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Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) is still the number one insect pest of potatoes around the world. It's a formidable enemy; left uncontrolled it can decimate a crop, but it can also quickly adapt and build resistance to chemical controls.
"The potato beetle has been referred to as the poster insect for resistance - it's found a way to overcome the majority of insecticides we've thrown at it," says Bill Moons, a market development agronomist for Bayer Crop Science.
Bayer has recently launched a new Group 28 formula marketed under the trade name vayego® that can be used to control CPB as well as potato flea beetle and European corn borer. A second-generation diamide (tetraniliprole), the product has residual control that is equal to or longer than any other products on the market, Moons says.
» Read more here on Integrated Pest Management strategies to help tackle insect pests like the Colorado potato beetle.
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