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- Title
Species Composition and Seasonal Abundance of Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Louisiana Soybean.
- Authors
TEMPLE, J. H.; DAVIS, J. A.; MICINSKI, S.; HARDKE, J. T.; PRICE, P.; LEONARD, B. R.
- Abstract
In Louisiana during the last decade, the redbanded stink bug, Piezodoms guildinii (Westwood), has become a significant and yield-limiting pest of soybean. The redbanded stink bug was previously reported in the United States in 1892, but was never considered an economically important pest until recently. Soybeans representing four maturity groups (MG) HI, IV, V, and VI were sampled weekly from beginning bloom (Rl) to physiological maturity (R8) during 2008-2010 at five locations across Louisiana to determine the Pentatomidae composition. In total, 13,146 stink bugs were captured and subsequently identified to species. The predominant species included the redbanded stink bug (54.2%); southern green stink bug (27.1%), Nezara viridula L.; brown stink bug (6.6%), Euschistus sercus (Say); and green stink bug (5.5%), Acrosternum hilare (Say). Redbanded stink bug comprised the largest percentage of the complex collected at four of the five survey sites. Numbers exceeding action thresholds of this stink bug complex were only detected during R4 to R7 growth stages. Redbanded stink bug accounted for the largest percentage of the stink bug complex in early maturing soybean varieties (MG III [86%] and IV [60%]) and declined in later maturing soybeans (MG V [54%] and VI [50%]). The redbanded stink bug was initially identified in southern Louisiana during 2000 and had been reported in all soybean producing regions in Louisiana by 2006. This survey is the first to report the redbanded stink bug as a predominant pest of soybeans from locations within the United States.
- Subjects
STINKBUGS; NEZARA viridula; SOYBEAN research; INTEGRATED pest control; FORAGE plants
- Publication
Environmental Entomology, 2013, Vol 42, Issue 4, p648
- ISSN
0046-225X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1603/EN11135