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Pesticide Resistance: Can It Happen in Turf?

Pesticide Resistance: Can It Happen in Turf?. Eileen A. Buss Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Entomology & Nematology Dept. Aphids Beetles Caterpillars Leafminers Planthoppers. Scales Spider mites Stink bugs Thrips Whiteflies.

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Pesticide Resistance: Can It Happen in Turf?

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  1. Pesticide Resistance:Can It Happen in Turf? Eileen A. Buss Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Entomology & Nematology Dept.

  2. Aphids Beetles Caterpillars Leafminers Planthoppers Scales Spider mites Stink bugs Thrips Whiteflies Resistance in Ornamental, Vegetable and Fruit Pests

  3. Brief History… • Cases of resistance to several key pests developed within 2-20 years after the introduction of the cyclodienes, organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, Bacillus thuringiensis, spinosyns, and neonicotinoids.

  4. Resistance Mechanisms • Metabolic resistance • Target site insensitivity • Reduced penetration • Behavioral resistance

  5. Resistance Mechanisms • Metabolic resistance • Resistant insects break down the toxin faster than susceptible insects can.

  6. Resistance Mechanisms 2. Target site insensitivity • The site where the toxin binds in the insect has changed.

  7. Resistance Mechanisms 3. Reduced penetration • Resistant insects may absorb the toxin slower through the cuticle than susceptible insects can.

  8. Resistance Mechanisms 4. Behavioral resistance • Resistant insects may detect and behaviorally avoid the toxin.

  9. Resistance in Turf Pests Annual bluegrass weevil Southern chinch bug Lyle Buss, UF/IFAS

  10. Is pesticide resistance more likely to develop in home lawns or golf courses?

  11. Is pesticide resistance more likely to develop in home lawns or golf courses? It depends more on the pest’s biology and the intensity of management against it.

  12. Other turf pests that have potential to become resistant… (but nothing is documented yet!)

  13. Fall armyworm egg mass on tree leaf. FAW egg mass on post. J. Castner, UF FAW adult male. FAW larva showing white Y-mark on head.

  14. Hunting Billbug Life Cycle

  15. What About Mole Crickets?

  16. Speed of Resistance Development • Depends on: • how fast the insects reproduce • migration and host range of the pest • availability of nearby susceptible populations • persistence and specificity of the pesticide • rate, timing and number of applications made

  17. The “Pesticide Treadmill” • After repeated applications, pests evolve resistance to the insecticide and the resistant strain becomes harder to manage at the labeled rate and frequency. • Thus, the insecticide is applied more frequently. • Resistance intensity and the frequency of insecticide-resistant individuals in the population both increase and control failures continue as yet more product is applied. • Users switch to another pesticide.

  18. History of Insecticide Resistance in the Southern Chinch Bug • 1953: Chlordane • 1957: DDT • 1960: Parathion • 1976: Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, Trichlorfon • 2005: Bifenthrin

  19. Why Control Failures Occur • Application errors • Misidentification of pest or damage • Improper control timing • Use of wrong rate or formulation • Inadequate spray volume/irrigation • Improper spray solution pH • Photodegradation • Volatilization • Microbial degradation • Insect resistance

  20. Goal:Reduce the selection pressure on the pest.

  21. How to Develop a Resistance Management Plan 1. Learn about IPM strategies and create a season-long plan to minimize pesticide applications. D. Potter, UKY

  22. Best Management Practices

  23. A Successful IPM Program Depends on: • Knowledge of pest biology • Monitoring and estimating pest density • Knowledge of economic/aesthetic injury levels (i.e., action thresholds) • Everyone needs to tolerate some insects or their damage (threshold should not = 1 bug) • Change from routine or “preventive” applications to as-needed

  24. How to Develop a Resistance Management Plan 2. When designing, installing, or renovating, select plant species or cultivars that are resistant to insect attack.

  25. Host Plant Resistance • Cultivars of different turfgrass species have been screened for resistance to: • Fall armyworm • Japanese beetle • Mole crickets • Chinch bugs • Bermudagrass mites • Billbugs

  26. How to Develop a Resistance Management Plan 3. Use as many different control methods as possible. • Use a variety of synthetic and biorational insecticides • Conserve or release beneficial insects • Adjust cultural practices • Use chemical attractants / deterrents

  27. Natural Enemies • Parasitic wasps, flies • Big-eyed bugs • Minute pirate bugs • Damsel bugs • Earwigs • Ground beetles • Rove beetles • Several ant species • Spiders

  28. Possible Cultural Controls • Alter amount / frequency of irrigation • Reduce thatch thickness • Adjust amount/frequency of fertilization

  29. Irrigation / Moisture Management • Insect eggs and immatures need water / humidity to survive • Reduce watering to desiccate the pests • Increase watering to drown them out

  30. Drought Stress / Irrigation • Chemical Application / Formulation? • What formulation will work best in this situation? • Granular / Fertilizer carrier • Sprayable • Flexibility? • Does the spray technician have flexibility to choose between formulations, depending on an individual situation?

  31. Heavy Fertilization… • Attracts female moths that are ready to lay eggs • Increases thatch • Improves habitat for thatch-dwelling pests • Makes turf more succulent • Insects could pierce the plants more easily

  32. Importance of Nitrogen (N) • Nitrogen content in host plants influences insect survival, development time, body size, and reproduction (Mattson 1980, McNeill & Southwood 1978) • Increasing N fertilization reduces plant resistance to some insect species (esp. beetles and moths) (Barbour et al. 1991) • Southern chinch bug damage seems related to increased ammonium nitrate use (Horn and Pritchett 1962, Busey and Snyder 1993)

  33. How to Develop a Resistance Management Plan 4. Carefully select insecticides • Consider more than cost & effectiveness • Beneficial insects • Product class • Rates and treatment intervals • Product application methods • Tank mixes • Timing of applications

  34. Which Products to Use: Practical Considerations Choice is limited by: • Crop / use site • Number of applications / amount of product allowed for use • Sensitivity of the plant species

  35. Vary the Mode of Action (MoA) • Insecticides act on different physiological and biochemical target sites in insects to kill them • Nervous system (e.g., neurotransmitters, receptor sites) • Growth and development (e.g., hormones) • Energy production (e.g., prevent feeding)

  36. Possible Rotation Products • Pyrethroids (Group 3) • Bifenthrin (Talstar/Onyx), Beta-cyfluthrin (Tempo), Deltamethrin (DeltaGard), lambda-cyhalothrin (Scimitar)… • Carbamates and Organophosphates (Groups 1 A and B) • Carbaryl (Sevin) and trichlorfon (Dylox) • Neonicotinoids(Group 4A) • Clothianidin (Arena), imidacloprid (Merit)

  37. Reduced-Risk (Biorational) Insecticides • Molt-accelerating compounds and other IGR’s • Mach2 • Dimilin 2L • Confirm • Microbial insecticides • Bt, Conserve, insect-parasitic nematodes

  38. Entomopathogenic Nematodes • Several species (Steinernema spp., Heterorhabditis spp.) occur naturally in the soil, but some can be purchased • Some insecticides, like imidacloprid (Merit), may slow grub behavior down and make them more susceptible to nematode infection

  39. Getting the Best Chemical Control • Properly calibrate and maintain equipment • Rotate insecticides with different modes of action • Use enough volume to penetrate thatch • Add an adjuvant to improve coverage, if needed • Don’t spray if rain could wash product off

  40. Application Issues… Photos by R. Clemenzi, Bayer Environmental Science

  41. Application Issues • Granular / Formulated products • Spreader placement • Tire on sidewalk vs. Tire on grass edge Photo by R. Clemenzi, Bayer Environmental Science

  42. Application Issues Photo by R. Clemenzi, Bayer Environmental Science

  43. Online Resource • Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) website: www.irac-online.org

  44. Eileen Buss 352-273-3976 eabuss@ufl.edu

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