Performance Data
SucraShield - a sucrose octanate ester - has been tested in multiple use sites and has demonstrated excellent results. See results of trials on SucraShield insect control on strawberries below:
Aphid
Whitefly
Cornell Study on 2 Spotted Mite Control
Two-Spotted mite
For more information on how Sucrose Octanate Esters (sugar esters) work on soft bodied insects, click here.
Related articles, links below for additional information on Sucrose Octanate Esters.
| EPA Factsheet / Article |
Links to Source Material |
| "Death by Desiccation: Sugar esters dry out insect pests of flowers and ornamentals", ARS Magazine, June 2005: |
EPA factsheet
USDA factsheet |
| SUCROSE OCTANOATE TOXICITY TO THE BROWN CITRUS APHID, TOXOPTERA CITRICIDA (KIRKALDY) (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AND THE PARASITOID, LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES (HYMENOPTERA: APHIDIIDAE): |
ARS USDA Research Publication |
| TOXICITY OF SUCROSE OCTANOATE TO EGG, NYMPHAL, AND ADULT BEMISIA TABACI (HEMIPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE) USING A NOVEL PLANT-BASED BIOASSAY: |
USDA Agricultural Research |
| SAFETY OF A NOVEL INSECTICIDE, SUCROSE OCTANOATE, TO BENEFICIAL INSECTS: |
ARS USDA Research Publication |
| "EFFECT OF SUCROSE OCTANOATE ON SURVIVAL OF ASIATIC CITRUS PSYLLID, BROWN CITRUS APHID AND SWEETPOTATO WHITEFLY B BIOTYPE".: |
www.ars.usda.gov |
| EFFECT OF SUCROSE OCTANAOTE ON SURVIVAL OF NYMPH AND ADULT DIAPHORINA CITRI KUWAYAMA (HOMOPTERA: PSYLLIDAE): |
www.genes.pp.ksu.edu |
| ALTERNATIVES TO CONVENTIONAL CHEMICAL INSECTICIDES FOR CONTROL OF GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER: |
www.arsserv0.tamu.edu |
| Structure-Function Relationships Affecting the Insecticidal and Miticidal Activity of Sugar Esters |
www.bioone.org |
| A wild tobacco plant, Nicotiana glutinosa, is a source of sugar esters used as an experimental natural insecticide |
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jul98/soft0798.htm |
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| SucraShield Pack Sizes:
8 x 1 Pint/120 cs per pallet
4 x 1 Gal/36 cs per pallet
SucraShield is available in a convenient self-measuring pint package or one-gallon jugs. There are no minimum order restrictions. You may order as little or as much as you need.
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