Efficacy of insecticides at controlling insect pests of tomato in SouthCarolina

摘要

Multiple insecticide treatments were applied to staked tomatoes in two experiments conducted in 1995 and 1996 to determine efficacy for control of tomato fruitworm, Helicoverpa tea (Boddie), green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say), flower thrips, Frankliniella tritici (Fitch), and potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas). Flowers were evaluated for flower thrips populations and tomato leaves were assessed for potato aphid infestation. At harvest, fruit were examined for tomato fruitworm and stink bug damage. Varying degrees of control were observed with the different insecticides: Monitor(R), Karate(R), and mixtures of Danitol(R) with Monitor(R), and Karate(R) with Monitor(R) provided satisfactory results against all pests evaluated.