A powerful tool that helps control multiple generations
of diamondback moth is ready to go to work for you.
“Our biggest challenge in vegetable production
is the diamondback moth. It wreaks havoc in
our region,” says Heath Wetherington with Baker
Farms in Ellenton, Georgia. “There’s no silver
bullet for diamondback moth, but Radiant
is a tool we can use to keep them at bay.”
Wetherington treats the farm’s six cabbage
varieties, as well as their collard, kale, turnip
and mustard greens with Radiant® SC
insecticide.
“Radiant is used systematically on every crop
we have at least once per season. Often, we’ll
include Radiant twice in rotation in our battle
against worms,” he says.
The diamondback moth is one of the most
destructive pests of cabbage and other
cruciferous vegetables worldwide, costing
growers billions of dollars’ annually. These pests
breed continuously in most Southern states,
producing many generations per year.
As resistance to pyrethroids is increasingly
documented, the strategy for taking out
diamondback moth includes rotating
chemistries and preserving benefi cial insects.
“Because diamondback moth is such a tough
pest to control, we rotate chemistries through
the season to improve control and avoid
resistance development,” Wetherington says.
Minimizing insecticide resistance by rotating
chemistries is a key component in an
integrated pest management (IPM) program.
The unique chemistry of Radiant SC insecticide
makes it the ideal foundation for vegetable
growers’ IPM programs. Applying Radiant early
in the crop cycle aids this IPM eff ort and off ers
growers an ideal rotational partner.
Scouting and monitoring for diamondback
moths are eff ective in reducing yield loss
attributed to the pest.
Treatment programs that include the repeated
use of broad-spectrum insecticides such as
pyrethroids may substantially reduce benefi cial
insect populations. Adding Radiant® SC
insecticide to a pest control program can help
vegetable growers preserve the benefi cial
insects that are natural enemies of the
diamondback moth and are needed
to manage pest populations.
Classifi ed as a Group 5 insecticide by the
Insecticide Resistance Action Committee
(IRAC), the selective nature of Radiant
preserves key natural enemies while providing
eff ective control of unwanted pests.
The translaminar activity of Radiant targeted
insects outside of the direct line of spray.
Radiant also has a short preharvest interval
and four-hour fi eld re-entry period.
In addition to providing industry-leading thrips
control, Radiant delivers quick knockdown and
lasting control of a host of vegetable insect
pests, including beet armyworm, loopers and
Hawaiian webworm.
“It kills every worm out there graveyard dead,”
Wetherington says.
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