1998 ESA North Central Branch Meeting Abstract
163 NEW GENERATION OF INSECTICIDES WITH NOVEL CHEMISTRY. L. L. Larson, Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268
The industry has responded to changes in public perception and customer attitudes favoring higher activity and greater applicator and environmental safety with more highly active and selective pest management tools. These have already made a dramatic reduction in the pounds of conventional insecticides applied to crops in the US. This paper will deal with the characteristics of these new pest management tools currently in the development pipeline. These materials have never been more impressive and carry the promise for even better pest
management systems in the future. With the advent of insect resistant transgeneics, sprayables will still be necessary to lower pest outbreaks, and through the use of pest management techniques we can preserve these new tools for many years to come. Thanks to new innovations from a variety of companies, and a better recognition of the value of IPM, the future for synthetic organics and natural products as tools for pest management has never been brighter. The challenge will be to effectively utilize these narrower spectrum materials in rotation or combination with each other to form new paradigms in insect management. However, there will be no magic solutions. The crop protection industry will need to use resistance management and all the available IPM tactics to stay ahead of our insect competitors.
This paper will be presented on Wednesday.
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