Western flower thrips (WFT) insecticide management plan - Stone fruit
Date: 27 May 2012
This information forms part of Western flower thrips (WFT) insecticide management plan.
Chemicals registered for use against thrips or western flower thrips in STONE FRUIT
| Chemical group | Active ingredient | Product concentration | Product rate |
Comment
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Spinosyn (5A)
|
10g/L | 10mL/100L | Yates Success™ Naturalyte™ Insect Control. 3 day WHP. Do not spray when bees are feeding on flowers. | |
| 120g/L | 40mL/100L. | Success™ Neo insectecide. 3 day WHP. Use product as part of the WFT resistance management strategy. Do not graze any treated orchard for stock feed. | ||
|
Alkyl halide (8A) |
166.7g/kg | 420g/m3 for 4 hours |
Vapormate Fumigant. Do not allow re-entry if fumigant >100ppm and CO2 >5000ppm. Only to be used by licensed fumigators for post harvest disinfestation. Chamber volume needs to be calculated to achieve correct dose. Label refers to fruit generally. |
(0) no resistance (1) low resistance (2) medium resistance (3) high resistance (4) extreme resistance (5) No information
Note for Victoria: Schedule 7 Poisons are ‘specified chemical products’ under Victoria’s control of use legislation. These products must be used in accordance with the approved label unless a permit has been issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE), Victoria. For further information please contact the Chemical Standards Branch, DNRE.
ALWAYS READ THE LABEL
Users of agricultural (or veterinary) chemical products must always read the label and any Permit before using the product, and strictly comply with the directions on the label and the conditions of any Permit. Users are not absolved from compliance with the directions on the label or the conditions of the Permit by reason of any statement made or not made in this publication.
DISCLAIMER
The product trade names in this publication are supplied on the understanding that no preference between equivalent products is intended and that the inclusion of a product does not imply endorsement by NSW Department of Primary Industries over any other equivalent product from another manufacturer.
This information forms part of Western flower thrips (WFT) insecticide management plan.
Author: G. Herron
