Wireworms can wreak havoc on a young wheat crop and cause significant yield loss.
Ruhiyyih Dyrhdahl-Young with BASF says wireworms are one of the most challenging pests for cereal grain growers. “Wireworms are the adult stage of the click beetle and what makes them unique is they have between a five and seven-year life cycle in the soil,” she says.
She tells Brownfield BASF’s new seed treatment Teraxxa is and brand-new mode of action and is the only product on the market that can eliminate wireworms.
