SOUTHERN ARMYWORM, THRIPS AND STINK BUG MANAGEMENT ON FRESH MARKET TOMATOES, SPRING 2002

Transplants were set 7 Mar, 18 inches apart within the row on 8-inch-high and 32-inch-wide beds of EauGallie fine sand covered with white polyethylene mulch. Each plot consisted of a single 18-ft long row with rows on 5 ft centers. Treatments were replicated four times in a randomized complete block design and were applied with a 2.5 gal, hand-held CO2-powered sprayer at 60 gpa on 15 and 22 Apr and at 90 gpa on 29 Apr, 6, and 15 May. The sprayer was fitted with a D-5 disk and no. 45 core and was operated at 60 psi. Fruit were harvested on 3 and 23 May. The number and weight of undamaged fruit and the number of fruit damaged by armyworm larvae, thrips (> 5 scars on the blossom end) and stink bugs were determined.