Journal of Integrated Pest Management (2017) 8 (1 - 14)

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Sriyanka Lahiri and Dominic D. Reisig (2017)
Ecology and management of kudzu bug (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) in southeastern soybeans
Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8 (1 - 14)
Abstract: Kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria Fabricius (Hemiptera: Plataspidae), is an invasive exotic pest of soybeans that has been present in the southeastern United States since 2009 and has been rapidly spreading through soybean-producing states. Their primary reproductive hosts in the United States are soybean, kudzu, pigeon pea, black eye pea, lima bean, pinto bean, wisteria, white sweet clover, white clover, red clover, alfalfa, perennial peanut, and American joint vetch. In soybeans, the kudzu bug feeds on vascular fluids at the stem, petiole, and nodes, causing yield losses of up to 60%. The current management recommendation for this pest includes spraying of pyrethroids such as bifenthrin, but this method is not environmentally friendly, as this negatively impacts beneficial insect populations. Sustainable management tactics, including the development of economic thresholds for insecticide sprays, assessing the spatial and temporal distribution of this pest, manipulating cultivation practices, use of biological control, and host plant resistance, are currently being explored. We present an overview of the ecology of the kudzu bug in soybeans and available management tactics to assist with the management of this potentially devastating pest of soybeans as it spreads westward.
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Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Megacopta cribraria	Soybean (Glycine max)	U.S.A. (SE)