New LSU AgCenter Rice Insect Website

After many long days spent in front of a computer screen we have completed a drastic revision of the layout and content of the LSU AgCenter Rice Insect Website. The new website has a simple layout with an easy to use menu at the homepage that will point you to all the resources you need to make pest management decisions in your crop.

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Rice insecticide seed treatment considerations for 2012

We have had quite a few inquiries about using a combination of seed treatments, neonicotinoid and Dermacor X-100, in rice. While this practice is legal, using more than one seed treatment is not a practice that we encourage in most circumstances because it results in more insecticide use in rice production than may be necessary. Read on to learn more about the current situation.

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Rice Technical Working Group Meeting Announcement

The Rice Technical Working Group meeting will be held in Hot Springs, Arkansas next week. This meeting happens every two years and is a unique opportunity to meet with rice research faculty from across the world. LSU AgCenter Research and Extension Faculty will present more than a dozen talks at the conference. There will be about 10 talks from the rice entomology program alone. Also, Dr. Mo Way and I will give a presentation in the Ag Consultants training on Monday afternoon.

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EPA approval of a Section 24C registration for use of Dermacor X-100 in water-seeded rice in Louisiana

I just received word from Bobby Simoneaux, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, that the EPA approved a Section 24C (special local need) registration for use of Dermacor X-100 in water-seeded rice in Louisiana. This registration will expire on 2/6/2017. The purpose of this registration is to combat the recent detection of Mexican rice borer reproducing populations in western rice producing parishes of Louisiana. This registration is in addition to the existing Section 3 registration of Dermacor X-100 in drill-seeded rice.

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Please complete our annual US Rice insect survey

Please take a moment to complete the US rice insect survey. The purpose of this survey is to guide future programs and support registration of insecticides. All responses are confidential.

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