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3 March 2017 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Infestations in Tree Borders and Subsequent Patterns of Abundance in Soybean Fields
B. L. Aigner, T. P. Kuhar, D. A. Herbert, C. C. Brewster, J. W. Hogue, J. D. Aigner
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The invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is an important pest of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) in the Mid-Atlantic United States. In order to assess the influence of nonmanaged wooded borders on H. halys infestation patterns in soybean, 12 soybean fields in Orange and Madison Counties, VA, were sampled each week from July to October in 2013 or 2014 for H. halys. At each location, five 2-min visual counts of H. halys life stages were made on tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima Mill.) and other favorable host trees along a wooded border, on the adjacent soybean edge, 15 m into the soybean field, and 30 m into the field. Seasonal data showed a clear trend at all locations of H. halys densities building up on A. altissima-dominated wooded borders in July, then, gradually moving into adjacent soybean field edges later in the summer. Halyomorpha halys did not move far from the invading field edge, with approximately half as many bugs being present at 15 m into the field and very few being detected 30 m into the field. These results have implications for continued monitoring and management using field border sprays, particularly on edges adjacent to woods.

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B. L. Aigner, T. P. Kuhar, D. A. Herbert, C. C. Brewster, J. W. Hogue, and J. D. Aigner "Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Infestations in Tree Borders and Subsequent Patterns of Abundance in Soybean Fields," Journal of Economic Entomology 110(2), 487-490, (3 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox047
Received: 19 October 2016; Accepted: 17 January 2017; Published: 3 March 2017
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KEYWORDS
Ailanthus altissima
field edge
Halyomorpha halys
soybean
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