This project seeks to evaluate commercial seed treatment options and new insecticides to determine their efficacy and value to producers, to continue survey efforts for the bean plataspid (i.e., kudzu bug) and brown marmorated stink bug, and to evaluate new insecticides and validate recommendations, sampling methods and treatment thresholds, with special emphasis on corn earworm and kudzu bug.
Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents