A Full Cockroach Tool Set

Chemical control tools are a key component in German cockroach control programs. Cockroach control solutions from BASF include a wide array of options for PMPs: eleven different product options from five different pesticide formulation types, with six or more different active ingredients.

Baits such as Avert® DF dry flowable cockroach bait (abamectin B1), Alpine® cockroach gel bait rotation 1 & 2 (dinotefuran), and MotherEarth granular scatter bait (boric acid) provide three different formulation choices to deliver palatable, non-repellent, efficacious cockroach bait. Liquid dilutable options include non-repellent options such as Alpine WSG water soluble granule insecticide (dinotefuran) and Phantom® termiticide/insecticide (chlorfenapyr) as well as repellent options like Fendona® CS controlled release insecticide (alpha-cypermethrin). Pressurized/aerosol options include non-repellent options such as PT® Phantom II pressurized insecticide (chlorfenapyr) and PT Alpine pressurized insecticide (dinotefuran), and repellent contact residual or non-residual/flushing options such as PT Fendona pressurized insecticide (alpha-cypermethrin) or PT 565 Plus XLO pressurized contact insecticide (pyrethrins/PBO/dicarboxamide).

This full team product approach to cockroach management allows PMPs to select the right formulation, active ingredient, and product type (non-repellent/repellent) for their customer’s specific situation and cockroach infestation level. Recent field reports highlight use of Alpine WSG water soluble granule insecticide (non-repellent liquid dilutable) in conjunction with other non-repellent bait or dust formulations to achieve excellent control of even the most challenging cockroach infestations.

Predictions

Insecticide active ingredient resistance, cross-resistance to multiple active ingredients, and bait aversion (food matrix) are persistent problems for PMPs. In fact, they will probably become more prevalent over the next 5-10 years. Diverse bait formulated products like Avert DF dry flowable cockroach bait or MotherEarth granular scatter bait and gel bait formulations with multiple types of food matrices (Alpine® cockroach gel bait rotation 1 & 2) will become key components in mitigating or slowing the onset of bait aversion in cockroaches. Having a variety of products with different modes of action (that is, different IRAC numbers) in your arsenal and regularly rotating them is essential to slow active ingredient resistant populations from spreading. Remember, the same active ingredient in a bait formulation being applied alongside the same active ingredient in a liquid dilutable formulation does nothing to curb active ingredient resistance. Losing efficacy of an active ingredient crosses over to all formulation types of products containing that active ingredient.