective <strong>and</strong> considered to be superior over vegetable,<br />

pine <strong>and</strong> other mineral oils for controlling a rage of pests<br />

<strong>and</strong> diseases (Sacoa www.sacoa.com.au/)<br />

3.For more information on spray oils:<br />

Beattie <strong>and</strong> Hardy 2005, Walsh et al. 2008<br />

Precision Spray Oils www.caltex.com.au/cropprotection/<br />

SACOA Spray Oils www.sacoa.com.au<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Integrated pest management 61

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