Efficacy of Selected Insecticides Against Fall Armyworm, European Corn Borer and Boll Worm on Cotton in Southern North Carolina, 1993

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-219
Author(s):  
J. S. Bacheler ◽  
D. W. Mott
1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 298-298
Author(s):  
J. S. Bacheler ◽  
D. W. Mott

Abstract Cotton was planted in a Wagram loamy sand on 10 May near Richlands, NC. The fertility and weed management programs followed NCSU recommendations with 0.6 lb (AI)/acre Temik 15G applied in furrow at planting. Plot size was 6 rows (38 inch centers) × 50 ft with 10 ft alleys. A RCBD was used with 4 replicates. Treatments were applied via a backpack-type CO2-pressurized sprayer calibrated to deliver 8 gpa at 50 psi with a single TX-8 Spraying Systems nozzle per row. Initial application for all treatments, based upon exceeding a threshold of 10 eggs per 100 terminals, was made on 22 Jul. The second application for the Baythroid 0.028 lb (AI)/acre, regular start treatment was made on 27 Jul, while the Baythroid at 0.045 lb (AI)/acre regular start treatment received only the initial application. The Baythroid at 0.028 lb (AI)/acre, scouting-based plot was treated on 22 and 27 Jul and on 4 and 19 Aug. The Baythroid at 0.045 lb (AI)/acre, extended, 14-d interval plot was treated on 22 Jul and on 4 and 19 Aug. A final Baythroid 0.028 lb (AI)/acre, extended, 14-d interval treatment was likewise applied on 22 Jul and on 4 and 19 Aug. Karate at 0.025 lb (AI)/acre was also treated at a scouting-based schedule of 22 and 27 Jul and 4 and 19 Aug, and the same material at 0.04 lb (AI)/acre on the extended 14-d interval was applied on 22 Jul and on 4 and 19 Aug. All plots were evaluated for FAW, ECB and BW-damaged bolls on 17 Aug and 15 Sep. Plots were harvested with a 1-row John Deere mechanical picker from the middle two rows on 13 Oct.


2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-390
Author(s):  
John D. Sedlacek ◽  
Karen L. Friley ◽  
Steve L. Hillman

Sweet corn (Zea mays L. var. rugosa) was grown in replicated plots in 2004 and 2006 using organic, conventional, and genetically-engineered (Bt) production practices. Organic plots were treated with Entrust® (Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, IN) whereas conventional and Bt sweet corn plots were treated with Warrior® (Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Greensboro, NC). All plots were treated once at silk emergence. Organic and conventional plots were treated again 1 wk later. Twenty-five ears were harvested from row centers in each treatment subplot to quantify ear pests and assess ear damage. The highest number of corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), larvae were found on organically-grown sweet corn. European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner); southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar; and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), larvae were not found as frequently. Neither corn earworm nor European corn borer larvae were found on Bt sweet corn ears. Sap beetles, Carpophilus lugubris Murray, were found on all 3 types of sweet corn. Organically and conventionally-grown sweet corn had a greater number of tip-damaged ears and numbers of damaged kernels per ear than Bt sweet corn. Ear length and weight were the same for all 3 types of sweet corn. Based on the information generated in this study, growing late-planted sweet corn organically or conventionally on a large commercial scale with a limited spray program and without using other types of ear pest management does not appear to be a practical or profitable option in central Kentucky.


2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 956-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Fang ◽  
Xiaoli Xu ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Jian-Zhou Zhao ◽  
Anthony M. Shelton ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip) are potential alternatives for B. thuringiensis endotoxins that are currently utilized in commercial transgenic insect-resistant crops. Screening a large number of B. thuringiensis isolates resulted in the cloning of vip3Ac1. Vip3Ac1 showed high insecticidal activity against the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda and the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa zea but very low activity against the silkworm Bombyx mori. The host specificity of this Vip3 toxin was altered by sequence swapping with a previously identified toxin, Vip3Aa1. While both Vip3Aa1 and Vip3Ac1 showed no detectable toxicity against the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis, the chimeric protein Vip3AcAa, consisting of the N-terminal region of Vip3Ac1 and the C-terminal region of Vip3Aa1, became insecticidal to the European corn borer. In addition, the chimeric Vip3AcAa had increased toxicity to the fall armyworm. Furthermore, both Vip3Ac1 and Vip3AcAa are highly insecticidal to a strain of cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) that is highly resistant to the B. thuringiensis endotoxin Cry1Ac, thus experimentally showing for the first time the lack of cross-resistance between B. thuringiensis Cry1A proteins and Vip3A toxins. The results in this study demonstrated that vip3Ac1 and its chimeric vip3 genes can be excellent candidates for engineering a new generation of transgenic plants for insect pest control.


1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kolarik ◽  
A. Byrne ◽  
W. Pett ◽  
B. Bishop ◽  
E. Grafius ◽  
...  

1995 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 1316-1323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clyde E. Sorenson ◽  
John W. Van Duyn ◽  
George G. Kennedy ◽  
J. R. Bradley ◽  
Craig S. Eckel ◽  
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