Colorado Potato Beetle Control with Simulated Transplant Water Treatments of Admire to Eggplants, 1995

Abstract

Abstract The experimental design was a RCB design with eight replications and 4 treatments. Drenching doses were 0, 0.38, 1.5, and 6.0 ounces ; of Admire 2F per acre. At transplanting, before the root ball was covered with soil, the drench was applied as a simulated transplant water treatment of 8 oz diluted volume per plant. Plot size for each treatment was one row 20 feet long (8 eggplants) with rows spaced 72 inches apart. Plots were planted 3 ; Jul. After transplanting, weekly counts were made of egg clusters, early larvae (first/second instars), late larvae (third/fourth instars), live and dead adults, i percent defoliation and percent stand loss. Plots were not harvested to remove fruit; instead the number of marketable fruit was counted once on 9 Sep.