| Reducing losses resulting from rootworm on continuous corn is the predominant objective of most soil insecticide applications. |
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| Almost every acre of corn in Texas is treated with soil insecticides at planting to limit root damage caused by rootworm. |
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| The refuge helps prevent the development of resistance to European corn borer and corn rootworm. |
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| The corn rootworm enjoys the dubious distinction of triggering more insecticide use than any other single pest in U.S. agriculture. |
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| Where no rainfall has occurred and application was made prior to June 5, or rootworm hatch has commenced, cultivate treatment into soil. |
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| As the root dries out rootworm will fall out and drop into the water where they can be more easily seen. |
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| Where first year corn rootworm is not a problem, annual rotation of corn with an alternative crop will eliminate rootworm problems. |
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| All leading soil insecticides offer roots substantial protection against rootworm. |
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| Observe the effectiveness of transgenic hybrids and insecticide control methods and learn how to dig roots and scout for rootworm larvae. |
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| To ensure rootworm control results, application equipment should be accurately calibrated to deliver the recommended rate. |
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| Soil-applied insecticides recommended for control of rootworm larvae also may prevent early stand losses due to wireworms, grubs, seedcorn maggot, and seedcorn beetles. |
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| With the absence of the variant, crop rotation remains our best control strategy for corn rootworm. |
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| There is still time to walk through your fields to check for rootworm damage to corn plants. |
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| When applied as directed for rootworm control, this product will provide some reduction of cutworm populations. |
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| Corn rootworm damage is cause by larvae feeding on and within the roots from mid-June to mid-July. |
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| Suppose a seed company develops a corn that rootworm larvae can't devour in the field. |
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| But, a new biotype of western corn rootworm, which deposits its eggs in soybeans, is now capable of causing significant injury to first year corn following soybeans. |
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| Pull out some of these plants and look for pruned and tunnelled roots to confirmed rootworm damage. |
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| Soil-applied insecticide treatments for control of corn rootworm larvae may be applied to the refuge area. |
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| When we grew a lot of continuous corn 25 years ago, even second-year corn needed a corn rootworm insecticide. |
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| Crop rotation has long been known to be the best solution to insects, such as corn rootworm. |
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| The maize has been modified by Monsanto to make it resistant to the corn rootworm. |
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| Monsanto's Bt corn is a Genetically Modified Organism and the subject of a recent investigation into the rootworm outbreak. |
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| In the Brookings laboratory, Lundgren and colleagues offered hungry predators a smorgasbord of rootworm larvae and pupae. |
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| Apply PYRIFOS 15G to control corn rootworm and aid in the suppression of cutworm in corn, onion maggot larvae in onions and cabbage maggot in broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and rutabagas. |
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| In 1911 it was rediscovered by a German scientist, and a solution of crystallized Bt toxins was found to be highly effective against certain crop pests, including the corn borer, corn rootworm, corn earworm, and bollworms. |
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| A colony of 150 brown bats can eat enough adult cucumber beetles to prevent the laying of eggs that results in 33 million rootworm larvae in summer, according to a study cited by Bat Conservation International. |
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| Some farmers have said they often have to buy traits they do not need — such as protection from the corn rootworm in regions where that pest is not a problem — to get the best varieties. |
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| Objective: To compensate maize farmers for the losses caused by implementation of the obligatory control programme against the western corn rootworm disease. |
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| Bacillus subtilis strain AQ713 deposited with NRRL with Accession No. B-21661 or a mutant of said strain, wherein the mutant exhibits antifungal and antibacterial activity and activity against corn rootworm. |
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| The most important quarantine organisms in field crops, affecting producers with regards to pest control measures, are the corn rootworm and potato cyst nematodes. |
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| During the past decade our use of corn rootworm control has declined to a fraction of usage in the 1980's due to the fact that we now rarely grow corn-after-corn. |
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| So far, no other corn rootworm has been trapped. |
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| DuPont Pioneer signs a licensing agreement with Monsanto for its YieldGard corn rootworm technology. |
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| Each spring, the western corn rootworm awakens from its winter slumber to wreak havoc on corn crops across the United States. |
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| Another pest which has found its way into the country is the Western corn rootworm. |
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| Force 3.0G Insecticide is a synthetic pyrethroid soil insecticide applied at planting as a band or in-furrow treatment for control of corn rootworm, black cutworm, wireworms, seed corn maggot in field, sweet and seed corn. |
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| By searching for rootworm DNA in their guts, Lundgren found that predators with sucking mouthparts ate more rootworms than any of the other predators tested. |
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| Northern corn rootworm beetles near a Red-winged Blackbird roost. |
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| In the United States, it is commonly known as the Western corn rootworm or the billion dollar bug because of the damage it can cause in the right environment. |
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