Much of the information below comes from the Oregon Department of Agriculture “Guide List for Pesticides and Cannabis”
https://www.oregon.gov/oda/shared/Documents/Publications/PesticidesPARC/... (updated 11/01/23)
For biological control agents and other biological treatments refer to “Biological Control of Nursery Pests” in the PNW Handbook:
https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/hort/nursery/biological-control-nursery
|
Active Ingredient |
Trade Name |
Target Pest(s) |
Insecticide Group |
Signal Word |
Restricted Use? |
REI |
PHI (days) |
|
azadirachtin |
Many brands, and formulations |
aphid, leafhopper, whitefly, thrips, lygus bug and spider mite |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
azadirachtin and pyrethrins |
Azera (Valent) |
aphid, leafhopper, whitefly, thrips, lygus bug and spider mite |
3A |
Warning |
N |
12 hr |
0 |
|
Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai |
Agree (Certis Biologicals), XenTari (Valent) |
corn earworm, tobacco budworm and lepidopteran moth caterpillar |
11A |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki |
Dipel (Valent) Javelin (Certis Biologicals) |
corn earworm, tobacco budworm and lepidopteran moth caterpillar |
11A |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
Beauveria bassiana, strain ANT |
BioCeres (BioSafe) |
aphid, whitefly, thrips, lygus bug |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
Beauveria bassiana, strain ANT, pyrethrins |
BotaniGard Maxx (LAM International) |
aphid, leafhopper, whitefly, thrips, lygus bug, spider mite |
-- |
Warning |
N |
12 hr |
0 |
|
Beauveria bassiana, strain GHA |
Mycotrol (Bioworks), Botanigard ES, BoteGHA (LAM International) Botanigard, Mycotrol (Bioworks) |
aphid, leafhopper, whitefly, thrips, lygus bug, spider mite |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
Heat-killed Burkholderia spp. strain A396 cells and spent fermentation media |
Venerate CG and Venerate XC (Marrone Bio Innovations) |
aphid, caterpillar, corn earworm, leafhopper, mealybug, mites, thrips, whitefly |
- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
Chromobacterium subtsugae strain PRAA4-1T |
Grandevo CG and Grandevo WDG (Marrone Bio Innovations) |
aphid, caterpillar, corn earworm, leafhopper, mealybug, mites, thrips, whitefly |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
kaolin |
Surround WP (Novasource) |
grasshopper, leafhopper, lygus bug, |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
neem oil |
Trilogy (Certis), Debug ON (Agro Logistic Systems) |
aphid, whitefly, thrips, spider mite |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
petroleum-derived oil |
Many brands |
leafhopper, mites, whitefly, |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
potassium salts of fatty acids |
M-Pede (Gowan), DES-X (Certis) |
leafhopper, lygus bug, thrips, mites, whitefly |
-- |
Warning |
N |
12 hr |
0 |
|
essential oil extracts |
Many brands and formulations |
caterpillar, beetles, aphid, leafhopper, thrips, whitefly, spider mite |
-- |
Warning |
N |
0 hr |
0 |
|
vegetable-derived oil |
Many brands and formulations |
aphid, leafhopper, thrips, whitefly, spider mite |
-- |
Caution |
N |
4 hr |
0 |
|
polyhedral occlusion bodies (OBs) of the nuclear polyhedrosis virus of Helicoverpa Zea |
Gemstar LC (Certis Biologicals) |
corn earworm, tobacco budworm, |
-- |
Caution |
4 hr |
0 |