A new insecticide in the registration pipeline will give grape growers a chance to control sucking insects during the root-feeding stage, says a Washington State University entomologist. Dr. Doug Walsh said he believes a new insecticide called Movento (spirotetramat) will be available within the next few years from Bayer Corporation to provide systemic control of sucking insects. The material has a unique mode of action that works throughout the entire plant system, from the young shoots to leaves to roots. “Soon, we’ll be able to deliver a toxic insecticide during the root-feeding stage of insects, a stage that has been […]