Evaluation of soybean genotypes for resistance to the invasive kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria, in South Carolina

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 4:06 PM
200 I (Convention Center)
Francis Reay-Jones , Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Florence, SC
Jeremy K. Greene , Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Blackville, SC
Ben Fallen , Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Clemson University, Florence, SC
Replicated field trials in 2014 and 2015 in Florence and in Blackville, SC, showed variability in eggs, nymphs and adults of M. cribraria among soybean genotypes. Results showed that some lines had consistently lower numbers of insects compared to others.