• By Luis Espino and Ian Grettenberger • Do you want to make sure your freshly planted rice fields don’t look like the muddied mess on the left below (versus clear on right) following a pyrethroid application? Wondering if your tadpole shrimp are becoming less susceptible to pyrethroids? We do too! Pyrethroids are widely used for managing tadpole shrimp, and ... Read More »
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Will rice escape tadpole shrimp injury? Here’s how to tell
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 »
Pint-sized pests
Tadpole shrimp problems seem to be on the upswing in California rice fields. Read More »