New Guide Offers IPM Tips for Japanese Beetles in Soy and Corn
An invasive species established in the eastern United States for more than a century, the Japanese beetle is making its way into Midwestern soybean and corn fields. A new review in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management offers a guide to the pest's biology and behavior and methods to fend it off.
In Search of Soybeans Resistant to the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
The Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is a major pest; USDA researchers hope to breed a resistant soybean.
Get to Know the Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper, a (Maybe) Serious Crop Pest
In fields of alfalfa, soybean, and peanut in the southern United States, a small, green, teardrop-shaped insect is a common sight. But despite its observed propensity for gouging scars in […]
Soybean’s Wild Relatives May Provide Clues for Managing Kudzu Bugs
When the kudzu bug (Megacopta cribraria) was first discovered in the southeastern U.S. in 2009, it received an ambiguous welcome. As its name implies, it feeds on kudzu, an invasive, […]
Quick Guide to Armyworms on Soybean
In this post from the Beetles in the Bush blog, the author provides a quick guide to the six armyworm species that he’s encountered in soybean.