One of the most economically important pests of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., in the midsouth region of the United States is the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois, Hemiptera: Miridae). Tarnished plant bug populations across the region have exhibited widespread resistance to numerous insecticide classes. To minimize late season resistance development, reducing unwarranted applications during the late flowering period can aid in resistance management and potentially reduce input costs. Trials were conducted during 2019 and 2020 to evaluate the impacts of tarnished plant bug populations in the later flowering period of cotton by modifying or terminating threshold regimes during the later weeks of bloom. Results showed that dynamic thresholds altered at the fourth week of bloom or later can reduce the number of late season applications made with no penalty to yield. Additionally, when utilizing a week of bloom termination approach, no significant yield losses were seen when terminating applications after the fourth week of bloom. These data may offer an alternative method to managing tarnished plant bug populations during the later flowering period of midsouth cotton.
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26 May 2022
A Dynamic Threshold Approach for Tarnished Plant Bug (Hemiptera: Miridae) Management in the Midsouthern U.S. Cotton
Ryan Mann,
Whitney D. Crow,
Angus L. Catchot,
Jeff Gore,
Don R. Cook,
Tyler Towles
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 115 • No. 4
August 2022
Vol. 115 • No. 4
August 2022
cotton
dynamic thresholds
tarnished plant bug