Mike Bredeson
Research Scientist, Estelline, S.D.
CLASSROOM #10: Insecticidal Seed Treatments: How Do They Work and Where Do They Go?
Neonicotinoid seed treatments are so common that it can be difficult for no-tillers to find seed without it. But, Mike Bredeson asks, have growers have ever stopped to wonder how seed treatments really work or where it goes once their seed has been planted? And how do neonicotinoid insecticides really kill an insect?
The research scientist at the Ecdysis Foundation discusses insecticide research that will be of interest to any no-tillers thinking about interseeding cover crops, or those concerned that insecticides might be protecting their herbicide-resistant weeds from beneficial insects.