A few of you spray pecan trees in the spring for phylloxera, and Provado 1.6 flowable is cleared for this use. It can be used at 3.5 to 7.0 fluid ounces per acre. Also, if one accepts more trees than one can spray, poor control will probably be the consequences. Several pharmaceutical companies are thinking of selling off their crop protection divisions because of low profits. The low profits are due to poor results from agricultural markets and bad publicity about issues such as genetic modification of crops and the perception that pesticides always have negative impacts on human health and the environment.
Indirect evidence indicates that the companies are considering all options.
Dupont is also undergoing restructuring due to the depressed world agribusiness. It depends on who buys these divisions and how much they may want to put into research and development. If companies who buy these divisions are only interested in selling the developed products and are not interested in development, then the pest control industry could come up short in five to ten years. Also, companies of this type are not as interested in providing support services, causing the pest control industry to suffer. There will not be technical representatives to answer complaints, or people to serve on boards or serve as speakers, etc.