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Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E.Smith, 1797) control in corn field

A corn field work was carried out in Tietê, State of São Paulo, Brazil in order to control the fall armyworm. The treatments, with four repetitions, and the quantities of active ingredients, per hectare, were as follows: A - check; B - bendiocarb, 250 g; C - hydrazone BTS 54439, 250 g ; D - trichlorfon, 250 g ; E - pyrethroid biphenthrin, 30 g ; F - pyrethroid FMC 65318, 30 g ; G - thiodicarb, 200 g ; H - triazophos, 200 g. The best results were obtained with pyrethroid FMC 65318, thiodicarb and pyrethroid biphenthrin.

Spodoptera frugiperda; fall armyworm pesticides; corn


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