if sulfoxaflor is gone, what else can we use?
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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
Other insecticide options 2015
Variety= Susceptib le
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Diamethoate +Transform
Environmental Conditions
Ratio of SCA remaining in the leaf at the end of a hour of rain