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By Adam Sisson, Integrated Pest Management

Teams of Iowa high schools students are invited to compete in the ISU Integrated Pest Management Program's 2014 Crop Scouting Competition.

Farmers should consider soybean aphids a potential pest for 2013. A recently updated Iowa State University publication, Soybean aphid-resistant varities for Iowa, will assist farmers in adopting new management techniques, possibly reducing their need for a foliar insecticide.

Bees are susceptible to many broad spectrum insecticides, but how are they getting exposed to a chemistry largely used for seed treatments? Christian Krupke, a field crops entomologist at Purdue University, and several others took a closer look at how honey bees might be interacting with neonicotinoids. Common examples of neonicotinoids include: clothianidin (Poncho r), thiamethoxam (Cruiser r), and imidacloprid (Gaucho r).

A new CD/DVD, the Iowa Core Companion, now is available to assist those preparing for the commercial pesticide applicator core exam. It provides reviews and quizzes for a better understanding of the material covered in the Iowa Core Manual.