Subject: Organic Sweet Corn Production
Date: 95-06-19 14:24:45 EDT
From: HORT034@UNLVM.UNL.EDU (Laurie Hodges)
To: FarmerNet@AOL.COM (Cecile Glassy)
>On 95-06-19 14:24:45 EDT Laurie Hodges wrote:
>Hi. I saw your response on the direct market message group and thought >you
might have information that would be helpful to us. A student is trying >to
control sweetcorn insects organically. We have received some >information
from ATTRA that includes reports on the use of mineral oil >and vegetable oil
for corn earworm control, with vegetable oil being >superior. The researchers
(at Lane, OK) used cottonseed oil. Do you >know if corn oil, soybean oil,
canola oil work equally well? Does the >vicousity of the oil matter? I am
wondering if the use of soybean oil might >be preferable over corn oil? (does
corn oil attract corn insects?) Any >information, either from growers or
researchers, would be most >welcome. Dose ranges from 0.5 ml (1/4 tsp) per
ear to 10 ml per ear, >quite a range! Any ideas on this??? Many thanks!
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