2008 Soybean Insect Losses for Mississippi and Tennessee

Authors

F. R. Musser, Mississippi State UniversityFollow

Abstract

Survey-based soybean insect losses provide a glimpse of current soybean management practices and allow one to see evolving trends. Continuing a survey begun in 2004 in Mississippi, the 2008 survey showed that seed treatments were used extensively for the first time and soybean acreage monitored by crop scouts continued to increase. Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) remained the most important pest in Mississippi followed by soybean looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), bean leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and threecornered alfalfa hopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae). In the first year of published losses for Tennessee, economic costs in yield loss plus control costs were greatest for stink bugs, threecornered alfalfa hoppers and thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae).

Recommended Citation

Musser, F. R. (2009) "2008 Soybean Insect Losses for Mississippi and Tennessee," Midsouth Entomologist: Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/midsouthent/vol2/iss1/6