Applying Imidacloprid Via a Precision Banding System to Control Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Cucurbits

The striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is a key pest of cucurbit crops throughout its range. A novel precision band applicator was designed to inject a solid stream of imidacloprid solution in-furrow directly over the seed during planting to reduce beetle leaf feeding on pumpkin, zucchini, and cucumber crops. In 2004 and 2005, bioassays at the cotyledon through fifth leaf were conducted on striped cucumber beetles using seedling leaf tissue grown from seeds treated using both continuous and precision banded in-furrow imidacloprid solution applications. In 2004, 80% of bioassay trials had treatments with beetle mortality significantly higher than the check, whereas 70% of the bioassay trials showed no significant difference in mortality between continuous in-furrow and precision banded treatments. In 2005, 79% of bioassay trials had treatments with beetle mortality significantly higher than the check, whereas 100% of the bioassays showed no significant difference in beetle mortality between continuous in-furrow and precision banded treatments at the same insecticide rate. The environmental savings of precision banded treatments compared with continuous in-furrow treatment reduced imidacloprid up to 84.5% on a per hectare basis for all cucurbits tested in 2004 and 2005, translating into an economic savings up to 030215/ha. In separate bioassay trials conducted in 2005 on pumpkin, where insecticide band length and injection volume were manipulated independently, several treatments had significantly higher beetle mortality than the check. There was a trend of increased beetle mortality in treatments using shorter band lengths combined with higher insecticide solution volumes

B782: Performance Evaluations of Potato Clones and Varieties in the Northeastern States 1981

Cooperative variety trials were conducted at 33 locations to determine field, storage, and processing behavior of selected potato clones and varieties when grown under soil, climatic, and cultural conditions common to the potato growing areas of 12 cooperating States and the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. These trials are all contributions to Regional Project NE107 entitled, Breeding and Evaluation of New Potato Clones in the Northeast Area.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_bulletin/1123/thumbnail.jp

B814: Performance Evaluations of Potato Clones and Varieties in the Northeastern States - 1985

New potato clones and varieties must be tested against commercially accepted cultivars to determine If they possess advantages over existing varieties. Possible Improvements over the existing varieties could Include greater disease resistance or tolerance, higher yield, more uniform tuber size distribution, Improved storagability, good processing characteristics, etc. Often new cultivars are sought to fill local special-purpose needs. The cooperative potato variety trials reported In this bulletin were conducted to provide Information on the performance, adaptation, and performance stability of new potato clones under a wide range of geographic, climatic, soil, and cultural conditions. These tests are contributions to Regional Project NE-107 entitled, Breeding and Evaluation of New Potato Clones for the Northeast. The objectives of this regional project are: 1). To develop high quality, widely adapted, productive, pest resistant potato varieties for use In the northeast; 2). To determine regional performance, quality, and storage characteristics for promising potato clones and new varieties; 3). To evaluate promising clones and varieties for special-purpose needs such as pest outbreaks, processing, export, specialized market opportunities and/or production situations; 4). To develop management practices such as plant population, fertilizer rate, disease, weed, and Insect control strategies that will I Improve the yield and/or quality of promising clones. Data presented In this report primarily address objectives 2 and 3.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_bulletin/1118/thumbnail.jp

B801: Performance Evaluations of Potato Clones and Varieties in the Northeastern States 1983

Cooperative potato clone and variety trials were conducted at 23 locations to determine field, storage, and processing behavior of selected clones and varieties grown under soil, climatic, and cultural management common to the potato growing areas of 13 cooperating states and the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. These tests are all contributions to Regional Project NE107 entitled, Breeding and Evaluation of New Potato Clones for the Northeast. The primary objective of this project is to determine clone stability over a wide range of soil, climate, and cultural conditions.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_bulletin/1119/thumbnail.jp

Applying Imidacloprid Via a Precision Banding System to Control Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Cucurbits

The striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is a key pest of cucurbit crops throughout its range. A novel precision band applicator was designed to inject a solid stream of imidacloprid solution in-furrow directly over the seed during planting to reduce beetle leaf feeding on pumpkin, zucchini, and cucumber crops. In 2004 and 2005, bioassays at the cotyledon through fifth leaf were conducted on striped cucumber beetles using seedling leaf tissue grown from seeds treated using both continuous and precision banded in-furrow imidacloprid solution applications. In 2004, 80% of bioassay trials had treatments with beetle mortality significantly higher than the check, whereas 70% of the bioassay trials showed no significant difference in mortality between continuous in-furrow and precision banded treatments. In 2005, 79% of bioassay trials had treatments with beetle mortality significantly higher than the check, whereas 100% of the bioassays showed no significant difference in beetle mortality between continuous in-furrow and precision banded treatments at the same insecticide rate. The environmental savings of precision banded treatments compared with continuous in-furrow treatment reduced imidacloprid up to 84.5% on a per hectare basis for all cucurbits tested in 2004 and 2005, translating into an economic savings up to 030215/ha. In separate bioassay trials conducted in 2005 on pumpkin, where insecticide band length and injection volume were manipulated independently, several treatments had significantly higher beetle mortality than the check. There was a trend of increased beetle mortality in treatments using shorter band lengths combined with higher insecticide solution volumes.This article is from Journal of Economic Entomology 102, no. 6 (2009): 2255–2264, doi:10.1603/029.102.0630.</p

Cultural Research with Vegetable Crops 1989: A Progress Report

Influence of seedpiece spacing on yield and quality of conestoga, katahdin, russet norkotah, and nemarus / Mark Bennett, Ken Scaife, Elaine Grassbaugh and Dave Kelly -- Implementing a disease prediction system to reduce tomato fungicide application in Ohio / Mark Bennett, Ronald Overmyer, R. Mac Riedel, Robert Precheur, Ken Haach and Paul Blausey -- Effect of tomato variety on efficacy of chemical control of anthracnose, 1988 / R. J. Precheur, M. A. Bennett, R. M. Riedel and P. J. Dudash -- Tomato plug plant production for Ohio I / Richard Hassell, Dale Kretchman and Mark Bennett -- Tomato plug plant studies II: seed enhancement, tray size, early plant growth / Mark Bennett, Richard Hassell and Dale Kretchman -- Studies on the use of TRIGGRR on processing tomatoes / Dale Kretchman, Mark Jameson and Kristi Wilkes -- Use of 'crop-life' on processing tomatoes / Dale Kretchman and Mark Jameson -- Application of nutrient elements to the foliage of tomato plants / Dale Kretchman and Mark Jameson -- Potassium nutrition of tomato transplants / Dale Kretchman, Mark Jameson and Kristi Wilkes -- Drainage and rotation studies with tomatoes / Dale Kretchman, R. M. Riedel, Norman Fausey and Andrew Ward -- Response of sweet corn (Zea mays) endosperm mutants to chloracetamide and thiocarbamate herbicides / Mark Bennett and Stanley Gorsk