Articles tagged under: Colorado Potato Beetle

Bug Activity Increasing With Warmer Weather

Published August 1, 2024

Insect activity is picking up throughout the Upper Midwest. University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist Ian MacRae is seeing a lot of potato bug activity. "Insects, especially Colorado Potato Beetles, are really regional this year. Some places are seeing high, some…
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Managing Potato Superbugs

Published July 18, 2024

At the Crops and Soils Day in Crookston, University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist Ian MacRae outlined his research on the Colorado Potato Beetle. “They (Colorado Potato Beetles) can detoxify a lot of really nasty chemistries. It makes management really difficult.”…
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Spuds Not Happy With Soggy Fields

Published June 21, 2024

The soggy weather has caused some drownouts and rotting in the potato crop. Potato Extension Agronomist Andy Robinson says this problem is better for potatoes than an adversely dry season. “As a result of all the extra water we’ve received,…
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Colorado Potato Beetle Control Approved

Published January 8, 2024

The EPA has approved a new bioinsecticide to control Colorado potato beetle. Calantha is produced by GreenLight Biosciences. Chemical pesticide resistance is estimated to cost U.S. agriculture billions of dollars each year and this bioinsecticide is described as an effective…
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Rotate Products to Help Overcome Resistance

Published January 6, 2022

Rotating chemistries is important in addressing insecticide resistance for the Colorado Potato Beetle. Corteva Agriscience Territory Manager Bridgette Readel says there is a new insecticide available for potato growers called Delegate WG. "It's a product that has spinetoram in it.…
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Keep an Eye Out for Colorado Potato Beetle in Spring

Published January 6, 2022

Last year’s warmer-than-usual conditions in central Minnesota and portions of the Red River Valley brought a strong emergence of the Colorado Potato Beetle. University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist Ian MacRae says Colorado Potato Beetle can survive a northern winter. Snow…
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Potato News

Published July 6, 2020

It’s time to scout for the Colorado potato beetle. University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist Ian MacCrae says the beetles are slower to get out this year, but adult populations are starting to grow. Potato News is made possible by Corteva…
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NPPGA Research Reporting Conference is Tuesday

Published February 13, 2020

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association Research Reporting Conference will take place on Tuesday. NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension Agronomist Andy Robinson says research discussions will focus on the Colorado Potato Beetle, nematode management, hail effects on processing potatoes…
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