Henry R. Mitchell, Joseph Reed, and Houston Joost. FMC Corporation, 408 West Main Street, PO Box 678, Louisville, MS 39339
Carbine TM is a selective foliar-applied cotton insecticide for the control of Lygus species and aphids in cotton. The active ingredient, flonicamid, belongs to the pyridinecarboxamide class of chemistry. Carbine is a valuable tool for resistance management since it has not demonstrated any cross-resistance to existing classes of chemistry. Carbine is also soft on beneficial arthropods and fits well in IPM programs. Field-test during 2007 continue to demonstrate excellent activity against both nymph and adult plant bugs (Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beavois and L. hesperus Knight) comparable to the neonicotinoid standards. Against cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover), Carbine continues to exhibit excellent initial and extended residual activity generally superior to the older aphicides and equivalent to or better than the neonicotinoids.
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