Imidan® Remains Important Pest Management Tool Plan to Rotate

MAY 2012
Imidan® Remains Important Pest Management Tool
An old adage states that a carpenter is only as good as his tools. The same could be said for fruit growers,
especially when it comes to controlling the multitude of insect pests intent on destroying their high-value crops.
Producers can continue to rely on one proven product – Imidan® insecticide from Gowan Company.
A Grower Standard in Southern Fruit Crops
As other broad-spectrum insecticides have left the market, Imidan has become a foundation insecticide for
fruit growers from coast to coast. In Florida, Jim Snively of Southern Gardens Citrus in Clewiston related how Imidan plays a key role in controlling the Asian citrus psyllid, one of the primary vectors of the highly destructive bacterial disease called citrus greening.
“When you’re dealing with Huaglongbing, or citrus greening, it’s absolutely essential to get good vector control,” Snively said. “Imidan
provides excellent control of Asian citrus psyllid as well as rust mite, root weevil and little leaf notcher. Plus, its seven-day pre-harvest interval
and short worker re-entry interval give us the flexibility we need for fall applications just prior to harvest.”
Snively added that Florida growers have organized Citrus Health Management Areas (CHMA) to deal more effectively with disease and insect issues. “While we manage approximately 16,000 acres of citrus here at Southern Gardens Citrus, our CHMA covers about 40,000 acres. So
when it’s time to apply Imidan, all the growers in this area band together to coordinate their sprays during a one- to two-week window. After all,
it doesn’t do much good for you to spray your groves if your neighbor isn’t doing his part to control the problem.”
Plan to Rotate with Delegate®
WG Insecticide
June flush is a watershed in citrus grove management. What we do
now impacts our ability to control pests — and, thus, two potentially devastating diseases — in our groves not only for the rest of the season, but also
potentially for years to come.
This is the point when we can choose to throw in the big grenade to
destroy every bug or target damaging pests with a selective insecticide that
preserves our opportunity to rotate chemistries and hold on to every chemical play in our book. The latter requires more deliberation, more management, but then issues of survival generally do.
Fortunately, the easy answer in June is Delegate® WG insecticide.
Here’s why:
• Delegate is highly effective against citrus leafminer (CLM), Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and Diaprepes abbreviatus, commonly known as root
weevil. Controlling CLM and ACP now reduces the opportunity for
those vectors to infect groves with canker and greening disease.
• As a Group 5 chemistry, it holds a unique spot in that growers who apply Delegate still can rotate into any other ACP material without building resistance.
• Most beneficial insects are preserved when this green chemistry is applied. Delegate preserves those essential partners in the battle against
citrus greening and canker — most particularly the beneficial wasp,
Tamarixia radiate.
• Grove management isn’t interrupted because Delegate has a four-hour
re-entry and one-day preharvest interval.
• Japan has established maximum residue levels (MRLs) for spinetoram,
the active ingredient in Delegate® WG and Radiant® SC insecticides.
The establishment of these MRLs enables customers of Dow AgroSciences to supply food to the third-largest importer of agricultural products in the world.
Visit www.DelegateInsecticide.com for more information.
Southeast Farm Press Launches
Grove & Vegetable
Only a few months ago, members of FCM and other Florida growers
were introduced to a new media source…Grove & Vegetable. You will
find G & V included as a part of the expanded readership of Southeast
Farm Press. Focusing on the Florida and other Southeast booming citrus
and vegetable markets, G & V hones in on the key production and management topics that are important to growers in the region. From the latest
information about production to issues that impact this multi-billion-dollar industry, you’ll find it in Grove & Vegetable.
You will not want to miss the May 3 G & V that features Mike
Sparks, FCM’s CEO and Exec. V. P. He addresses the importance of logical funding for broad based agricultural issues along with maintaining and
increasing funding for specialty and exotic diseases that invariably invade
Florida groves.
Farm Press proves their commitment to the Florida market by tasking well-known agricultural journalist and Florida native Charles Johnson
with being the lead writer/editor for Grove & Vegetable. He is a true professional in every aspect of journalism whether he is covering a breaking
news story, interviewing a CEO of a major ag company, a migrant worker
or a highly placed political figure. Charles will be covering the FCM
Annual Meeting June 13-16, so be sure to talk with him about what you
think are the most pressing issues facing your operation or the welfare of
Florida agriculture. He may be reached at charlesjohnson@americantrail.
com.
If you are a product or service marketer and want to effectively and
efficiently place your advertising message in the hands of FCM members, others involved in the citrus industry, plus vegetable producers in
the entire Southeast, you must consider advertising in Grove & Vegetable.
Please contact Cheri Knoy, [email protected], phone 800-795-5104
or Debbie Gibbs, [email protected]. phone 229-646-6455.
If you do not already see Southeast Farm Press in your mailbox including Grove & Vegetable, please subscribe by email: southeastfarmpress.com.
Voliam Flexi® from Syngenta: Insect Protection for Florida Citrus
Pests Controlled
• Aphids
• Armored Scales
• Asian Citrus Psyllid
• Citrus Black Fly
• Citrus Leafminer
For a modern insecticide that provides reliable, broad-spectrum control of damaging citrus pests,
trust Voliam Flexi® insecticide. Voliam Flexi gives growers the long-lasting residual they need to control key sucking, chewing and lepidopteran pests in citrus. With dual modes of action and a convenient
premix formulation, Voliam Flexi is the easy way to protect your groves and your bottom line.
• Citrus Root Weevil Adults
• Katydids
• Leafhoppers
• Mealy Bugs
• Plant Bugs
• Sharpshooters
• Soft Scales
• Stink Bugs
• Thrips
• Whiteflies
Use Recommendations
Key Benefits
•Application timing: late summer-early fall
• Complementary, dual modes of action result
•Allow seven days between applications
in convenient broad-spectrum control of key
•Rates: 4-7 oz/A (dependent on targeted pest – see label for details)
sucking and chewing pests
•Do not exceed 14 oz/A/season of Voliam Flexi
• Exceptional psyllid control – via thiameth-ox•Do not apply during pre-bloom or during bloom when bees are foraging
am component, a Group 4a insecticide
•Application is permitted by ground and air; aerial application may result in
•New MOA for leafminer – via chlorantra-nilipslower activity and reduced control
role component, a Group 28 insecticide
•
R
efer to label for specific use directions on spray volumes
•An innovative mode of action for lepidopteran
•
P
re-harvest
Interval PHI) = 1 day
control to assist with resistance management
MetLife Agricultural Investments: Lender of Choice for Ag Mortgages
We are proud of the role that MetLife has played in the financing of agriculture for 95 years. The
associates working in Agricultural Investments today are dedicated to continuing that tradition by providing flexible and competitive loan products backed by the resources of MetLife, a leading provider of
insurance and other financial services. That’s why we are one of the nation’s largest private lenders to
agriculture with $13 billion invested. So whether you manage a citrus operation, farm, ranch or agribusiness, your local field associate can tailor a loan to suit your needs.
MetLife Agricultural Investments has the financial strength and experience to provide stability during all market cycles. We offer a
single point of contact and the talent, teamwork and platform to creatively structure and rapidly execute complex mortgage financing.
MetLife understands that agricultural lending is a relationship business. Not only does a field associate originate and underwrite the
loan, he or she remains the borrower’s primary contact for servicing matters after closing. The result? A majority of our business comes
from current clients and customer referrals.
What’s more, our streamlined internal approval process has been well received in the marketplace. MetLife Agricultural Investments’
in-depth, up-front due diligence before loan application ensures minimal approval risk and a seamless, efficient closing process.
The advantages of MetLife Agricultural Investments include long-term fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, competitive interest rates,
flexible terms and structuring, large loan participations and an internal underwriting and approval process.
Whether you are looking to purchase new property, expand your operation, or refinance an existing property, MetLife Agricultural
Investments offers a consistent and dependable source of credit backed by the resources of MetLife.
MetLife has two agricultural mortgage representatives in Florida. Please contact Jennifer Cannon Gentile at 941-776-5053 or [email protected] for inquiries in western Florida and Chuck Cruse at 772-464-7747 or [email protected] for inquiries in Eastern
Florida.
Visit us at www.metlife.com/ag or contact Jennifer or Chuck directly and let us help grow your agricultural business.
This issue of the Allied Update will be the last published for the 2011-12 citrus season.
Florida Citrus Mutual will continue this service for the 2012-13 citrus season, with a schedule of
tentative print dates listed in August. For more information on FCM Allied Membership please
contact Melanie Burns at 863-682-1111 or [email protected].