| |
Summary of report: Improving bloodworm, earthworm and snail control in rice |
 | | Bloodworms are the larvae of chironomid midges, small flies that superficially resemble mosquitoes. |
 | | Following successful small-scale trials of the insecticide alphacypermethrin against bloodworms during RIRDC project DAN146A, a permit for commercial trials of this material was issued by the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (NRA). |
 | | Other field trials conducted against bloodworms as part of this project have looked at granular formulations containing a herbicide/insecticide combination, and at low rates of the insecticide fipronil, a material currently registered as a bloodworm seed treatment, but evaluated here as a direct spray application. |
| www.rirdc.gov.au /reports/RIC/03-083sum.html (976 words) |