Raymond Cloyd
Recent Articles
How water quality influences pesticide effectiveness
The effectiveness of pesticides may be affected by many factors, one of which is water quality. Read on for tips on how to ensure water isn’t sinking your pest management program.
Perennial pest management fundamentals
Heed these best practices to keep your perennial crops pest free and healthy.
Choose carefully
Proper selection and rotation will help growers avoid pesticide resistance.
Battling twospotted spider mite
Here’s how to use mitochondria electron transport inhibitors (METI) miticides — mode of action groups 20b, 20d, 21a and 25 — to keep this pest at bay.
Change it up
Use a diverse rotational program to avoid insecticide resistance in aphid species.
Meet the rove beetle and the insidious flower bug
These generalist predators prey upon fungus gnats and western flower thrips.
Repellency of pesticides: impact on natural enemies
Pesticides can directly and/or indirectly impact natural enemies at various life stages.
Miticides & predatory mites
The responses of predatory mites to miticides can be influenced by a number of factors.
Mite growth inhibitors: Mode of action group 10
Learn more about how to use and rotate these control products for maximum efficacy.
Why biological control fails
Ensure success with your biocontrol strategy by avoiding these five common mistakes.