Insect Growth Regulators

IGR Fruit Dip

The Whalon Lab runs experiments dealing with selected IGR's (currently Novaluron and Pyriproxyfen) looking for lethal and sub-lethal effects arising from exposure.

Posters and Presentations

Field effects of Esteem (pyriproxifen) on female plum curculio pre and post diapause

Incorporation of reduced risk pesticide, insect growth regulator novaluron, in plum curculio management as an alternative for organophosphates

Incorporation of the Insect Growth Regulator Novaluron into Michigan Apple Production for Apple Maggot Fly Control - presentation

Incorporation of the Insect Growth Regulator Novaluron into Michigan Apple Production for Apple Maggot Fly Control - poster

Insect Growth Regulators as a Control Strategy for Plum Curculio in Michigan Fruit Production

Trans-stadial activity of novaluron in Codling Moth Cydia Pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and effects of exposure mehtods on its effectiveness

Use of novaluron's trans-ovarial activity for plum curculio population control

Reduced Fertility and Transovarial Transmission by Obliquebanded Leafroller After Exposure to Novaluron