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Dry Edible Beans: Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris) and Lygus spp.

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 04 July 2005
Last Reviewed: 15 June 2009
Pub 812: Field Crop Protection Guide > Chapter 5: Dry Edible Beans >
Tarnished Plant Bug and Lygus Spp.

Excerpt from Chapter 5, Field Crop Protection Guide, Order this publication

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  1. Integrated Pest Management Options
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Integrated Pest Management Options

Lygus can sting the developing pods, resulting in damaged seeds. Monitor beans during the early pod-filling stages. A treatment may be required when there are 1-2 bugs per sweep later in the season.

dimethoate – Cygon 4 E, Lagon 480 EC
 Cygon 4 ELagon 480 EC
Active ingredient dimethoatedimethoate
Trade nameCygon 4 ELagon 480 EC
Rate per hectare (product)0.7-1.0 L per ha0.7-1.0 L per ha
Rate per acre (product) 280-400 mL per ac280-400 mL per ac

Comments
Do not feed or allow livestock to graze treated plant material. Maximum 3 applications/season. 7 days to harvest.

cyhalothrin-lambda – Matador 120E
Active ingredient cyhalothrin-lambda
Trade nameMatador 120E
Rate per hectare (product)83 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 34 mL per ac

Comments
Has no systemic activity.
Ground and aerial application. For best results, apply during the early morning, before temperatures rise, and during the evening, past the heat of the day. Use 100-200 L water/ha. Maximum 3 applications/yr. 14 days to harvest. Do not re-enter treated areas until 24 hr of treatment. Do not graze or harvest treated forage, straw or hay for livestock feed.

cyhalothrin-lambda – Silencer 120EC
Active ingredient cyhalothrin-lambda
Trade nameSilencer 120EC
Rate per hectare (product)83 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 34 mL per ac

Comments
Has no systemic activity. Ground application only.
For best results, apply during the early morning, before temperatures rise, and during the evening, past the heat of the day. 14 days to harvest. Maximum 3 applications/yr. Do not graze or harvest treated forage, straw or hay for livestock feed.


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