Defending Against Two Cotton Pests--Naturally

Entomologist Patricia Glynn Tillman in ARS's Crop Protection and Management Research Unit at Tifton, Georgia, and entomologist Ted Cottrell in ARS's Fruit and Nut Research Laboratory at Byron, Georgia, are exploring use of trap crops in combination with pheromone traps to control two troub...

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Published in:Agricultural research (Washington) 2008, Vol.56 (1), p.16
Main Author: Durham, S
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural research
Corn
Cotton
Cotton (Plant)
Crops
Euschistus servus
Farmers
Food supply
insect control
Nezara viridula
Pentatomidae
pheromone traps
Pheromones
Plant disease control
plant pests
Protection and preservation
R&D
Research & development
Sorghum
Sorghum (Poaceae)
Tachinidae
trap crops
Trichopoda pennipes
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Summary:Entomologist Patricia Glynn Tillman in ARS's Crop Protection and Management Research Unit at Tifton, Georgia, and entomologist Ted Cottrell in ARS's Fruit and Nut Research Laboratory at Byron, Georgia, are exploring use of trap crops in combination with pheromone traps to control two troublesome members of the family Pentatomidae: brown stink bugs (Euschistus servus) and southern green stink bugs (Nezara viridula).
ISSN:0002-161X
2169-8244