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The Pest Post10-01-14 | News

The Pest Post
On the Move

A team from Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service successfully eradicated a 10-square-mile infestation of the Asian longhorned beetle from the Boston area in just under four years, the shortest eradication timeframe in history for the beetle.

Last year, the Emerald Ash Beetle was spotted in Colorado for the first time. The infestation has been contained to the City of Boulder, though Colorado residents are advised to be on the lookout for signs of the beetle.

Trap-jaw ants, a group of stinging ants with large and powerful jaws, have been spreading from Alabama into states across the Southeast. Based on the available research, it does not seem that they will create a super-colony or become a major pest group.

New Technology, New Products, New Looks

FMC released a Turf Advisor smartphone app that allows users to identify weeds, find an herbicide solution, search products and promotions, and contact a pesticide expert. fmcturfadvisor.com

SquareOne herbicide has a new product that allows for greater flexibility in herbicide application: it can be applied anywhere from one day before seeding to seven days after turfgrass seedling emergence to prevent weeds from sprouting among new plants. fmcprosolutions.com

United Turf Alliance introduced ArmorTech ZOXY 2 SC, a water-based azoxystrobin fungicide, in an effort to provide budget friendly disease control for golf courses as well as residential and recreational sports turf. utaarmortech.com

JRM Chemical has introduced new packaging for their mycorrhizal products: Soil Moist Transplant, which inoculates plants during planting time and Transplant Plus, which has a timed release fertilizer. Each now comes in 3-ounce bags – the recommended amount to treat a 1-inch tree. soilmoist.com

Stay Tuned . . .

AgInformatics recently conducted a survey on the importance and value that insecticides, particularly neonicotinoids, which are being blamed for the deaths of honeybees, have to the horticulture industry. The survey was closed at the time of this writing and results were not yet available.
ag-informatics.com