Syngenta recently upgraded Weevil Trak, an interactive tool for customized annual bluegrass weevil tracking and control recommendations. The updated platform features a new look including a customized stage notification progress bar displaying the status of users controlling the first two generations of annual bluegrass weevil. New monitoring sites were added for better geographic coverage and more in-depth data.Upgrades were made in response to superintendent input, and now Weevil Trak users can now follow two courses, a primary and secondary, that will provide two sets of email alerts. This helps golf course superintendents be even more prepared for annual bluegrass weevil outbreaks, since the secondary course they will follow is typically south of their primary location and will move through the alert stages earlier.
A new map graphic shows a wider range of courses by geography to provide Weevil Trak users with a more complete geographical representation of annual bluegrass weevil pressure in the Northeast.
The customized progress bar takes users through Weevil Trak?s five-stage tracking system. Users will receive notifications when they enter new stages, such as the wait stage, pre-stage and in-stage phases. Along each step, the Syngenta Optimum Control Strategy is communicated, providing the recommendations for control using Scimitar GC, Acelepryn and Provaunt insecticides.
Turf managers can view the updated platform, register for a Weevil Trak account and sign up for email alerts by visiting www.weeviltrak.com. Watch the how-to videos for detection and monitoring techniques, such as soap flushes to detect adult annual bluegrass weevil in turf, and using a salt flush and soil core sampling to help identify larvae.