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6.3 Turfgrass Insecticides

6.3.1 Insecticide Resistance and IRAC Codes

The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) is an international group of 150+ members of the Crop Protection Industry organized by sector and region to advise on the prevention and management of insecticide resistance. This group assigns codes, based on mode of action, to individual insecticide active ingredients in order to facilitate resistance management—just like the FRAC and WSSA codes for fungicides and herbicides (respectively). Turfgrass managers should be mindful of the frequency of using insecticides in the same class, having the same IRAC code. More information about IRAC and insecticide modes of action, as well as an interactive classification look-up tool, can be found at www.irac-online.org. In addition, the IRAC codes for all turfgrass insecticides mentioned in these guidelines are listed in table 9 at the back of this book.


 

Table 6.3.1. Registered control products for turfgrass insects in NY State.

Target Insect

Class

Common Name

Annual bluegrass weevil

anthranilic diamide

chlorantraniliprole

carbamate

carbaryl

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

bifenthrin + imidacloprid1

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid1

fermentation product

spinosad

organophosphate

chlorpyrifos

 

trichlorfon

oxadiazine

indoxacarb

pyrethroid

bifenthrin

cyfluthrin

lambda-cyhalothrin

deltamethrin

Black turfgrass ataenius

carbamate

carbaryl (as a dual compound)

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1 (as a dual compound)

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

 

bifenthrin + imidacloprid

fermentation product

spinosad

organophosphate

chlorpyrifos

pyrethroid

bifenthrin

 

cyfluthrin

 

lambda-cyhalothrin

 

deltamethrin

Bluegrass billbug

anthranilic diamide

chlorantraniliprole

biological

Beauveria bassiana

carbamate

carbaryl

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

 

bifenthrin + imidacloprid

 

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid

organophosphate

chlorpyrifos

 

trichlorfon

pyrethroid

bifenthrin

 

cyfluthrin

 

lambda-cyhalothrin

deltamethrin

 

permethrin

Chinch bug

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

anthranilic diamide

chlorantraniliprole (suppression only)

biological

Beauveria bassiana

carbamate

carbaryl

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

 

bifenthrin + imidacloprid

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid

insect growth regulator

azadirachtin

organophosphate

acephate

 

chlorpyrifos

 

trichlorfon

pyrethroid

bifenthrin

cyfluthrin

lambda-cyhalothrin

deltamethrin

 

permethrin

Exotic (European) crane fly (leatherjackets)

anthranilic diamide

chlorantraniliprole

biological

Beauveria bassiana

carbamate

carbaryl

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

bifenthrin + imidacloprid

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid

insect growth regulator

azadirachtin

organophosphate

chlorpyrifos

trichlorfon

oxadiazine

indoxacarb

pyrethroid

bifenthrin

cyfluthrin (as a dual compound)

lambda-cyhalothrin

deltamethrin

 

permethrin

Lawn caterpillars

(black cutworm, fall armyworm, sod webworm)

anthranilic diamide

chlorantraniliprole

bioinsecticide

Bacillus thuringiensis

biological

Beauveria bassiana (fall armyworm only)

carbamate

carbaryl

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1 (sod webworm only; suppression for black cutworm)

 

imidacloprid (as a dual compound)

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

 

bifenthrin + imidacloprid

 

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid

fermentation product

spinosad

insect growth regulator

azadirachtin

organophosphate

acephate

 

chlorpyrifos

 

trichlorfon

oxadiazine

indoxacarb

pyrethroid

bifenthrin

 

cyfluthrin

 

lambda-cyhalothrin

 

deltamethrin (sod webworm and fall armyworm only)

 

permethrin

Mound-building ants

 

 

 

 

borates

boric acid

carbamate

carbaryl

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1 (as a dual compound)

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

 

bifenthrin + imidacloprid1

 

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid1

macrocycliclactone

abamectin (bait)

organophosphate

acephate

 

chlorpyrifos

oxadiazine

indoxacarb

phenylpyrazole

hydramethylnon

pyrethroid

bifenthrin

cyfluthrin

lambda-cyhalothrin

deltamethrin

permethrin

White grubs

anthranilic diamide

chlorantraniliprole

biological

Beauveria bassiana

 

Paenibacillus popilliae

carbamate

carbaryl

chloronicotinyl

imidacloprid1

dual compound

bifenthrin + carbaryl

 

bifenthrin + imidacloprid1

 

cyfluthrin + imidacloprid1

insect growth regulator

azadirachtin

organophosphate

acephate

 

chlorpyrifos

 

trichlorfon

pyrethroid

bifenthrin (as a dual compound)

 

cyfluthrin (as a dual compound)

1 All imidacloprid-containing products for commercial use are restricted-use statewide. In addition, the sale, use, and distribution of consumer products containing imidacloprid are not allowed in Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, or Queens Counties.

 

 

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