2015
Three-cornered alfalfa hopper (TCAH) management in soybeans
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Biotic stressCrop protectionField management Pest
Parent Project:
Three-cornered alfalfa hopper (TCAH) management in soybeans
Lead Principal Investigator:
Fred Musser, Mississippi State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Mississippi State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

This research project refines thresholds for three-cornered alfalfa hopper, which are needed to enable consultants and growers to apply insecticides when economically justified. It also establishes the guidelines needed to translate sweep net catches of the insect into reliable threshold estimates. It also evaluates efficacy and residual activity of insecticide seed treatments and foliar insecticides against three-cornered alfalfa hopper.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.