Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center

Vegetable Research and Extension

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Corn Root Worm Control Research

 

Control of Corn Root Worm in Green Peas

Electronic video of CRW on a pea root

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Corn root worm emerging from a pea root. Corn root worm is the larval stage of the Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle. Jugs of beneficial nematodes that were applied to a pea field in Lewis Co., Washington

 
Photo of in-furrow application of nematodes   Photo of person applying nematodes with backpack sprayer
In-furrow application of pesticides* for corn root worm control at planting.
* Nematodes are also pesticides		   Richard Carr, WSU Extension, applying beneficial nematodes with a backpack sprayer.
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