Theses and Dissertations

Ankit Kumar

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Musser, R. Fred

Committee Member

Collison, H. Clarence

Committee Member

Gore, Jefferey

Committee Member

Schneider, C. John

Date of Degree

8-7-2010

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Entomology and Plant Pathology

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Abstract

A key economic pest of cotton in the mid-south is the tarnished plant bug (TPB), Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae). It is believed that early season crops like corn play a major role in building up TPB populations which then move to nearby cotton fields. The objective of this research was to determine the movement dynamics of TPB at the interface of these crops. Our 2009 data indicate TPB movement from corn into cotton occurred when corn was maturing from silk stage to milk. However, tasseling corn is more attractive compared to pre-squaring cotton to TPB. A supporting study evaluated the retention time of protein markers under simulated midsouth summer conditions. We measured the impact of adding sorbitol to an egg protein solution on retention time of the protein on TPB acquisition. We found that sorbitol decreased acquisition time and raised the detection values of proteins in the absence of rain.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15243

Comments

sorbitol||movement||Lygus lineolaris

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