Current status of insecticidal control of wireworms in potatoes
Abstract
Thomas P. Kuhar (Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech), John Speese III (Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech), Joanne Whalen (Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology, University of Delaware), Juan M. Alvarez (Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho), Andrei Alyokhin (Department of Biology, University of Maine), Gerald Ghidiu (Department of Entomology, Rutgers University) and Martin R. Spellman (Extension IPM Associate, University of Delaware) summarize the performance of various insecticides in efficacy trials for control of wireworms in potatoes and discuss the future outlook.