Template:Pestcontrol
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This template provides structure and links for pest control methods. It should be added to the "Controls" section of pest profiles. For usage, see below.
Using Template:Pestcontrol
[edit source]This template is automatically included by the page template {{Pestprof}}.
Fill in only the fields for which there is information. Unused lines should be left blank to be filled in later.
- Cultural controls: Discuss any cultural techniques that may provide control for the pest
- Resistant varieties: If available, usual notation in catalogs, etc.
- Trapping: Discuss whether traps are available and if they are effective
- Physical removal: Methods of physical removal (pruning out, water blasting, hand picking, etc.
- Barriers: Discuss any barriers such as row covers, netting, etc.
- Repellents: Chemicals which repel the pest (some may be both repellant and poisonous
- Pesticides: Poisons
- Organic pesticides: Poisons acceptable in organic practice
- Alternate hosts: Weeds where the pest might be hiding
- Predators and parasites: Animal predators and parasites
- Biocontrols (microscopic): Micro-biocontrols, including nematodes, bacteria, fungi, viri, etc.
- Timing: Timing planting and harvesting to avoid season when pest is active
Copy-paste
[edit source]Note: since this template uses parser functions, please copy and paste all of it to the weed profile page under the heading "Control".
{{pestcontrol|
| Cultural controls =
| Resistant varieties =
| Trapping =
| Physical removal =
| Barriers =
| Repellents =
| Pesticides =
| Organic pesticides =
| Alternate hosts =
| Predators and parasites =
| Biocontrols =
| Timing =
}}
Example
[edit source]- Cultural controls: Farmers often plant summer squashes successively either in flats or in situ, to ensure further production even after SVBs are present. Plantings are done every 2 to 4 weeks during the growing season.
- For vining varieties such as winter squashes, compost or soil can be hilled over the nodes to encourage further rooting.
- Resistant varieties: Some varieties of squash are less vulnerable to infestation from SVBs. If they have been a problem in the past, there likely will be a problem with future plantings.
- Physical removal: The stems may be slit open with a knife to allow access to the borers. The cut section is then covered with soil or compost to encourage further rooting and prevent dehydration through the cut. Less destructively, but with less precision, the borer(s) can be pricked through the stem with a needle, wire, or toothpick.
- If plants are severely wilted, the best approach is simply to remove the plant. The borers should be destroyed before the plant is composted to prevent them from maturing.
- Barriers: Row covers can be used as a barrier to the adult moth before the plants start producing female flowers, but these must be removed to allow pollination. If planting successively, new plantings can be kept covered until they are large enough to produce heavy crops.
- Pesticides: Few pesticides are effective, because the borers are protected by the plant stem.
- Nicotine Sulfate: Only effective against the adult moth
- Organic pesticides: Few pesticides are effective, because the borers are protected by the plant stem. However, Bt can work if injected.
- Bt injection: The biocontrol Bt can be used against SVBs, but must be injected into the stem, as sprays will not penetrate to where the caterpillars are feeding inside the stem. This can be done using a syringe needle, or alternatively use a plastic syringe (such as is used for giving medicine to an infant). The Bt should be mixed to the highest concentration permitted on the label, as it will be diluted once injected by the plant's fluids. Using a large-gauge needle, inject the fluid through the holes left by the borers where frass is expelled. Sterilize the needle with alcohol when moving from plant to plant to avoid transmitting bacterial and/or viral infections.
- Rotenone: Only effective against the adult moth
- Pyrethrum:Only effective against the adult moth
{{pestcontrol|
| Cultural controls = Farmers often plant summer squashes successively either in flats or in situ, to ensure further production even after SVBs are present. Plantings are done every 2 to 4 weeks during the growing season.
:For vining varieties such as winter squashes, compost or soil can be hilled over the nodes to encourage further rooting.
| Resistant varieties = Some varieties of squash are less vulnerable to infestation from SVBs. If they have been a problem in the past, there likely will be a problem with future plantings.
| Trapping =
| Physical removal = The stems may be slit open with a knife to allow access to the borers. The cut section is then covered with soil or compost to encourage further rooting and prevent dehydration through the cut. Less destructively, but with less precision, the borer(s) can be pricked through the stem with a needle, wire, or toothpick.
:If plants are severely wilted, the best approach is simply to remove the plant. The borers should be destroyed before the plant is composted to prevent them from maturing.
| Barriers = Row covers can be used as a barrier to the adult moth before the plants start producing female flowers, but these must be removed to allow pollination. If planting successively, new plantings can be kept covered until they are large enough to produce heavy crops.
| Repellents =
| Pesticides = Few pesticides are effective, because the borers are protected by the plant stem.
:*'''Nicotine Sulfate:''' Only effective against the adult moth
| Organic pesticides = Few pesticides are effective, because the borers are protected by the plant stem. However, Bt can work if injected.
:*'''Bt injection''': The biocontrol Bt can be used against SVBs, but must be injected into the stem, as sprays will not penetrate to where the caterpillars are feeding inside the stem. This can be done using a syringe needle, or alternatively use a plastic syringe (such as is used for giving medicine to an infant). The Bt should be mixed to the highest concentration permitted on the label, as it will be diluted once injected by the plant's fluids. Using a large-gauge needle, inject the fluid through the holes left by the borers where frass is expelled. Sterilize the needle with alcohol when moving from plant to plant to avoid transmitting bacterial and/or viral infections.
:*'''Rotenone:''' Only effective against the adult moth
:*'''Pyrethrum:'''Only effective against the adult moth
| Alternate hosts =
| Predators and parasites =
| Biocontrols =
| Timing =
}}