Which pesticides give good control results against the fall armyworm?

The fall armyworm is a common pest in farmland. Its larvae can devour the stems and leaves of gramineous plants in large quantities, and the range of crops it damages is very wide. Many farmers get a headache as soon as they see it. So which pesticides control the fall armyworm?

1. What pesticides control the fall armyworm?

To control the fall armyworm, single pesticide formulations such as fenpropathrin, chlorantraniliprole, acephate, lufenuron, chlorfenapyr, indoxacarb, tetrachlorantraniliprole, lambda-cyhalothrin and cyfluthrin can be sprayed to kill it. Alternatively, emamectin benzoate can be used in combination with any one pesticide among indoxacarb, hexaflumuron, lambda-cyhalothrin, chlorfenapyr, lufenuron, tebufenozide and others.

2. How is the fall armyworm controlled?

1. Strengthen monitoring and early warning: include the fall armyworm in the national list of major pests and diseases under monitoring, closely monitor overseas pest sources in Myanmar, India, Thailand and other countries, establish a domestic monitoring network layout, and keep abreast of outbreak dynamics in a timely manner. Actively explore the effectiveness of monitoring tools and methods such as light traps, sex pheromone traps and food lures, and improve monitoring level and efficiency.

2. Implement joint prevention and joint control and regional governance: in winter, focus on the winter corn areas of South China and Southwest China to reduce the base number of pest sources that spread northward in spring; in spring, focus on implementing unified prevention and joint control in the spring corn areas of South China and southern Southwest China to reduce the base number of the first generation of pest sources; after summer, closely monitor the main corn production areas of Huang-Huai and northern China, and according to pest monitoring results, implement unified prevention and unified control in concentrated landing areas and severe outbreak areas of pest sources to prevent relatively large-scale disasters from occurring.

3. Strengthen unified prevention and unified control: seize the optimal period for prevention and control of young larvae, and it is best to apply pesticides in the early morning or evening, taking care to spray the corn whorl, tassel and ear and other parts. Highly efficient and low-toxicity pesticides for controlling Noctuidae pests can be selected for spraying control.