Free Online Resource for Soybean Growers to Manage Kudzu Bugs – Entomology Today
lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-10-29
Summary:
"There’s a relatively new pest of soybean in town. Its name? Megacopta cribraria, but most folks call it the kudzu bug. If left unchecked, the bug has been shown to cause up to 60% yield loss in soybean fields.
In order to help manage this pest, researches at North Carolina State University have published an open-access guide on the ecology of kudzu bug and different management strategies. The paper is freely available in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management."