Fipronil: a new soil and foliar broad spectrum insecticide

Fipronil: a new soil and foliar broad spectrum insecticide

Farnham British Crop Protection Council United Kingdom

1992

p.29-34

REP.DBM-1571

Fipronil [(+-)-5-amino-1-(2, 6-dichloro-Alpha, Alpha, Alpha-trifluoro-p-tolyl)-4-trifluoromethylsulfinylpyrazole-3-carbonitrile] is a new pyrazole insecticide that provides excellent control of many soil and foliar insects on a wide variety of crops and non-crops. Fipronil at 120 g Al/ha applied to the soil effectively controls corn rootworm beetle larvae, Diabrotica spp., and wireworm larvae, Limonius spp. and Agriotes spp. Fipronil at 25-50 g Al/ha applied to foliage controls many chewing insect pests such as Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata; diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella; and boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis. Rice paddy treatments of fipornil at 50 g Al/ha provide excellent control of stem borer, Chilo spp.; brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens; and rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus. Additionally, insects resistant or tolerant to pyrethroid, cyclodiene, organophosphate and/or carbamate insecticides are not cross resistant to fipronil, thus making fipronil an especially effective candidate for resistance management programs. [AS]

Brighton Crop Protection Conference - Pests and Diseases

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