Articles
Spirotetramat – application in fruit growing, efficacy, resistance and toxicity
Article number
1449_45
Pages
335 – 340
Language
English
Abstract
Spirotetramat is one of the novel structural pesticides in the class of spirocyclic tetronic acid derivatives used to control whiteflies, aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, psyllids, thrips and other sucking insects on agricultural crops.
Spirotetramat is used on vegetables, field crops and fruits such as pome and stone fruits, grapes, citrus, small fruits, nuts, and bananas.
Spirotetramat is a systemic insecticide that penetrates the leaf cuticle and migrates in the plant through the phloem and xylem.
Plant protection products containing spirotetramat are currently registered in 24 EU Member States.
Plant protection product containing spirotetramat is also available on the Croatian market for use on various crops.
Spirotetramat could be used instead of banned insecticides such as neonicotinoids and some banned pyrethroids but can also replace currently approved active substances such as abamectin.
The efficacy of spirotetramat on fruit species varied across a broad spectrum of sucking pests.
Spirotetramat showed slow action with prolonged activity and mostly achieved good efficacy against larval stages (juveniles). The effect on adult stages was not always satisfactory, although reproduction of adult females was affected.
Spirotetramat does not appear to exhibit cross-resistance to other conventional insecticides unless they are in the same chemical class.
The objective of this review is to summarize the approved uses of spirotetramat against fruit pests in Croatia and EU Member States and to discuss the available studies that investigated the efficacy of spirotetramat under laboratory and field conditions against adult and juvenile stages of various fruit pests.
The review includes the results of the studies that investigated the efficacy of spirotetramat on pome and stone fruit, small fruit, and citrus, and shows lower efficacy against aphids and pear psylla.
Some of the studies suggest that spirotetramat could be included in integrated pest management systems.
Spirotetramat is used on vegetables, field crops and fruits such as pome and stone fruits, grapes, citrus, small fruits, nuts, and bananas.
Spirotetramat is a systemic insecticide that penetrates the leaf cuticle and migrates in the plant through the phloem and xylem.
Plant protection products containing spirotetramat are currently registered in 24 EU Member States.
Plant protection product containing spirotetramat is also available on the Croatian market for use on various crops.
Spirotetramat could be used instead of banned insecticides such as neonicotinoids and some banned pyrethroids but can also replace currently approved active substances such as abamectin.
The efficacy of spirotetramat on fruit species varied across a broad spectrum of sucking pests.
Spirotetramat showed slow action with prolonged activity and mostly achieved good efficacy against larval stages (juveniles). The effect on adult stages was not always satisfactory, although reproduction of adult females was affected.
Spirotetramat does not appear to exhibit cross-resistance to other conventional insecticides unless they are in the same chemical class.
The objective of this review is to summarize the approved uses of spirotetramat against fruit pests in Croatia and EU Member States and to discuss the available studies that investigated the efficacy of spirotetramat under laboratory and field conditions against adult and juvenile stages of various fruit pests.
The review includes the results of the studies that investigated the efficacy of spirotetramat on pome and stone fruit, small fruit, and citrus, and shows lower efficacy against aphids and pear psylla.
Some of the studies suggest that spirotetramat could be included in integrated pest management systems.
Publication
Authors
A. Bokulić Petrić, I. Juran, T. Miličević, A. Meić
Keywords
tetronic acid derivative, insecticide, authorizations, pest control, sucking pests, mortality
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