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Peak time for pest scouting in Eastern Corn Belt
A field crop educator says farmers need to be cautious about management to control options for emerging pest and weed pressures in the Eastern Corn Belt.
Bruce MacKellar with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield if farmers use a rootworm insecticide to control Asiatic garden beetles, a foliar spray for Western bean cut worms and multiple modes of control for herbicide resistant weeds, there can be complications. “Even though it’s a herbicide and an insecticide, they can have interactions that cause crop injury.”
He says this year Asiatic garden beetles are becoming more prevalent throughout the region and more consideration needs to be given when combating several in-field challenges.
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