if sulfoxaflor is gone, what else can we use?

If sulfoxaflor is gone, what else can we use?

Raul T. VillanuevaTexas A&M University

Sorghum – Sugarcane Aphid Research Exchange Meeting

New Orleans, LAJanuary 7 – 8, 2016

CollaboratorsName Affiliation LocationDanielle Sekula Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Weslaco, TXGabriela Esparza-Diaz Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Weslaco, TX

Scott Armstrong USDA-ARS Oklahoma

Roger Magarey Southern Region – IPM Center Raleigh, NC

Almost 99% of commercial sorghum growers used Transform® 1, 2 or 3 times during the spring season

Introduction

Is Transform® working?

Transform®• Spray 9/25• Pics 9/29

Sorghum Planted on: 31 May 15 August

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Environmental Conditions

Ratio of SCA remaining in the leaf at the end of a hour of rain