Biocontrol Science and Technology (2020) 30, 1083-1089

Manana Kereselidze, Daniela Pilarska, Andreas Linde, Neil D. Sanscrainte and Ann E. Hajek (2020)
Nosema maddoxi infecting the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in the Republic of Georgia
Biocontrol Science and Technology 30 (10), 1083-1089
Abstract: Halyomorpha halys is an invasive, polyphagous stink bug from Asia, first reported attacking hazelnut orchards in the Republic of Georgia in 2015. A microsporidian pathogen discovered in Georgian H. halys has been identified as Nosema maddoxi by sequencing the ribosomal small subunit gene. Nosema maddoxi is native to North America and has also been found in China and South Korea; in North America it infects native stink bugs and H. halys. Investigations were carried out during different seasons in three regions of West Georgia in 2018–2019. The highest prevalence of N. maddoxi was detected among overwintered adults collected in May in the Guria region.
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Database assignments for author(s): Daniela Pilarska, Andreas Linde, Ann E. Hajek

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Halyomorpha halys	Hazelnut (Corylus)	Georgia
Nosema maddoxi (entomopathogen)	Halyomorpha halys		Georgia