Table 1. Details of insecticides and fungicides tested for their non-target effects on Nesidiocoris tenuis.
Active ingredient | Trade name | Maximum field rate | Chemical family | Mode of action(s) |
Crops |
Target organism(s) |
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Cypermethrin | Cypermethrin Aria® | 17.5 ml hl-1 | Pyrethroids | Sodium channel modulator | Cotton, field corn, sweet corn, eggplant, pepper (bell & non-bell), tomato, head lettuce, head and stem brassica, soybean, succulent, peas and beans, root and tuber crops, pecans | Bollworms, leafrollers, snout beetles, fruit flies, codling moth, cutworm, armyworm, stalk borers, stink bugs, leafhoppers, thrips |
Pyriproxyfen | Admiral® | 75 ml hl-1 | Pyridine | Juvenile hormone mimics | Tomato, cucurbits, peppers, cotton, citrus, mango and olives | Whiteflies and scales |
Spirotetramat | Movento® | 96 ml hl-1 | Tetronic and tetramic acid | Inhibitors of acetyl CoA | Tomato, eggplant, peppers, strawberry, lettuce, cucurbits, leafy vegetables, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, peas, sweet corn, citrus, grapes, mangoes, passionfruit, pome fruit, stone fruit, cotton, chicory, endive and radicchio | Aphids, whiteflies and thrips |
Benomyl | Benomyl Golsam® | 50 g hl-1 | Benzimidazoles | Inhibitor of ß-tubuline assembly in mitosis | Tomato, cucurbits, peppers, citrus, mangoes, peas, roses, sugarcane, sunflower, tobacco seedlings, grapes, wheat, gladioli, groundnuts, bananas, peaches, apricots, plums, apples and avocados | Fungal disease |
Chlorothalonil | Daconil® | 213 ml hl-1 | Chloronitriles | Multi-site contact activity | Tomatoes, potatoes, vegetables, cereals, stone fruit, peanuts, bananas, turf, coffee, and many other crops | Fungal disease |
Copper oxychloride | Copper oxychloride Aria® | 250 g hl-1 | Inorganic | Multi-site contact activity | Tomato, potatoes, cucurbits, lettuce, peas, onions, apricots, cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums, almonds, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, apples, pears, avocados, citrus, durians, guavas, hazelnuts, litchi, macadamias, mangoes, mangosteens, passionfruit, rambutans, vines, walnuts, bananas, blackcurrants, brassicas, capsicums, carrots, celery, ornamentals, parsnips, red beet, rhubarb, silver beet, spinach, strawberries, tobacco and seed beds | Fungal and bacterial diseases |
Cyazofamid | Ranman® | 50 ml hl-1 | Cyano-imidazole | Quinone inside Inhibitor | Tomato, potato, cucurbits vegetables and carrots | Late blight |
Fluopicolide + Propamocarb hydrochloride | Infinito® | 160 ml hl-1 | Pyridinylmethyl-benzamides + carbamates | Delocalisation of spectrin-like proteins + cell membrane permeability | Tomato and Potatoes | Late blight |
Penconazol | Penconazol Aria® | 12.5 ml hl-1 | Triazoles | DeMethylation Inhibitors | Tomato, apples, pears, grapes, peas and brussels sprouts | Powdery mildew and scab |
Trifloxystrobin | Flint® | 20 ml hl-1 | Oximino-acetates | Interrupting electron transfer at Qo center of cytochrome bc1 in the mitochondria of fungal cells | Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucurbits, mangoes, grapes, pome fruit and stone fruit | Fungal disease |