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Agriotes sputator [1] is a species of click beetle, commonly known as the common click beetle. [2] The adult beetle is brown and inconspicuous, and the larvae live in the soil and are known as wireworms.
Ditylenchus destructor is a plant pathogenic nematode commonly known as the potato rot nematode. Other common names include the iris nematode, the potato tuber eelworm and the potato tuber nematode. It is an endoparasitic, migratory nematode commonly found in areas such as the United States, Europe, central Asia and Southern Africa.
Fipronil has been used against many different pests on different crops. It is used against major lepidopteran (moth, butterfly, etc.) and orthopteran (grasshopper, locust, etc.) pests on a range of field and horticultural crops and against coleopteran (beetle) larvae in soils.
Potatoes are root vegetables that grow in soil underground. Even after picking, potatoes almost always carry around some dirt and debris that may have some pesticides or bacteria in the mix.
Although some species complete their development in one year (e.g. Conoderus), most wireworms spend three or four years in the soil, feeding on decaying vegetation and the roots of plants, and often causing damage to agricultural crops such as potato, strawberry, maize, and wheat.
The speed of spread of the nematodes from field to field can be reduced by cleaning equipment of possibly infested soil before changing location and by using only certified PCN-free seed tubers. If possible, ask for seed potatoes grown on fields which were declared free of the potato cyst nematode.
Potato yellow vein virus: Potato yellow vein virus (PYVV) Potato yellowing virus: genus Alfamovirus, Potato yellowing virus (PYV) Potato virus A: genus Potyvirus, Potato virus A (PVA) Potato virus M: genus Carlavirus, Potato virus M (PVM) Potato virus S: genus Carlavirus, Potato virus S (PVS) Potato virus H: genus Carlavirus, Potato virus H ...
Two Pennsylvania men were found guilty of using corn laced with a highly toxic pesticide to kill migratory birds, officials said. Farm operator Robert Yost, 52, of New Galilee, and his employee ...