Tobacco Flea Beetle Control on Tobacco, 1977

On-farm tests were conducted in Craven, Wayne, Hertford, Martin and Sampson counties to determine the effectiveness of insecticides for control of flea beetles on flue-cured tobacco. Plots consisted of 4 rows of 78 ft separated by vacant 5th middles and 10 ft alleys between each of 4 replications at Craven and Wayne counties and 2 replications at other sites. Some insecticides were disced into the soil prior to ridging of rows while others were placed in the transplanter water. Live flea beetles were counted on 20 randomly selected plants of each plot 2, 3, and 4 weeks post-transplant. Data were subjected to analysis of variance and orthogonal partitioning of treatments.