Western flower thrips (WFT) insecticide management plan - Stone fruit

Date: 27 Nov 2008

This information forms part of Western flower thrips (WFT) insecticide management plan.

 

Chemicals registered for use against thrips or western flower thrips in STONE FRUIT

Chemical group Active ingredient Product concentration Product rate Comments
Spinosyn (3)spinosad 120g/L 80mL/100L Success™ Naturalyte™ Insect Control. 3 day WHP excluding peaches; peaches 7 day WHP. Do not allow livestock to graze crops, stubble or waste.
Organophosphate (1)dimethoate 400g/L 75mL/100L Perfekthion EC 400,
Dimethoate,
Dimethoate 400,
Saboteur:
not for use on apricots or early peach varieties. 7 day WHP.
Carbamate (1)methomyl 225g/L 200mL/100L Marlin, Lannate-L approved Qld and WA only. Methomex 225, Electra 225, Marlin 225 approved Qld only. 1 day WHP.

(0) no resistance  (1) low resistance  (2) medium resistance  (3) high resistance (4) extreme resistance


Note for Victoria: Schedule 7 Poisons are ‘specified chemical products’ under Victoria’s control of use legislation. These products must be used in accordance with the approved label unless a permit has been issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE), Victoria. For further information please contact the Chemical Standards Branch, DNRE.

ALWAYS READ THE LABEL
Users of agricultural (or veterinary) chemical products must always read the label and any Permit before using the product, and strictly comply with the directions on the label and the conditions of any Permit. Users are not absolved from compliance with the directions on the label or the conditions of the Permit by reason of any statement made or not made in this publication.

DISCLAIMER
The product trade names in this publication are supplied on the understanding that no preference between equivalent products is intended and that the inclusion of a product does not imply endorsement by NSW Department of Primary Industries over any other equivalent product from another manufacturer.

 

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