Let me introduce myself.  I work for General Mills, Green Giant

vegetable brand.

I am the IPM specialist for General Mills.  I work closely with Brian

Flood on many pest issues affecting the process vegetable industry.

I too support the need to keep Penncap M available for use.  At this

time, Green Giant uses very little Penncap, but I am concerned about the

adult root worm beetles that are causing severe silk clipping on late

planted sweet corn.  Pyrethroid are not effective in removing the

beetles,  Registrants such as Syngenta and Bayer will agree with this

statement that control is limited.  My 2nd concern is the development of

corn earworm to the pyrethroid.  We do not have many options to control

corn ear worm.  Another concern of mine is what is the next pest on the

horizon?  

We need to keep Penncap available for several more years, until we have

some new registrations and have a better understanding of what new pest

problems we have.

Thomas L. Rabaey Ph.D

General Mills Agriculture Research

1201 N. Fourth St.

LeSueur, MN  56058

507 665 4440 

507 381 3877 

