2020
Stink Bug Management in Soybeans of the Coastal Bend of Texas
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Texas Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Biotic stressCrop protectionField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Stephen Biles, Texas A&M University-Port Lavaca TX
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
QSSB
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Texas Soybean Board
$2,000
Institution Funded:
Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Beaumont, TX
$2,000
Brief Project Summary:

The composition of the stink bug species complex includes four primary stink bugs species: green, southern green, brown and red-banded stink bugs. Determining the species infesting a field or locality is important due to control failures when treating brown and red-banded stink bugs. Application of effective insect control is key to reducing insect losses and maintaining profitability of soybeans in Texas. This area of research seeks to determine the stink bug species composition and evaluate insecticide efficacy for stink bug control along the mid-coast of Texas. It includes field monitoring for soybean insects and conducing field trials to compare insecticide efficacy of the stink bug species encountered during the growing season.

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.