Dow AgroSciences Launches Website To Help Fight Insecticide Resistance
March 18, 2011 Dow AgroSciences recently introduced a new website intended to provide visitors with valuable insight into best management practices of fruit and vegetable production. The site, which can be accessed via www.delegateinsecticide.com and www.radiantinsecticide.com offers helpful tips on resistance management. It also illustrates the roles Delegate and Radiant insecticides play in effective spray programs.
The website houses detailed guidelines for proper integrated pest management (IPM) programs and insecticide resistance management (IRM) strategies. Preventing and managing resistance to insecticides is an important stewardship practice that ensures insect control products will remain effective long term.
The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) estimates that insecticide resistance in the United States costs the agriculture industry $40 million a year in additional treatment costs,” says Hub Miller, portfolio marketing leader for Dow AgroSciences. “Resistance management is a cause that Dow AgroSciences supports 100%. We want to help ensure that our products remain viable for producers.”
Visitors to the website can obtain in-depth analysis of the pests Delegate and Radiant effectively control, including application rates. Visitors can also view recent performance data, educational tutorials, and personal reports from the orchard, grove, or field.
“We want to provide producers with as many instructive resources as possible,” Miller says. “This website will combine with our expert field staff to answer the many questions that crop up on a day-to-day basis.”