Valent U.S.A. South Region Product Guide Book

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Belay® Insecticide—Superior Rice Water Weevil Control Belay® Insecticide is a pre- or post-flood foliar spray for a broad spectrum of tough pests in rice, including the best and long-lasting protection against rice water weevil. Belay is more active on plant bugs, stink bugs, beetles and weevils, including rice water weevils, than other neonicotinoids, while offering comparable control of other important insects with sucking and chewing mouthparts.  Effective and Unique— Controls rice water weevil and other rice pests such as leafhoppers, rice leaf miner and chinch bug; also suppresses thrips  Reliable— proven effective under a variety of growing conditions  More flexible application window than other foliar insecticides, such as pyrethroids  Excellent translaminar activity  Contact and ingestion activity on key pest makes it a reliable tool year after year  Resistance management tool and excellent rotation partner due its different mode of action (Group 4A) than pyrethroids (Group 3)  Excellent for IPM— softer on beneficial pest predators than pyrethroids, which makes Belay less likely to promote outbreaks of primary and secondary pests (plant hoppers, thrips)

Belay Stops Rice Water Weevil

15

Belay is the only translaminar insecticide in the market place for rice water weevil and consistently provides better control than a pyrethroid. And, with a wider application window, Belay allows growers more time to spray.

10

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Source: Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University

Untreated

Lambda cyhalothrin 2.5 fl oz/A

Belay® 4.5 fl oz/A

119

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