2020 and 2021 Leafhopper Insecticide Trials By Dr. Louis Nottingham and Dr. Katlyn Catron Methods: Colladonus reductus leafhoppers were collected from organic or unsprayed orchards’ groundcover (Fig. 1) via sweep nets, then returned to the lab. Leafhoppers were exposed to insecticides by direct sprays or previously treated leaves from cherry trees. After exposure, leafhoppers were […]
Written by Louis Nottingham and Katlyn Catron, August 9, 2021 Introduction Data showing efficacy of insecticides against leafhopper vectors of x-disease is still relatively sparse. To address this, we performed two lab bioassays to screen insecticide products against Colladonus montanus reductus, the most abundant leafhopper vector of x-disease found in Washington cherries. We evaluated insecticides […]
May 18, 2021 Prior to this project, there was no available experimental information on insecticide toxicity against the leafhopper X-disease vectors Colladonus Reductus and C. geminatus In 2020 we performed lab bioassays to screen various insecticide products against the most abundant of these two species in Washington cherries, C. reductus. Five insecticide materials achieved 100% […]
