Pest Management Guidelines - HerbaceousPerennials
Pest Management Guidelines
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Cornell Guide for Pest Management of Herbaceous Perennials

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6 Insect Management

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Table 6.1. Pesticides registered for control of arthropod pests of ornamentals listed by pest 2

Ants  2

Aphids  2

Beetles  3

Black Vine Weevil 4

Broad Mites  4

Caterpillars  4

Cyclamen Mite  5

Earwigs  5

Fungus Gnats  5

Gall Midges  6

Grasshoppers  6

Lace Bugs  6

Leafhoppers  7

Leafminers  7

Leafrollers  8

Mealybugs  8

Millipedes  9

Mites  9

Plant Bugs  10

Sawflies  10

Scale  11

Shore Flies  11

Slugs, Snails  11

Sowbugs  12

Spittlebugs  12

Springtails  12

Thrips  12

Whiteflies  13

Table 6.2. Insecticides for control of arthropod pests of ornamentals, listed by product trade name  14

Table 6.3. Mode of Action Classification of Insecticides and Miticides Used in Greenhouses  36

 

Table 6.1. Pesticides registered for control of arthropod pests of ornamentals listed by pest

For a more complete description of each chemical listed, please refer to Table 8.2 in this publication. See product labels for specific pest species controlled. Following is an alphabetical listing of major plant pests.

Chemical Name

Product Name(s)

Ants

acephate

Avatar, Orthene TT & O, Orthene TT & O Spray 97

bifenthrin

*Attain Greenhouse, *Menace GC 7.9% Flowable, Menace Nursery Granular, *OnyxPro, Talstar, *Talstar Nursery, *Up-Star SC, *Wisdom Flowable

carbaryl

Carbaryl 4L, Sevin 80WSP, Sevin SL

chlorpyrifos

*Chlorpyrifos Pro 4, *Duraguard ME

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid

*Discus

permethrin

*Astro, *Perm-Up 3.2EC , *Waylay 3.2 AG

pyrethrins + piperonyl butoxide

*Prentox Pyronyl Crop Spray, Pyrenone Crop Spray

spinosad

Conserve SC

 

 

Aphids

abamectin

Ardent 0.15EC (supp), Avid 0.15EC (supp), Flora-Mek 0.15EC (supp), Lucid (supp), Quali-Pro Abamectin 0.15EC (supp)

acephate

Acephate Pro 75, Avatar, 1300 Orthene TR, Orthene TT & O, Orthene TT & O Spray 97, Precise 4%G

acetamiprid

TriStar 30SG, TriStar 70WSP

azadirachtin

Aza-Direct, Azatin XL, Ornazin 3% EC