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... Temporal and sequential aspects of the courtship of the green stink bug, Nezara viridula are reported. The sequence of courtship behaviour can be divided into two phases: long-range mate location and short-range courtship. Long-range behaviour includes those components of the behaviour that lead to the arrival of females in the vicinity of males. Short-range behaviour includes those components tha ...
... Feeding frequency and feeding duration were examined for the different instars of the green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say), on soybean seeds. The fist-instar nymph did not feed. The total number of times fed per stadium increased as the stink bug developed from the second through the fifth stadium. About half of the total nymphal feeding episodes occurred during the fifth stadium. Moreover, t ...
... It is confirmed from a literature review and new research that different pheromone strains exist in Nezara viridula from different geographical regions and that males from the sister genus Acrosternum emit bouquets of distinctive ratios of the same sesquiterpenes as in N. viridula. Many tachinid parasitoids use heteropteran pheromones as kairomones, and it is suggested that the chemical similarity ...
... Field cage studies were done to determine the separate and combined effects of manual defoliation and feeding by the green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say), on soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, yield and seed quality. Defoliation was done by hand to simulate the temporal feeding pattern of the green cloverworm, Plathypena scabra (F.). Only the main stem was defoliated, although growth from bra ...
Acrosternum hilare; sex pheromones; insect attractants; aggregation pheromones; chemical composition; synthesis; volatile compounds; bioassays
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... Sexually mature virgin adult males of the green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare attracted sexually mature virgin adult females in laboratory bioassays using a vertical Y-tube. There was no indication that males attracted other males, or that females attracted either sex. These results suggested that A. hilare males produce a sex pheromone. Extracts of odors collected from sexually mature males conta ...
... Adult brown, Euschistus servus (Say); green, Acrosternum hilare (Say); and southern green, Nezara viridula (L.), stink bugs were collected from soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., in fall 2001 and 2002 near Stoneville, MS, and Eudora, AR. A glass-vial bioassay was used to determine LC50 values for the three species of stink bugs for the pyrethroids bifenthrin, cypermethrin, cyfluthrin, lambda-cyhalot ...
... Stink bugs [Acrosternum hilare (Say), Nezara viridula (L.), and Euschistus servus (Say)] have become an important pest of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) concurrent with the expansion of acres planted to transgenic cotton cultivars. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of stink bug damage on the textile mill performance of cotton cultivars that represented all combinations of tra ...
planting date; Nezara viridula; Glycine max; soybeans; plant-insect relations; Acrosternum hilare; population density; maturity groups; population dynamics; Euschistus servus; Mississippi
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... Field experiments were conducted in Stoneville, MS, to determine the impact of soybean planting date and maturity group on stink bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) populations. Maturity group IV and V soybeans were planted on three planting dates in 2003 and 2004. Planting dates were late March-early April, late April-early May, and late May-early June. Plots were sampled weekly with a standard 38.1- ...
Euschistus servus; Euschistus tristigmus; Acrosternum hilare; pest monitoring; trapping; insect traps; baits; aggregation pheromones; equipment design; equipment performance; insecticides; ear tags; Malus domestica; Prunus persica; West Virginia
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... Capture of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in apple orchards with yellow pyramid traps baited with Euschistus spp. (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) aggregation pheromone, methyl (2E,4Z)-decadienoate, was 4 fold greater when traps were topped with a 3.8-L jar with a 1.6 cm diameter opening and trimmed wire edging than with a 1.9-L jar with a 5 cm diameter opening with no wire edging. Stink bug ca ...
... Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Pentatomidae), called the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), is a newly invasive species in the eastern USA that is rapidly spreading from the original point of establishment in Allentown, PA. In its native range, the BMSB is reportedly attracted to methyl (E,E,Z)-2,4,6-decatrienoate, the male-produced pheromone of another pentatomid common in eastern Asia, Plautia stali ...
... We performed the first comprehensive peptidomic analysis of neurohormones from hemipteran insects by analyzing the neuropeptides of two major neurohemal organs, namely the corpora cardiaca and abdominal perisympathetic organs. For the experiments we selected four related species of polyphagous stinkbugs (Pentatomidae), three of which are known to attack several important food crops. Peptide sequen ...
Acrosternum hilare; Fabaceae; Nezara viridula; Steinernema; cadaver; entomopathogenic nematodes; insects; mortality; mung beans; pigeon peas; virulence; India
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... The efficacy of three entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN), viz., Steinernema masoodi, S. seemae and Steinernema sp. (strain IIPR 03) were tested against green bug, Nezara viridula and their in vivo mass production have been carried out during July, 2007 at IIPR, Kanpur. Individual N. viridula adult buds were infected with 500 infective juveniles (IJs) of S. masoodi, S. seemae, and Steinernema sp. (st ...
... Phytophagous stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), including green stink bug [Acrosternum hilare (Say)], southern green stink bug [Nezara viridula (L.)], and brown stink bug [Euschistus servus (Say)], have become a serious production issue for southeastern U.S. cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., growers. To investigate how different agronomic crops may affect stink bug damage and fiber quality in neig ...
... Previous research showed that the most precise estimates of stink bug damage in developing cotton bolls are obtained by collecting soft quarter-sized bolls and dissecting them for signs of internal feeding damage, such as internal boll wall warts and/or stained lint. However, this method requires considerable time and effort; therefore, scouts and growers are unwilling to invest adequate resources ...
simulation models; insect pests; insect behavior; overwintering; light traps; air temperature; data collection; plant pests; model validation; Acrosternum hilare; seasonal variation; imagos; insect development; insect flight; heat sums; cold; prediction; Virginia
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... A regression model was developed to predict the flight activity of Acrosternum hilare (Say) using data on the number of adults collected in a single black light trap located in Painter, VA, in the 18-yr period from 1990 to 2007. Eighteen initial weather variables, including cumulative precipitation over different time periods, mean monthly precipitation (PJA) and days below freezing (DFJA) from Ja ...
... The green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say), and the harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) (both Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), are pests of many economically important crops. Although both species have been studied extensively, until recently their relationships with symbiotic gut bacteria have remained unknown. The endosymbionts may be important, as other pentatomomorphan species harbor ver ...
trapping; developmental stages; validity; Euschistus servus; estimation; Gossypium hirsutum; plant pests; reliability; population density; Nezara viridula; sampling; insect pests; traps; population size; accuracy; cotton; measuring devices; netting; Acrosternum hilare; cost effectiveness; pest monitoring; South Carolina; Georgia
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... Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) were sampled in commercial cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., fields in 2007 and 2008 in South Carolina and Georgia. The main species collected with the beat cloth and sweep net methods were green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say) (63 and 57%, respectively); brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say) (23 and 18%, respectively); and southern green stink bug, Nezara ...
... The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Pentatomidae), is a newly invasive species in the eastern U. S. that is rapidly expanding its range from the original point of establishment in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Although an attractant pheromone has yet to be identified for H. halys, in its native Asian range the insect is cross-attracted to the pheromone of another pentatomid Plaut ...
... Experiments were conducted to evaluate the toxicity, feeding preference, repellency, and field efficacy associated with the organic insecticides azadirachtin, pyrethrins, and spinosad against two stink bug species, Acrosternum hilare, (Say) and Euschistus servus, (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Laboratory toxicity bioassays were conducted using treated green bean pods. The conventional pyrethroid ...
... The species composition and abundance of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in corn, Zea mays L., was determined in this on-farm study in Georgia. Seven species of phytophagous stink bugs were found on corn with the predominant species being Nezara viridula (L.) and Euschistus servus (Say). All developmental stages of these two pests were found, indicating they were developing on the corn crop ...
... Impacts of climate change on organisms are already apparent, with effects ranging from the individual to ecosystem scales. For organisms engaged in mutualisms, climate may affect population performance directly or indirectly through mediated effects on their mutualists. We tested this hypothesis for two stink bugs, Acrosternum hilare and Murgantia histrionica, and their gut-associated symbionts. W ...
... Plant sucking heteropteran bugs feed regularly on small amounts of K+-rich plant material, in contrast to their hematophagous relatives which imbibe large volumes of Na+-rich blood. It was anticipated that this would be reflected in the endocrine control of Malpighian tubule (MT) secretion. To explore this, neuroendocrine factors known to influence MT secretion were tested on MT of the pentatomid ...
... Detecting infestations of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) using pheromones remains problematic, particularly so in the United States for the exotic stink bug, Nezara viridula L., and our native stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say). Therefore, we conducted a 2-yr on-farm study to examine the attractiveness and possible cross-attraction of the reported pheromones for N. viridula and A. hilare ...
... Laboratory experiments were conducted to examine the susceptibility of the nymphal stages and adult stage of the tarnished plant bug to a pyrethroid (permethrin), organophosphate (methamidophos), and a neonicotinoid (thiamethoxam) insecticide. The susceptibilities of 5th instar and adult stages of the green, southern green, and redbanded stink bugs were examined using the pyrethroid, bifenthrin, a ...
... Fifth instars of the pistachio green stink bug, Brachynema germari, were subjected to different concentrations of a juvenoid, pyriproxyfen, and its biological effects were assessed. The treated fifth instars showed different abnormalities when metamorphosed to the adults. Morphological effects were classified as died nymph 5, nymph 6 (additional instar), nymphoid, adultoid and abnormal adult. Effe ...
... Brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say), and green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), are major agricultural pests. Although various insecticides are used to control nymphs and adults, little is known about how they affect eggs. Laboratory bioassays and field trials were conducted to determine the efficacy of common field rates of acephate, λ-cyhalothrin, spinosad, and ...
... The efficiency of communication depends on the ability of conspecifics to recognize and locate each other, and the environment can impose important limitations on reliability of transmitted and received information. In contrast to the 3D space of airborne sound communication, substrate-borne vibrational signals are often transmitted via 1D plant stems and leaf stalks. In such situations, discrimin ...
... Spined soldier bugs, Podisus maculiventris, are heteropteran insects that feed voraciously on other insects, particular the soft bodied larval forms of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. The response of P. maculiventris Malpighian tubules (MTs) to serotonin and known diuretic and antidiuretic peptides has been investigated, and is compared with that of MT from the hematophagous and phytophagous heteropte ...
... Ear-colonizing insects and diseases that reduce yield and impose health threats by mycotoxin contaminations in the grain, are critical impediments for corn (Zea mays L.) production in the southern United States. Ten germplasm lines from the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Program in Ames, IA, and Raleigh, NC, and 10 lines (derived from GEM germplasm) from the Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta ...
... Froeschner (1988) records 23 species of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) as occurring in Washington state. Based onmaterial primarily housed in the M.T. James Entomological Collection at Washington State University, the number of species is increased to 47. Species recorded by Froeschner (1988) but not found in our collections are: Apateticus crocatus (Uhler), Chlorochroa rossiana ...
... The CAP₂b neuropeptide family plays an important role in the regulation of the processes of diuresis and/or antidiuresis in a variety of insects. While Manse-CAP₂b (pELYAFPRV-NH₂) and native CAP₂bs elicit diuretic activity in a number of species of flies, native CAP₂b sequences have been shown to elicit antidiuretic activity in the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus and the green stink bug Acrosternum ...
... The essential oils from leaves of Schinus molle var. areira, Aloysia citriodora, Origanum vulgare and Thymus vulgaris have showed potential as phytoinsecticides against the green stink bug, Nezara viridula. In this work were evaluated their toxicological and behavioral effects on the parasitoid Trissolcus basalis, a biological control agent of this pest insect. Essential oils were obtained via hyd ...
... Stink bugs have recently become an economic pest of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., in the Brazos River Bottom production area of Texas, but many producers remain uncertain which species are infesting fields. Cotton and nearby maize (Zea mays L.), sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], and soybean [Glycine max (L.)] fields were sampled weekly for stink bugs in 2011 and 2012 to determine the complex ...
... Signals of different modalities are involved in the behaviour of the green stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.) (Pentatomidae, Heteroptera). Long range attraction is mediated by male pheromones, resulting in aggregation of bugs on the same plant where vibratory signals, vision and various chemical signals become important. Both males and females sing spontaneously. When both are on the plant, males sta ...
... Host plants of phytophagous insects are not equally attractive. The aim of this study was to evaluate the host-plant behavior of Sinopla perpunctatus Signoret (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae) and determine which parameters influence the insect's motivation. Sinopla perpunctatus is a green stink bug present in the Andean-Patagonian forest associated with various host species of Nothofagus (Fagales: No ...
Acrosternum hilare; eggs; fecundity; females; heat sums; life history; monitoring; nonlinear models; overwintering; pest control; pistachios; temperature; California
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... Life history parameters were established under controlled laboratory conditions for the green stink bug, Chinavia hilaris (Say) (= Acrosternum hilare), to improve pest control in pistachios in California. Parameters measured and calculated included survival and development at seven constant temperatures (ranging from 15 to 35°C), development time, upper and lower development thresholds, thermal co ...
... Two novel neuroparsin (NP) precursor cDNAs were cloned: one from the corpora cardiaca of an insect, the green stink bug Nezara viridula, and the other from the X-organ of a decapod crustacean, the spiny lobster Jasus lalandii. The translated NP precursor consists of 106 amino acid residues in N. viridula and 103 amino acid residues in J. lalandii, with 14 and 12 cysteine residues, respectively, in ...
... The seasonal incidence of the major insect pests of maize crop was investigated during Kharif season 2014–15 at the experimental field of research cum instructional farm, I.G.K.V., Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India to find out seasonal incidence of major insect pests in maize crop (Zea mays L.) under Chhattisgarh plains. Results revealed that the incidence of Pink stem borer (Sesamia inferens), green st ...
... Sunn pests are responsible for serious kernel damage on wheat (Triticum aestivum L., Poaceae), affecting bread-making quality from their feeding at the late milk-ripe stage. In this study the toxicity of three pyrethroids usually applied to this crop (λ-cyhalothrin, α-cypermethrin, τ-fluvalinate) was evaluated on two bug species, the wheat bug Eurygaster maura (L.) and the green stink bug Nezara v ...
... Panicle and shoot blight of pistachio caused by species of Botryosphaeriaceae fungi remains one of the major diseases of pistachio in California, with the highest potential for crop destruction because buds and fruit clusters (panicles) are killed. Pistachio fruit can also be damaged by various insect pests. For instance, hemipteran insects are considered major pests of pistachio and can attack ma ...
... Phytophagous stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are primary pests in most fruit, vegetable, grain, and row crops worldwide. Pheromones have been identified and synthesized for several species of economically important stink bug pests. When yellow pyramid traps are baited with lures containing these pheromones, significantly more stink bug adults are captured in the field than without lures. Our ...
... This research was conducted to develop a composite diet and compare its effects on developmental time, fecundity, survival rate, and life table parameters of pistachio green stink bug, Brachynema germari Kolenati (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) with a natural diet. The biological parameters of this pest were investigated using two-sex, age-stage life table theory on both composite and natural diets (25 ...
... Egg parasitoids of the pistachio stink bug, Brachynema germari (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) were collected in pistachio orchards in Kerman province, Iran using rearing and egg-trap methods. The rearing of egg parasitoids confirmed the presence of two families, Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) and Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). In total, seven species representing two genera of the ...
Acrosternum hilare; Bactrocera tryoni; Frankliniella occidentalis; Helicoverpa; Nezara viridula; Plautia affinis; Polyphagotarsonemus latus; Tetranychus urticae; adverse effects; agrochemicals; beneficial insects; biological control agents; control methods; cottonseed; crops; economic impact; flowers; insect larvae; integrated pest management; mites; new products; pest control; pesticide application; pests; raspberries; subtropics; vegetables; New South Wales
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... The raspberry crop in Australia is affected by different pests during its growth cycle. The main pests with an economic impact are: Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni), two spotted mite (Tetranychus urticae), broadmite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus), grubs (Helicoverpa spp., loopers, cluster caterpillars, etc.), western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis), green stink bug (Plautia affinis) ...
... Producers in the southeastern USA face significant crop losses from the stink bugs Nezara viridula (L.), Euschistus servus (Say), and Chinavia hilaris (Say) (all Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Cotton, peanut, and soybean are major agronomic crops and host plants of stink bugs in the region. We conducted a field plot study to measure the relative longevity of adult, unmated N. viridula males and females ...
Acrosternum hilare; Chlorochroa sayi; DNA barcoding; Thyanta pallidovirens; biological control; coasts; crops; cryptic species; cytochrome-c oxidase; genes; genetic variation; haplotypes; insect control; insects; mitochondrial DNA; pests; pheromones; phylogeny; pistachios; species identification; vegetation; Central Valley of California
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... Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are an economically important group of insects that attack numerous crops in the central valley of California. Management of these pests using pheromones or biological control can be species specific, and proper identification of insect species is essential for effective management.The objective was to examine genetic variability in four species of stink bugs, ...
... The leaffooted bug (Leptoglossus spp.) and phytophagous stink bug species (Euschistus spp., Nezara viridula, Chinavia hilare) are the major hemipteran pests of fruit, vegetable, and grain crops in Alabama and other parts of the southeastern U.S.A. The present study evaluated six winter host crops (hairy vetch, oats, rye, triticale, wheat and winter peas) and six summer host crops (buckwheat, brown ...