{"id":616,"date":"2015-12-02T08:41:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T08:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/termirepel.com\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2018-04-23T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T10:45:25","slug":"protecting-crops-from-stink-bug-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/protecting-crops-from-stink-bug-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting crops from stink bug damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2\"<\/a>The deadly bugs called brown marmorated stink bug\u00a0(BMSB), or simply the\u00a0stink bug, is an insect in the family Pentatomidae<\/em>,<\/em> and it is native to\u00a0China,\u00a0Korea,\u00a0Japan\u00a0and\u00a0Taiwan.\u00a0It was accidentally introduced into the\u00a0United States, with the first specimen being collected in September 1998.\u00a0The brown\u00a0marmorated\u00a0stink bug is considered to be an agricultural pest,\u00a0and by 2010-11 had become a season-long pest in U.S.\u00a0orchards. The adults are approximately 1.7 centimeters (0.67\u00a0in) long and about as wide, forming the shield shape characteristic of other stink bugs. They are various shades of brown on both the top and undersides, with gray, off-white, black, copper, and bluish markings.<\/p>\n

The brown marmorated stink bug is an\u00a0agricultural pest\u00a0that can cause widespread damage to fruit and\u00a0vegetable\u00a0crops. In Japan it is a pest to\u00a0soybean\u00a0and\u00a0fruit\u00a0crops. In the U.S., the brown marmorated stink bug feeds, beginning in late May or early June, on a wide range of fruits, vegetables, and other host\u00a0plants\u00a0including\u00a0peaches,\u00a0apples,\u00a0green beans, soybeans,\u00a0cherries,\u00a0raspberries, and\u00a0pears. It is a sucking insect, a “true bug\u201c, which uses its proboscis to pierce the host plant in order to feed. This feeding results, in part, in the formation of\u00a0dimpled\u00a0or necrotic areas on the outer surface of fruits,\u00a0leaf\u00a0stippling,\u00a0seed\u00a0loss, and possible transmission of plant\u00a0pathogens.<\/p>\n

Let us look at the below news article;<\/p>\n

Beat down soybean insect pests before they cause damage to your crop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jan 17, 2014<\/em>Patrick R. Shepard, Contributing Writer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When you see soybean loopers blowing out the top of the canopy, you\u2019ve waited too long to take action,\u201d says Gus Lorenz, Extension IPM specialist at Lonoke, Ark. \u201cThey start at the bottom of the plant and work their way up, so you can\u2019t windshield scout loopers.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Scouting is critical, especially in a late-planted year like 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, we had really spotty bollworm infestations, Lorenz says. \u201cYou could walk across the turnrow from one field that was blooming into another field, and one field would have treatment level while the other field would hardly have any worms. That\u2019s why scouting by the grower and\/or consultant is critical.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no rhyme or reason why bollworms infest one field and not one beside it. I saw some drilled beans that had higher numbers than row beans with open canopy.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to scout every field and don\u2019t assume that just because the middles have lapped that we\u2019re safe. I encourage growers to use newer products like Belt, Prevathon or Besiege for bollworm control.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Stink bugs, which have been a perennial problem for South Carolina soybean growers for some time, were very pronounced in 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe experienced a lot of pressure from stink bugs because of lush plant growth from all of the rain,\u201d says Jeremy Greene, Clemson University entomologist at Blackville. \u201cStink bugs represent a group of our most damaging insect pests \u2014 they infest a large percentage of our fields regularly, particularly late in the season.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The corn earworm can also cause problems in the state\u2019s soybeans<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"1\"<\/a>Stink bugs can cause a lot of damage if not brought under control. Traditional methods include the use of pesticides and insecticides on target plants such as corn and tomatoes. But the problem with such a solution is that there is always the danger of these toxic pesticides entering our ecosystem. Also, these harmful pesticides can get leached into the target vegetable or fruit and cause contamination. Many of these pesticides contain potentially harmful and proven carcinogenic compounds like benzene and its derivatives. Thus while using such hazardous products; we are taking a huge risk with the environment as well as human life. That established it is imperative that we find a solution for this problem.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>C Tech Corporation<\/strong><\/a> can offer a solution in the form of their non-toxic, non-hazardous product Termirepel\u2122<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0Termirepel\u2122<\/strong><\/a> is an eco-friendly insect aversive. It is available in the form of polymer masterbatches which can be incorporated in agricultural films, mulches, etc during processing. Termirepel\u2122 can also be incorporated in silage bags and packaging films to protect the crops in post-harvest stage from pest damage.<\/p>\n

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The deadly bugs called brown marmorated stink bug\u00a0(BMSB), or simply the\u00a0stink bug, is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, and it is native to\u00a0China,\u00a0Korea,\u00a0Japan\u00a0and\u00a0Taiwan.\u00a0It was accidentally introduced into the\u00a0United States, with the first specimen being collected in September 1998.\u00a0The brown\u00a0marmorated\u00a0stink bug is considered to be an agricultural pest,\u00a0and by 2010-11 had become a season-long pest … Continue reading Protecting crops from stink bug damage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1281,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/1281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}