ISHS Acta Horticulturae 917: XXVIII International Horticultural Congress on Science and Horticulture for People (IHC2010): International Symposium on Plant Protection
COMPATIBILITY OF SPIROTETRAMAT (MOVENTO®) IN INTEGRATED POME FRUIT PRODUCTION |
| Authors: | E. Bangels, G. Peusens, T. Beliën, B. Gobin |
| Keywords: | IPM, spirotetramat, Typhlodromus pyri, Anthocoris sp., side effect |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.917.9 |
| Abstract:
Pome fruit growers around the world are gradually adopting Integrated Fruit Production (IFP). IFP is defined by the IOBC as the economical production of high quality fruit, giving priority to ecologically safer methods, minimising the undesirable side effects and use of agrochemicals, to enhance the safeguards to the environment and human health. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is central to IFP and strongly depends on the availability of selective insecticides. Spirotetramat (brand name Movento®) is a very promising active ingredient belonging to the class of tetramic acid derivatives. It has a two-way systemic action, allowing it to move downwards as well as upwards within the plant in the phloem and in the xylem vessels. From 2002 onwards, numerous GEP and non-GEP field trials with this new compound were performed by pcfruit in apple and pear orchards in Belgium. Trials were all executed according to EPPO guidelines. Based on the outcomes of these trials, spirotetramat was proven to be efficient against a broad range of pests. In addition, spirotetramat was shown to have a good safety profile with respect to a range of beneficial arthro¬pods (e.g., Typhlodromus pyri and Anthocoris sp.). Since the withdrawal of a number of plant protection products and limited use of certain broad-spectrum products according to the IFP-guidelines, the control of pest species such as pear sucker (Cacopsylla pyri) and woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) is very complicated at this time. Hence, the introduction of spirotetramat, with good efficacy against several severe pome fruit pests and good beneficial safety, will appreciably strengthen the currently applied IPM control strategies in IFP. | |
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