Kudzu Bug (Megacopta cribraria) and Associated Egg Parasitoids Emergence Rates in Alabama are Predicted by Weather Indices
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DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvac082
Abstract: Abstract The kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae), is a major economic pest of soybean in the southeastern United States. With climate warming, this pest is expected to move northward and cause additional crop… read more here.
Keywords: egg; kudzu bug; bug megacopta; weather indices ... See more keywords
Attractiveness of Host Plants at Different Growth Stage to Kudzu Bug, Megacopta cribraria (Heteroptera: Plataspidae): Behavioral Responses to Whole Plant and Constitutive Volatiles
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DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox214
Abstract: Abstract The kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius), is an invasive pest of soybeans, Glycine max (L.) Merr., that has recently been detected in the United States.This study investigated whether there was a differential attraction of… read more here.
Keywords: kudzu bug; megacopta cribraria; adult bugs; constitutive volatiles ... See more keywords
Diel flight pattern and size‐dependent flight speed of kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius)
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DOI: 10.1111/jen.12472
Abstract: Kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae), was introduced to North America in 2009 and has since spread across the eastern and south‐eastern United States, where it poses an economic threat to leguminous crop production,… read more here.
Keywords: kudzu bug; megacopta cribraria; cribraria fabricius; flight ... See more keywords
Susceptibility of Different Life Stages of Kudzu Bug Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) to Two Different Native Strains of Beauveria bassiana
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11091028
Abstract: This is the first study that examined and compared the survival, LC50, and RR50 estimates of Megacopta cribraria F. (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) nymphs and adults that were exposed to two native Beauveria bassiana isolates (Previously codified… read more here.
Keywords: hemiptera plataspidae; kudzu bug; cribraria hemiptera; bug ... See more keywords