Improving detection of stink bugs in cotton

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 2:23 PM

Room 212, Second Floor (Convention Center)

Michael Toews , Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

Francis Reay-Jones , Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Florence, SC

Jeremy Greene , Edisto Research & Education Center, Clemson University, Blackville, SC

J. Xia , University of Georgia, Athens, GA

M. Haidekker , Faculty of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Phillip M. Roberts , Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

Richard B. Reeves , Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Ames Herbert , Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Suffolk, VA

Manually breaking quarter sized bolls and looking for internal symptoms of stink bug feeding is the gold standard for estimating stink bug damage in cotton. Unfortunately, consultants and scouts are reticent to adopt this method because it is perceived as being excessively time consuming. In search of quicker scouting methods, we evaluated captures in pheromone traps, enumeration of external boll lesions, and spectroscopy. Results will focus on comparisons of accuracy and time requirements.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.42479

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