MSU offers insecticide to fight wheat stem sawfly

MSU News Service

BOZEMAN — Montanans who battle wheat stem sawfly now have a new weapon to consider using.

Over the next four years and possibly longer, wheat producers will be able to use a granular insecticide against the No. 1 small grain insect pest in Montana. The insecticide, Thimet 20-G, must be incorporated into the soil at least 85 days before harvest.

“This is big news because it’s something that works,” said Montana State University Cropland Entomologist Kevin Wanner. “For the first time, producers will have a pesticide as an option.”

MSU Pesticide Education Specialist Cecil Tharp s...