Control of Rice Water Weevil and Rice Stalk Borer with Fipronil, 1997
Abstract This was a non-replicated trial with 4 treatments for experimental use permit. Whole-plot size was 3 acres for each treatment. Whole plots were divided into 3 subplots each with 55 ft X 665 ft of planted area. Each subplot was bound by levees. Fipronil 80 WP was tank mixed with water and applied preplant on 23 May by a tractormounted sprayer delivering 10.3 gpa. The insecticide was incorporated with a field cultivator set at a 2-3-inch depth. Foundation rice seed was treated with fipronil 75 FS by Celpril Industries (Manteca, CA). Treated and untreated foundation seed rice was drill seeded in Crowley silt loam at 90 lb/acre (6-inch row spacing) on 23 May and emerged on 29 May. Subplots were temporarily flooded (flushed) on 12-13 Jun to facilitate growth. Thiobencarb (Bolero 8 E), quinclo-rac (Facet 75 DF), and propanil (Stam 4 E) at 3, 0.33, and 1 lb (AI)/acre, respectively, were applied by aircraft for weed control on 2 Jun. Also, propanil at 3 lb (AI)/acre was applied by aircraft on 24 Jun. Permanent flood was established on 24-25 Jun. Furadan 3 G was applied by aircraft on 9 Jul, 14 d after permanent flood. On 17 Jul and 30 Aug, six 4 X 4 inch (diam by depth) soil cores with an average of 6 plants/core were removed from each subplot. Soil was washed from the plant roots into a 40-mesh screen. The screen was immersed in salt water and RWW immatures were removed and counted. In each treatment, 1,330 ft along the edge of subplots was examined for the presence of rice whiteheads with blank florets. Stems of whiteheads were examined for the presence of RSB immatures or for evidence of their presence. Whole subplots were harvested with a combine on 3 and 6 Oct. Recorded yields were adjusted to 12% moisture. Data were analyzed with a 1-way ANOVA and means separated with LSD