Risk and the Value of Additional Insecticide Applications for European Corn Borer Control in Processing Sweet Corn
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This analysis uses data from field evaluations of pyrethroid insecticides to estimate the uncertainty (risk) and expected value of additional insecticide applications and IPM to control European corn borer larvae in processing sweet corn. Preliminary empirical results indicate that IPM can increase expected returns around $5-$9/ac and reduce the risk (variability) of net returns.
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European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), is a major pest of processing snap bean because larvae are contaminants in pods. The incidence of O. nubilalis-contaminated beans has become uncommon in New York, possibly because widespread adoption of Bt field corn has suppressed populations. Snap bean fields located where Bt corn has been intensively grown in space and time may be at lower ri...
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