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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: 28 July 2007
Pub 812: Field Crop Protection Guide > Chapter 6: Dry Edible Beans >
Tarnished Plant Bug and Lygus Spp.

Excerpt from Chapter 6, 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. Beans should be monitored 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 E Lagon 480 EC
Active ingredient dimethoate dimethoate
Trade name Cygon 4 E Lagon 480 EC
Rate per hectare (product) 0.7-1.0 L per ha 0.7-1.0 L per ha
Rate per acre (product) 280-400 mL per ac 280-400 mL per ac

Comments
Do not feed or allow livestock to graze on treated plant material. No more than 3 applications per season. 7 days to harvest.

cyhalothrin-lambda – Matador 120E
Active ingredient cyhalothrin-lambda
Trade name Matador 120E
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. Use 100-200 L water/ha. Maximum of 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.

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