Pest Management Solutions for Specialty Crops and Specialty Uses
Greetings!

During the month of November, we posted the 2021 Food Crop Field Data Notebook and the latest success for managing diamondback moth on brassica crops. For environmental horticulture crops, the efficacy summary for scale and mealybug management was updated.

Links to these recent successes for the Food and Environmental Horticulture programs can be found below.

Jennifer Heiss joined our headquarters team as IR-4's national information and communications officer. She can be reached at jgheiss@ncsu.edu.
2021 Field Data Notebook
Field Data Book

Please use the appropriate Field Data Book for the year of the trial that is being conducted.

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Food Crop Success Story
Diamondback Moth: The Bane of Brassica Crop Growers

The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella L.) is considered to be the most damaging pest of brassica crops worldwide. Growers are very familiar with the devastating plant damage done by the diamondback moth and are working to manage the pest.

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Environmental Horticulture Summaries
Scale and Mealybug Efficacy - 2020

Managing scale and mealybug insects presents unique challenges. Products with contact modes of action must be applied at specific timings in order to reach the most susceptible crawler stages.

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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2020-34383-32455 with substantial cooperation and support from the State Agricultural Experiment Stations, USDA-ARS and USDA-FAS. In accordance with Federal Law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.