Table 14.3. Insecticides labeled for management of arthropod pests of potato. (continued)
Labels change frequently. Be sure to read a current product label before applying any chemical.
MOA
Insects
Code1
Trade Name
Active Ingredient
Rate
Product/acre
REI
(hours)
Days to
Harvest Notes2
4A Actara
(thiamethoxam)
1.5-3.0 oz 12 14 Toxic to bees. Do not use following soil application of other
Group 4A insecticides. Maximum 6 oz/acre per season.
4A Admire Pro
(imidacloprid)
treatment or as seed
piece treatment: 3.5-7.0
foliar:
12 at planting,
see label
for options;
foliar: 7
Do not apply more than 0.31 lb ai per acre per season. Seed
piece rate is based on seeding rate of 2000 lb/acre. Foliar:
4A Assail 30SG
(acetamiprid)
1.5-4.0 oz 12 7 Do not make more than 4 applications per season. Do not
exceed a total of 0.3 lb ai (16 oz of product) per acre per season.
4A Belay Insecticide
(clothianidin)
side dress application);
12 foliar: 14, or
at planting
or sidedress
or spray at
ground crack
over row at
hilling
See label for in-furrow, side dress, and seed-piece applications.
4A, 3A Leverage
(imidacloprid +
7
or other 4A products. There have been reports of low levels of
resistance to imidacloprid. To minimize selection for resistance,
do not use foliar applications of any IRAC MOA class 4A
insecticides if any of these compounds were applied to the
crop as soil or seed piece treatments. Utilize crop roatation
and insecticide rotation to minimize Colorado potato beetle
resistance.
4A Platinum 75SG
(thiamethoxam)
1.66-2.67 oz 12 applied at
planting
or at plant
emergence
To manage resistance, avoid using other Group 4A insecticides
in conjunction with Platinum. One soil application per year.
4A Scorpion 35SL
(dinotefuran)
12 foliar: 7
soil: see
label
Apply as foliar or soil application, but not both. Maximum per
bees for 38 hours after application.
4A Venom Insecticide
(dinotefuran)
foliar: 1-1.5 oz
soil: 6.5-7.5 oz
12 foliar: 7
soil: at
planting
Do not apply more than 4.5 oz per acre per season to foliage.
One soil application, either preplant, preemergence, or at ground
crack. Do not use with other Group 4A insecticides. Do not
apply where bees are foraging. Toxic to bees for 38 hours after
application.
4C Transform
(
0.75-2.25 oz 24 7 Bloom and tank mix restrictions apply.
4D Sivanto Prime
4 7 Minimum interval between applications = 7 days.
9B PQZ
(
12 7
season.
9B
(pymetrozine)
2.75-5.5 oz 12 14
per season.
23 Movento
(spirotetramat)
24 7
28 Exirel
(cyazypyr)
12 1 Do not apply more than 0.4 lb ai/acre of cyazypyr or
cyantraniliprole containing products per crop whether
applications are made to foliage or soil. See label for
diamondback moth resistance management.
28 Verimark
(cyazypyr)
4 N/A: applied
at planting
See label for diamondback moth resistance management.
29 Beleaf 50 SG
(
2.0-2.8 oz 12 7 Begin applications before pest populations reach damaging
levels. Do not apply more than 8.4 oz/acre per season.
-- Azatin XL
(azadirachtin)
4 0 Antifeedant, repellant, insect growth regulator.
-- Neemix 4.5
(azadirachtin)
12 0 Insect growth regulator and anti-feedant. OMRI-listed2.
– Molt-X
(azadirachtin)
4 0 OMRI-listed2. Antifeedant, repellant, insect growth regulator.
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