CT as "pesticide"

[BostonBull]

I have read here and many other places that a foliar app of CT, will aid in deterring/killing leaf and twig eating insects, and micros. How true is this? Any in depth studies on this subject? Personal studies done?

[Smallaxe]

To be a pesticide it has to be registered with the gov't.

I would start with personal experimentation based on anecdotal information from friends and aquaintainces.

[BostonBull]

To be a pesticide it has to be registered with the gov't.

I would start with personal experimentation based on anecdotal information from friends and aquaintainces.


That is why I put pesticide in quotations.



The theory, as it was stated on this very forum, is that when certain pests go to feed on the leaf and twigs ends........they will eat some of the millions of beneficials that are found in CT. Some of these beneficials, hard to say which ones, are poisonous to these pests and kill them.

I am just looking for some first hand accounts, or studies doen at Universities/Colleges/etc

[treegal1]

The theory, as it was stated on this very forum, is that when certain pests go to feed on the leaf and twigs ends........they will eat some of the millions of beneficials that are found in CT. Some of these beneficials, hard to say which ones, are poisonous to these pests and kill them.entomopahogenic???

[BostonBull]

yes that's the process I was thinking of. thanks Treegal.

so how well does CT do at this process?

any published studies on the subject?

[Kiril]

yes that's the process I was thinking of. thanks Treegal.

so how well does CT do at this process?

any published studies on the subject?

There are published studies on this (mostly inconclusive results), however none that I have read or seen for entomopathogenic fungus control.

[BostonBull]

If its all inconclusive results why bother with CT as a foliar app?

How about on trees, and other woody plants? Does it aid them in an entomopathogenic way?

[treegal1]

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=entomopathogenic+fungus+scholarly&hl=en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&oi=scholart

I am not into typing much, I am recovering from a heat stroke and have lost the use of my left arm.........

[Kiril]

If its all inconclusive results why bother with CT as a foliar app?

How about on trees, and other woody plants? Does it aid them in an entomopathogenic way?

Most all the research with regard to foliar CT applications that I have reviewed have been in regard to foliar diseases, not insect pest control. There have been mixed results but generally speaking most of the results were inconclusive. When it comes to this side of CT use, your only real option is to experiment yourself to see if it will achieve the desired results.

The biggest problem I see with using CT for this purpose (foliar disease control) on a commercial scale is the number/frequency of applications to achieve and maintain control of a given problem is not economically feasible (opinion based on reviewed studies).

[BostonBull]

Treegal.......
thanks for the link, and speedy recovery!

Kiril

Good points!