Kaolin Clay
Insect IPM in Apples
Reduced-Risk
Pest Control
Factsheet
Biopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk Reduction
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Kaolin Clay
Insect IPM in Apples
Reduced-Risk
Pest Control
Factsheet
Biopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk ReductionBiopesticides and Risk Reduction
This factsheet is part of a series highlighting
the latest breakthroughs in biorational pest
control.
There is a growing commitment
among producers to use the least toxic methods for protecting crops.
Increased awareness
of the many benefits of advanced integrated
pest management (IPM) are at the heart of this
change.
Meanwhile, FQPA (Food Quality
Protection Act) and other regulations have
given short-term urgency to the quest for
reduced-risk alternatives to the most toxic
chemicals, including the organophosphates.
Effects of SurroundWP™ in
trial applications on apples:
! Control: leafrollers, leafhoppers.
! Suppression: mites, codling moth,
plum curculio, apple sucker, stink
bugs, apple maggot, thrips.
! Horticultural Benefits: reduced
heat stress and
Less
