2013
Surveying Alabama soybean fields for new insect pests and monitoring the status of established pests
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Alabama Soybean Producers
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Biotic stressCrop protectionField management Pest
Parent Project:
Surveying Alabama soybean fields for new insect pests and monitoring the status of established pests
Lead Principal Investigator:
Tim Reed, Auburn University
Co-Principal Investigators:
David Derrick, Auburn University
Brandon Dillard, Auburn University
Barry L. Freeman, Auburn University
Eric Schavey, Auburn University
Ronald H. Smith, Auburn University
Rudy Yates, Auburn University
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Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Alabama Soybean Producers
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Auburn University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Four new insect pests of soybeans were identified for the first time in Alabama in 2010. The new insect pests included the Kudzu bug, red banded stink bug, red shouldered stink bug and the brown marmorated stink bug. The kudzu bug (a family of insects closely related to the stink bug) has become firmly established across much of Georgia and South Carolina and feeds on kudzu, soybeans and other legumes just like stink bugs. Studies conducted in Georgia have shown the kudzu bug can reduce soybean yields by 19%. The red banded SB has been reported from Missouri to Florida and now makes up an increasing percent of the stink bugs found in Mississippi and Louisiana. This South American stink bug...

Unique Keywords:
#insects and pests
Information And Results
Final Project Results

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