Biology, Pest Status, Microbiome and Control of Kudzu Bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae): A New Invasive Pest in the U.S.

Biology, Pest Status, Microbiome and Control of Kudzu Bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae): A New Invasive Pest in the U.S.

Soybean is an important food crop, and insect integrated pest management (IPM) is critical to the sustainability of this production system. In recent years, the introduction into the United States of the kudzu bug currently identified as Megacopta cribraria (F.), poses a threat to soybean production...

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Main Authors: Anirudh Dhammi, Jaap B. van Krestchmar, Loganathan Ponnusamy, Jack S. Bacheler, Dominic D. Reisig, Ames Herbert, Alejandro I. Del Pozo-Valdivia, R. Michael Roe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
Megacopta cribraria
Megacopta punctatissima
Candidatus Ishikawaella capsulata
sampling
monitoring
cultural control
biological control
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