Changing the pattern of IPM
Company profile
Changing the pattern of Integrated Crop Management (ICM)
Russell IPM is one of the leading
Russell IPM has a dynamic research and development
manufacturers of insects pheromones
team focussed on providing robust solutions against a
for pest monitoring and control. Our core expertise is semiochemicalsbased pest management for public health and agriculture. We offer a wide range of innovative products that are environmentally-friendly and deliver safe, effective and sustainable crop protection both in the farm field and in food storage spaces.
wide range of existing and upcoming pest and disease species. Our vision starts with a healthy soil to promote pest and disease resistant plants, repellents to deter pests away from crops and attractants to draw pests onto traps. Our systems are refined to allow integration with, or enhancement of, natural enemies and pollinators. A range of digital traps are in development to monitor pests, diseases and key environmental factors. These remote monitoring traps will alert growers by text or email when remedial action is required. The addition of sticky roll traps to ICM systems has proven to result in more robust thrips and whitefly control (pages 4-7). Typically the rolls capture the adult flying stages of insects, whilst predators feed on the larval stages. Together predators and rolls work better than either alone. A new range of sticky traps are being adapted to target specific pest species, such as capsids (Lygus species), pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii) and spotted winged drosophila (Drosophila suzukii). In a programme of continuous improvement, the rolls are optimised for different climates and pest species by testing and selecting the best colours, patterns, attractants, base material and glues (page 3). Unique to Russell IPM, our formulation chemists have encapsulated pheromones and incorporated them into the rolls, for convenient and longer-lasting release.
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COLOUR
Trap colours selected to attract specific pest species.
ATTRACTANTS
Range of pheromones & kairomones added to increase trap catch of specific pests. Scents incorporated onto adhesive surface during manufacturing for ready-to-use traps.
FORMULATIONS
Unique micro-encapsulated formulations developed to produce longer-lasting release.
VISUAL PATTERNS
Patterns printed onto traps to increase the attraction and trap catch of certain pests.
ADHESIVE
Specially developed, high-tech, non-drying, water-resistant and toxin-free glue. Adhesive o o active from 50 with a dripping point at 185 .
UV
STABILITY
Different specifications to tolerate UV exposure and varying temperatures.
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Yellow sticky rolls by Russell IPM con Russell IPM has developed new versions of its yellow sticky rolls. The new yellow traps show improved attraction and catch of whiteflies (including glasshouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum and silver leaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci). They also attract aphids, leaf miners and thrips.
Russell IPM’s new Optiroll trap is made for a tear-resistant, robust, year-round protection. Optiroll is ideal for use outside or in polytunnels, as well as greenhouses. Its specially selected polymer makes it particularly well-suited to warmer climates and long-season crops.
The challenge
Whiteflies are insect pests attacking a wide range of green-house grown vegetable and ornamental crops, throughout temperate and tropical climates. Whiteflies have developed resistance to a wide range of chemical insecticides, so control relies on integrating a range of methods, including predators and parasitoids (Integrated Pest Management, IPM). Biological control can fail during extreme temperatures, when there are pest invasions or when incompatible pesticides are used. Adding Russell IPM traps provides growers with added protection, resulting in a more robust IPM strategy.
The solution
As part of an on-going development programme, Russell IPM have introduced two improved sticky yellow roller traps – Actiroll and Optiroll - that increase the whitefly trap catch without the added attraction of beneficial species. The yellow colour of both roller traps is of a wavelength scientifically selected in Russell’s laboratory to enhance the attraction of whiteflies, while still attracting leaf miners, aphids and thrips.
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nsistently reduce adult whiteflies CASE STUDIES
The trapping effect of Optiroll demi (15 cm x 100 m) was tested in a glasshouse strawberry crop (Cultivar lusa), from January to May 2015, in a crop using biological pest control and bumblebee pollination. The trial was laid out in a randomised block design, with seven replicates, comparing plots with and without Optiroll traps. Whitefly numbers were assessed at the start of the trial, then in February and April (Figure 1).
Results
SPRING ‘15
Fig. 1.The whitefly population in plots with and without Russell IPM Optiroll demi traps.
Yellow Optiroll demi traps significantly reduced adult whitefly numbers, by 84% in February & 67% in April. The traps are most effective when used from the start of cropping against low whitefly numbers.
A trial was set up in a glasshouse strawberry crop (cultivar Serena) to test the trapping effect of the new Russell IPM yellow rolls (Optiroll and Actiroll, 30 cm x 100 m) against the standard, compared to plots without traps (July – Oct 2016). The numbers of adult whiteflies per leaf and per trap (10 x 25 cm sections) were counted after the traps had been up for six weeks. Fig 2. New traps twice as effective as previous standard yellow roller traps
Results
SUMMER ‘15
Fig 3. New roller traps reduce whitefly numbers by up to 87% when applied from planting stage
The new Russell IPM traps caught approximately double the number of whiteflies compared to the standard. (Figure 2) Traps reduced whitefly numbers in the crop by 83-87% (Figure 3)
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Target pest
Product
Describtion
PCT-OPTIN-Y10
Whiteflies, Aphids, Leafminers, Thrips
Optiroll 10 Yellow
Yellow sticky roll size 10 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-Y15
Whiteflies, Aphids, Leafminers, Thrips
Optiroll 15 Yellow
Yellow sticky roll size 15 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-B10
Western flower thrips, Thrips species
Optiroll 10 Blue
Blue sticky roll size 10 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-B15
Western flower thrips, Thrips species
Optiroll 15 Blue
Blue sticky roller trap size 15 cm x 100 cm
Super
PCT-OPTIN-S15-Y
Whiteflies, Fungus gnats, Aphids, Leafminers, Thrips
Optiroll Super 15 Yellow
Yellow with Black patterned sticky roll size 15 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-S30-Y
Whiteflies, Fungus gnats, Aphids, Leafminers, Thrips
Optiroll Super 30 Yellow
Yellow with Black patterned sticky roll size 30 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-S15-B
Western flower thrips, Thrips species
Optiroll Super 15 Blue
Blue with White patterned sticky roll size 15 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-S30-B
Western flower thrips, Thrips species
Optiroll Super 30 Blue
Blue with White patterned sticky roll size 30 cm x 100 cm
Super plus
WITH WFT THRIPS PHEROMONE
PCT-OPTIN-SPT15-B
Western flower thrips, Thrips species
Optiroll super plus 15 Blue
Blue with White patterned sticky roll size 15 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-SPT30-B
Western flower thrips, Thrips species
Optiroll super plus 30 Blue
Blue with White patterned sticky roll size 30 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-SPT15-W Thrips species, Various pest species
Optiroll super plus 15 White
White with Blue pattern sticky roll size 15 cm x 100 cm
PCT-OPTIN-SPT30-W Thrips species, Various pest species
Optiroll super plus 30 White
White with Blue pattern sticky roll size 15 cm x 100 cm
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