Pesticides for arthropod control in vineyards

Abstract

Humans have long relied on tactics to protect themselves and their food and fiber from damaging insects. Chemical approaches to arthropod management are relatively recent additions to the multiple tactics available for preventing or reducing damage. Despite the availability of modern synthetic insecticides, about one-third of the worlds food crops are systematically destroyed by arthropods during growth, harvest and storage (Ware and Whiticare 2004). This estimate is even higher in developing countries. Because of constraints of space and of the vast scientific information currently available, this chapter, without claiming completeness, provides the reader with basic information on pesticides currently available to control arthropods in vineyards. For more in depth information we refer readers to earlier reviews of insecticides and their modes of action by OBrien (1960), Corbett et al. (1984), Casida and Quistad (1998), Ishaaya and Degheele (1998), Ware and Whiticare (2004), Stenersen (2004) and Yu (2008). We also guide readers towards Ismans review of botanical insecticides (2006) and Dekseyers review of acaricides (2005).