Nematicides and Integrated Pest Management

“Avicta and Clariva affect the biology of the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines”, Plant Disease, 102:12, 2480-2486 (2018).

Authors: Jared Jensen, Upender Kalwa, Santosh Pandey, and Greg L. Tylka

Summary: Nematicidal seed treatments are a relatively new strategy for integrated pest management (IPM). Two such nematicides, Avicta (abamectin) and Clariva (Pasteuria nishizawae), are marketed by Syngenta for use against Heterodera glycines in soybean production in the upper Midwest. The effects of Avicta and Clariva on H. glycines roundworms’ hatching, movement, attraction, penetration, development, and reproduction were determined in controlled-environment experiments.

Nematicides and Integrated Pest Management

Effects of Syngenta’s Activa and Clariva on Nematodes

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