—Lancaster Farming, Saturday; May- 8> 1971
10
Stauffer Official Foresees Basic Changes in Pesticides
While the new non-perslsten
selective pesticides are boostm,.
farm output, the search con
tinues for more advance*
chemicals and methods to ai
tack crop pests
What will the next generatio:
of pesticides be like?
“The possibilities are virtu-
ally unlimited,” says H. L
\ JStraube, vice president anr
1 General, manager-ofkthe Agricul
[Jliiral Chemical' Division o.
ligfeuffer' Chemical Company
will continue to b(
the key*’factor in combatm;
crop pests,” he said, “but othej
interesting methods are bein
' explored.”
Among current researcj
trends,' juvenile, ftftfmones*? oj
' hdrmone-like - materiglSl fSppea:
~ to
;; a S J 9-
, j^lq
pment of specif
harming the me cycles of "non
target species. Interruption of
development makes the target SecsTestieide Innovations
insects unable tCreproduce. 9 7 -fL - * -i- '"P
jOfc Weiiea.a®i«iß®r
The Agricultural Research firms. Among them:
-<<■ sSeryAce r tffiF nt ' ‘ffa&ct r! Sterility Massive
...of Ag^cul^ime•^§©ALrpgor ts, -g l fhi , KSi 1 § r! of r M fi^ediwdare
.that lwmJ9-g£^,.J;syfai^aiJSWitar:gaftlfinam J9 -g£^,. J ; s y fai^a i JSWitar :g aftlfina
~ pani.es _aFft^tU^Xl.9.g £ iS§,§?fe heps*^'dihtidft'" feteSfeed to
* ]%nd s3 e©;^i)? 9 na
; ) ,®xtefl^ve [l ,B®egSii^ J *Ps^| 1E ® p ' the in
underway., ~^iffif|ap ;j -will q fpopflihEdg dwindles.
- the first companies tpr- -■ - x
among, .ae firs -..upan* -/nsuo-’tf 2* ,-■ •s. , „ „„„
& ’tegt ifr'BrrimiiT’rdfmula- The methpdi/has been snccess
tions this faith's estate *ex- fuhy used! tb eradicate the
periment stations and other co- pest in
operators. the Southw|stern United States.
Straube emphasized, however, It is alsdf being used to re
that considerable toxicological place insecticide spraying to
investigation and field testing prevent entry of the Mexican
will be required to determine (Continued on Page 12)
the commercial feasibility of
these products.
A number of approaches to
biological control are also be-
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