Selectivity and Persistence of Key Cotton Insecticides/Miticides / Cotton / Agriculture: Pest Management Guidelines / UC Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM)

Product (Common Name)	Selectivity	Persistence to:		Major Target Pests
Product (Common Name)	Selectivity	Pest	Natural Enemies	Major Target Pests
Acramite (bifenazate)	high	short	short	mites
Admire Pro (imidacloprid)	high	moderate	short	aphids, lygus bug
Asana (esfenvalerate)	low	long	moderate	loopers, beet armyworm, other caterpillars
Assail (acetamiprid)	high	moderate to long	short	whiteflies, aphids
Agri-Mek 0.15 EC (abamectin)	high	long	moderate	mites**
Bacillus thuringiensis	high	short	short	loopers, beet armyworm
Baythroid (beta–cyfluthrin)	low	long	moderate	lygus bug, beet armyworm, looper
Belay (clothianidin)	low	moderate	long	lygus bug, aphids
Brigade (bifenthrin)	low	long	long	lygus bug***, whiteflies, beet armyworm, looper
Carbine (flonicamid)	high	moderate	short	lygus bug, aphids
Comite (proparite)	high	moderate	short	mites**
Centric (thiamethoxam)	high	moderate	short	whiteflies, aphids
Coragen (chlorantraniliprole)	high	unknown	short	primarily caterpillars
Courier (buprofezin)	high	long	long	whiteflies
Cruiser¹ (thiamethoxam)	high	moderate to long	short	thrips, mites, lygus bug
Danitol (fenpropathrin)	low	long	moderate	whiteflies, lygus bug***
Diamond (novaluron)	moderate	moderate	moderate	lygus bug, beet armyworm, loopers
Dimethoate (dimethoate)	moderate	short	short	lygus bug***, aphids, thrips
Dimilin (diflubenzuron)	high	moderate	short	beet armyworm, other caterpillars
Fujimite (fenpyroximate)	high	moderate	short	mites
Fulfill (pymetrozine)	high	short	short	aphids
Gaucho¹ (imidacloprid)	moderate	long	moderate	aphids, thrips
Gossyplure	high	moderate	none	pink bollworm
Intrepid (methoxyfenozide)	high	moderate	moderate	beet armyworm, other caterpillars
Knack (pyriproxyfen)	high	long	short	whiteflies
Lannate (methomyl)	low	short	short	loopers, beet armyworm, aphids
Leverage (imidacloprid+beta-cyfluthrin)	low	long	moderate	lygus bug, aphids
Malathion (malathion)	low	short	short	grasshoppers
Mustang (zeta-cypermethrin)	low	long	moderate	lygus bug, beet armyworm, loopers
Neemix (azadirachtin)	moderate	short	short	aphids, whiteflies
Oberon (spiromesifen)	high	moderate	moderate	mites, whiteflies
Oils	low	short	short	aphids, whiteflies
Onager (hexythiazox)	high	moderate	short	mites
Orthene²(acephate)	low	moderate	moderate	thrips, lygus bug, loopers, whiteflies
Orthene¹(acephate)	high	moderate	short	thrips, aphids
Radiant (spinetoram)	high	moderate	short	thrips
Sivanto	high	moderate	short	aphids, whiteflies
Soaps	low	short	short	aphids, whiteflies
Steward (indoxacarb)	moderate	moderate	moderate	beet armyworm, loopers, lygus bug****
Success, Entrust (spinosad)	high	moderate	short	beet armyworm, other caterpillars
Sulfur (sulfur)	high	short	short	mites
aldicarb: at plant	high	long	moderate	mites, aphids, thrips
aldicarb: sidedress	high	long	short	lygus bug, aphids, mites
Thimet: at plant (phorate)	high	moderate	moderate	mites, aphids, thrips
Venom (dinotefuran)	moderate to high	moderate	short	whiteflies, aphids, plant bugs
Vydate (oxamyl)	low	moderate	moderate	whiteflies, lygus bug
Warrior, etc. (lambda-cyhalothrin)	low	long	moderate	lygus bug, beet armyworm, looper
Zeal (etoxazole)	high	moderate	—	mites

¹	seed treatment
²	foliar treatment
*	resistance in some cotton aphid populations
**	resistance in some twospotted and Pacific spider mite populations
***	resistance in some lygus bug populations
****	suppression

Acknowledgments: This table was compiled based on research data and experience of University of California scientists who work on a variety of crops and contribute to the Pest Management Guideline database, and from Flint, M. L. And S. H. Dreistadt. 1998. Natural Enemies Handbook: An Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control, ANR Publication 3386.

Agriculture: Cotton Pest Management Guidelines

Selectivity and Persistence of Key Cotton Insecticides/Miticides

Text Updated: 05/13