Efficiency of the protectant Celest Top 312,5 FS in irrigated winter wheat treatment against cereal flies in various sowing periods

Abstract

The effective methods of reducing the number and harmfulness of cereal flies on irrigated winter wheat crops in the southern Steppe of Ukraine include the rational application of complex agrotechnical and chemical measures, including adherence to scientifically based rotation, deep plowing, optimum seeding dates and intoxication of shoots by means of presowing seed treatment with the protectant of complex action Celest Top 312.5 FS with the consumption rate of 2.0 l per ton of seeds. This protection system optimizes phytosanitary condition of winter wheat in the autumn and preserves the environment from pesticide pollution.