Pesticide OK’d To Battle Slugs In Field Corn
HARRISBURG PennsyTva- as soon as application for an
nia farmers confronted with heavy exemption is made,
slug infestation'in newly planted The authorization is scheduled
field com can now use the pcsti- to end July 7, but Wolff said the
cide Larvin 3.2 Thiodicarb to pie- Department will request a specific
vent crop loss. exemption to continue its use until
State Agriculture Secretary the slug threat is past.
Boyd E. Wolff said his department In his letter to EPA, Wolff said
has applied to (he Environmental die “problem has erupted into an
Protection Agency for a crisis - economically significant infesta
exemption to allow use of the don in many counties.” He said
insecticide against slugs. Penn State University entomolo-
Undcr emergency procedures, gists have described infestation
use of the pesticide is authorized and damage as “a crisis situation ”
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The Department’s Bureau of
Plant Industry estimates that up to
SO percent of the com acreage in
central parts of the state has been
lost to slug damage, Wolff said.
“Indications are that other areas
under study may suffer as much as
20 percent loss.”
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'The warm winter followed by
extended rains in May and June
have resulted in a proliferation of
slugs, calling for emergency mea
sures to counter the damage they
cause,” Wolff said. ‘The use of
Thiodicarb will give our farmers a
weapon to stem field com losses.”
Tie said the insecticide may be
needed until an extended warm.
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