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24 January 2022 Predicting Phenology of Four Major Hemipteran Pests to Enhance Integrated Pest Management Programs in Potatoes in the Lower Columbia Basin
Tiziana Oppedisano, Govinda Shrestha, Sarah Anderson, Ira D. Thompson, Silvia I. Rondon
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The potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.) is affected by various hemipteran insect pests including Circulifer tenellus Baker, Lygus spp., Myzus persicae Sulzer, and Macrosiphum euphorbiae Thomas. These pests can cause direct foliage damage or vector plant pathogens, and consequently reduce potato yield. Gaining insights into which factors have the greatest impact on seasonal population growth of insect pests is key for improving integrated pest management strategies. Moreover, abiotic and biotic cues such as temperature and crop growth stage can strongly influence insect population growth. Hence, the seasonal population dynamics of C. tenellus, Lygus spp., M. persicae, and M. euphorbiae, and temperature, were monitored weekly throughout potato growing seasons in commercial fields located in the lower Columbia Basin (USA). Using a multi-year dataset, we developed phenology models of each pest based on the accumulated degree days (DD) and potato days (PD). Temperature-mediated population growth models suggest that C. tenellus and Lygus spp. are the first of the pests to colonize the potato crop fields, with 90% of cumulative catch by 2,823 and 1,776 DD, respectively. In contrast, M. persicae and M. euphorbiae populations increased more gradually over the course of the season, with 90% cumulative catch by 5,590 and 5,047 DD, respectively. PD-mediated population growth models suggest that 50% of the populations of C. tenellus, Lygus spp., and M. persicae can be collected at potato tuber growth stage, while 50% of the M. euphorbiae population at tuber initiation stage. The results presented here will help in improving hemipteran potato pests' management.

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Tiziana Oppedisano, Govinda Shrestha, Sarah Anderson, Ira D. Thompson, and Silvia I. Rondon "Predicting Phenology of Four Major Hemipteran Pests to Enhance Integrated Pest Management Programs in Potatoes in the Lower Columbia Basin," Journal of Economic Entomology 115(2), 430-437, (24 January 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab215
Received: 20 March 2021; Published: 24 January 2022
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KEYWORDS
Hemiptera
irrigated crop
management
monitoring
population dynamics
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