IFAS-Gulf Coast Research

Insecticides, Miticides and Molluskicides for Management of Insect, Mite, Snail and Slug Pests of Florida Strawberry
James F. Price, Curtis Nagle, Elzie McCord and Susan E. Webb

Numerous insect and mite pests in Florida affect production and economic returns in strawberry. Crop managers face enormous difficulties in managing these arthropods efficiently. Once the strawberry crop is in the field, there largely remain only three options for management, (1) a few cultural techniques such as removing ripe fruit from the field to reduce infestations of sap beetles, (2) a few biological techniques such as releasing Phytoseiulus persimilis for control of twospotted spider mite, and (3) insecticides and miticides.

There are numerous active ingredients available to strawberry crop managers in Florida. In many cases the selection and effective use of products among these is key to the efficient management of losses to arthropods. Table 1 presents the active ingredients available to strawberry crop managers in Florida, selected products available from each of the active ingredients, reentry and pre-harvest intervals that must be observed, and arthropods presented on product labels that may be important strawberry crop managers in Florida. Other products composed of the active ingredients may be available and other arthropods may be presented on product labels.

The product label communicates the lawful use of the insecticides and miticides and must be read, understood and followed. The label contains very important limitations that may not be presented in Table 1, such as restrictions on numbers of applications. When using a pesticide for the first time, it is important to apply the product first to a small portion of the crop and wait to observe possible detrimental effects, such as leaf distortion and plant stunting.

ACTIVE INGREDIENT	SELECTED PRODUCTS (others may exist)	REI	PHI	SELECTED PESTS CONTROLLED (see label)
Abamectin	AgriMek 0.15 EC Warning	12 hours	3 days	Twospotted spider mites
Azadirachtin	Neemix 0.25% Caution	12 hours	0 days	Aphids, beetles, caterpillars, fruit fly, thrips, whiteflies
	Ecozin 3% EC Warning	12 hours	0 days	Aphids , beetles, caterpillars, fruit flies, lygus bugs, whiteflies
	Azatin 3% XL Plus Caution	4 hours	0 days	Aphids, beetles, caterpillars, flies, thrips, whiteflies
Azinphosmethyl	Guthion 2L Guthion 50WP Azinphosmethyl 2EC Danger	4 days	5 days	Aphids, omnivorous leaf tier, strawberry leaf roller, whitefly
Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki	Javelin WG Caution	4 hours	0 days	Armyworm, Helicoverpa spp., Heliothis spp., loopers, obliquebanded leafroller, omnivorous leafroller, omnivorous leaftier, saltmarsh caterpillar
	Lepinox WDG Warning	12 hours	0 days	Armyworm, loopers, obliquebanded leafroller, omnivorous loooper, tobacco budworm
	Biobit HP DiPel 2X DiPel DF Caution	4 hours	0 days	Saltmarsh caterpillar, omniverous leafroller, loopers, obliquebanded leafroller, armyworms, tobacco budworm
	DiPel ES Caution	4 hours	0 days	Armyworm, looper
Bacillus thuringiensis aizawai	Agree WG Caution	4 hours	0 days	Armyworms
Bacillus thuringiensis aizawai	Xentari Caution	4 hours	0 days	Armyworms, loopers, obliquebanded leafrollers, omnivorous leafroller, saltmarsh caterpillar, tobacco budworm
Beauveria bassiana	Botanigard ES Mycotrol ES Warning	12 hours	0 days	Whitefly, aphids, thrips
Beauveria bassiana	Naturalis L Caution	4 hours	0 days	Ants, aphids, armyworms, budworm, leafrollers, loopers, lygus bug, tetranychid mites, tarnished plant bug, thrips, tomato fruitworm, whiteflies
Bifenazate	Acramite-50WS Caution	12 hours	1 day	Spider mites
Bifenthrin	Brigade WSB Warning	12 hours	0 days	Aphids, armyworms, Heliothis spp., leafrollers, Lygus spp., plant bugs, stink bugs, strawberry sap beetle, spider mites
Carbaryl	Sevin 4F Caution Sevin 80% S Warning	12 hours	7 days	Leafrollers, omnivorous leaftier, strawberry fruitworm, tarnished plant bug, omnivorous leafroller, saltmarsh caterpillar
Carbaryl	Sevin 5% Bait Caution	12 hours	7 days	Ants, armyworms, crickets
Chlorpyrifos	Lorsban 4E Warning	24 hours	21 days	Bud weevils, grubs
Cinnamaldehyde	Valero	4 hours	0 days	Aphids, spider mites
Diazinon	Diazinon 50W Diazinon 5WB Diazinon AG 600 WBC Diazinon AG 500 Caution	24 hours	5 days	Aphids, cyclamen mites, mole crickets, strawberry leafrollers
Dicofol	Kelthane 35 Warning	12 hours	3 days	Broad mite, cyclamen mite, twospotted spider mite
Dicofol	Kelthane 50 WSP Danger	48 hours	3 days	Broad mite, cyclamen mite, twospotted spider mite
Endosulfan	Thiodan 50WP Phaser 3EC, 50WSB, Danger	24 hours	4 days	Strawberry aphid, tarnished plant bugs, whitefly, cyclamen mite
Fenpropathrin	Danitol 2.4 EC Warning	24 hours	2 days	Lygus, tarnished plant bug, twospotted spider mite
Fenbutatin oxide	Vendex 50 WP Danger	48 hours	1 day	Twospotted spider mite
Hexythiazox	Savey 50WP, 50DF, Caution	12 hours	3 days	Twospotted spider mite
Malathion	Malathion 5EC Malathion 8EC Warning	12 hours	3 days	Aphids, field crickets, lygus bugs, thrips, strawberry leafrollers
Metaldehyde	Deadline Bullets Durham Metal-dehyde Granules 3.5% Caution	12 hours	0 days	Snails, slugs
Methomyl	Lannate LV Danger	48 hours	3 days-Fresh fruit, 10 days- Processing fruit	Thrips, aphids, lygus bugs, omnivorous leaftiers, armyworms
Methoxychlor	Methoxychlor 2EC Caution	12 hours	14 days	Omnivorous leaf tier
Naled	DiBrom 8-E, 8 Miscible Danger	24 hours	1 day	Leafrollers, spider mites, omnivorous leaftiers, aphids, thrips, lygus
Neem oil	Trilogy Caution	4 hours	0 days	Aphids, mites, whiteflies, thrips; see precaution on captan label
Paraffinic oil	Ultra-Fine Oil Caution	4 hours	0 days	Aphids, mites; see precaution on captan label
Potassium salts of fatty acids (insecticidal soap)	M-Pede Warning	12 hours	0 days	Twospotted mites, aphids, whiteflies
Propargite	Omite 30W, 6E, CR, Danger	3 days	Non-bearing plants for 1 yr	Twospotted spider mite
Pyrethrins + Rotenone	Pyrellin EC Caution	12 hours	12 hours	Mites, strawberry leafrollers, thrips
Pyrethrins + Piperonyl butoxide	Pyrenone Caution	12 hours	0 days	Ants, aphids, beetles, black widow spiders, caterpillars, fruitflies, lesser cornstalk borer, plant bugs, sap beetles, whiteflies

SELECTED PRODUCTS

REI

SELECTED PESTS CONTROLLED

Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki

Beauveria bassiana