Tag Archives: Insect Control

The University of Arkansas has updated its DD50 rice management program to provide more accurate reports and easier access, especially on mobile devises. The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board provided funding for the upgrade, says Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice agronomist. Aristotle,Inc., a Little Rock-based web design company, redesigned the DD50 website. Amy Cole, digital media program director for the ... Read More »

The Arkansas Rice Expo is taking a hiatus this year, with the annual event in Stuttgart returning to its field-tour format. The Arkansas Rice Field Day at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart is planned for Aug. 3. It features a pair of two-hour field tours that will cover the spectrum of production issues including breeding, irrigation, weed, ... Read More »

Fall armyworms, a common pest of soybeans, pastures and lawns, have developed a taste for rice, and Extension entomologists are working on management methods to help producers. Gus Lorenz and Nick Bateman, Extension entomologists with the University of Arkansas, say answers to grower questions aren’t as simple as they’d like. “We’re starting to get a lot of phone calls about ... Read More »

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • The Louisiana State University AgCenter rice breeding program isn’t resting on its laurels after the successful release of PVL01, the first variety with tolerance to Provisia herbicide. In the pipeline are PVL108, which makes up for some of the shortcomings of PVL01, as well as a number of conventional varieties and hybrids. Breeders were joined ... Read More »

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has granted a section 18 emergency use exemption for Intrepid 2F insecticide from DowDuPont to control armyworms in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties. The registration comes just in time as armyworm numbers are beginning to pick up in Northern California rice fields. University of California Cooperative Extension ... Read More »

Texas AgriLife Research and Extension has scheduled the 43rd annual Eagle Lake Rice Field Day for 4 p.m., June 26, at the Wintermann Rice Research Station on Farm-to-Market Road 102 just north of Eagle Lake. The field day will offer an opportunity for producers to tour the research station, making stops along the way to hear about disease management, insect ... Read More »

Here in Texas, we’re off to a cold, rather wet spring, which creates a challenge for stand establishment. I hope the weather warms soon. This month, I want to talk about mid-season insect pest control for Texas rice farmers. If you did not treat your seed with an insecticide to control rice water weevil, I suggest you apply a labeled ... Read More »

Due to a long dry fall, Missouri growers have leveled and prepared their fields and are ready to plant. Recent rains have saturated our soils, so early seeding has been delayed, which is OK because we still have time to plant our estimated 200,000 acres. Early insects and diseases reduce yield and quality and increase production cost, which lowers profit. ... Read More »

By Luis Espino — Tadpole shrimp (TPS) are starting to pop up in rice fields. A grower asked me when is the period when rice is “safe” from TPS. He is seeing very small shrimp, and seedlings are already past the first-leaf stage of rice (lsr). Read More »

In Texas, our main rice pests are the rice water weevil, chinch bug, rice stink bug and stem borers — primarily the Mexican rice borer. We have tools to control all these pests, but we must use these insecticides following label instructions. Read More »