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University of Arkansas scientists address armyworm control in rice

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Extension entomologists are developing a new percentage-based threshold for insect defoliation of rice that can help eliminate unnecessary applications of pesticides.

Extension entomologists are developing a new percentage-based threshold for insect defoliation of rice that can help eliminate unnecessary applications of pesticides.

Severe defoliation in rice from a large flight of fall armyworms in 2016 led researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture to develop a new defoliation threshold, Nick Bateman, assistant professor and crop entomologist, said in a news release.

It is common to see fall armyworms, a defoliating caterpillar pest, in pastures and fields, Bateman said.

 

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