Insecticides
Eliminate harmful insects and increase crop quality
Insect infestations can harm crops and reduce yields by damaging plants and transmitting diseases. Melvin Weaver & Sons specializes in providing high-quality insecticides crucial for protecting growing crops against destructive pests and maintaining higher yields.
How Insects Affect Unprotected Crops
Direct Damage
Insects can harm crops by chewing or sucking on leaves, roots, stems, or fruit—thereby weakening plants and inhibiting growth.
Indirect Damage
Some insects do little harm themselves, but can transmit bacterial, viral, or fungal infections into crops.
Pest Management in Your Crop Protection Plan
We supply reliable options that attack pests in multiple ways…
- Killing insects directly: Insects die after touching or ingesting treated plant material; usually broad-spectrum and fast-acting.
- Disrupting growth or reproduction: Insects eventually die when growth regulators or reproduction inhibitors interfere with their ability to develop or reproduce properly.
It’s also important to minimize the potential for insects to develop a resistance to pesticides. Our team recommends an integrated crop-protection plan that utilizes multiple modes of action and a rotation of chemistries to achieve maximum protection.
Get advice from our team of crop advisors
Our experienced staff will help you diagnose crop problems, select products, and more.
Need a quick answer?
Call 717-898-9050.
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