Factors to Consider When Choosing a Product for Corn Rootworm Protection* | ||||||||
Insecticide Class | Organophosphates |
Pyrethroids |
Fiproles |
Nicotinoids |
Transgenic |
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Chemical Name | chlorethoxyphos |
chlorpyrifos |
tebupirimphos & cyfluthrin |
bifenthrin |
tefluthrin |
fipronil |
clothianidin |
CRY3Bb1 |
Trade Name & Formulation(s) | Fortress 2.5G |
Lorsban |
Aztec 2.1G |
Capture 2E |
Force 3G |
Regent 4SC |
Poncho (treated seed) |
YieldGard RW |
Factors: | ||||||||
Performance: test plots- band application |
Fortress 5G 2.3 82 |
Lorsban 15G 2.4 72 |
Aztec 2.1G 2.1 84 |
Capture 2E |
Force 3G 2.3 82 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Performance: test plots - infurrow application Root damage rating1 Consistency of performance (%)2 |
Fortress 5G 2.2 76 |
Lorsban 15G 2.3 76 |
Aztec 2.1G 2.2 90 |
Capture 2E 2.5 62 |
Force 3G 2.2 76 |
Regent 4SC 2.6 61 |
n/a |
n/a |
Performance: test plots - treated seed Root damage rating1 Consistency of performance (%)2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Phoncho |
n/a |
Performance: test plots - genetically modified Root damage rating 1 Consistency of performance (%)4 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
YGRW 1.5 95 |
Technical information Registered for use at cultivation Registered for popcorn/seed corn/sweet corn Human hazard (signal word) Granular formulation Liquid formulation Restricted-use pesticide Labeled for control of other soil pests at the rootworm rate3 billbugs cutworms nematodes seedcorn beetle seedcorn maggot white grubs wireworms |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
n/a |
n/a |
*Key to symbols: -- = inadequate information, n/a = not applicable, D = danger, W = warning, C = caution, Y = yes, N = no, P = popcorn, E = seed corn, S = sweet corn. |
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