M. O. Way said new technology is available to help manage some of rice producers' most damaging insect pests.
"CruiserMaxx and Dermacor X-100 have Section 3 labels for rice," Way said. "Nipsit INSIDE likely will have a Section 3 label on rice within two years. An EUP for Nipsit INSIDE was approved in Texas for 2011. All three new technologies are being evaluated in Texas for control of an array of pests including the rice water weevil, a key pest of rice in Texas.