Kudzu bug activity has heightened with the warm weather in the past two weeks. Adults are flying from overwintering sites and searching for their reproductive hosts, wisteria, kudzu and soybeans. In the meantime, they can be found nearly everywhere. I … Continue reading
There are many management efforts you can take before your soybean seed goes into the ground. Some of these actions are simply insurance and some of them, like your choice of row-spacing and planting date, are the best insect management … Continue reading
Yes, spring is in the air and kudzu bugs are again on the move. This article covers 1) what is going on in terms of movement right now and 2) what you can expect in terms of future soybean invasions … Continue reading
I’ve had several calls this week on late-maturing/planted soybeans where kudzu bug adults have moved in droves. We have two replicated planting date experiments which have been monitored by a PhD student throughout the year. In a period of two … Continue reading
It’s nearing the end of growing season and may seem like a waste of time to scout soybeans when we’re still picking corn, defoliating cotton, and digging peanuts. However, I’ve had a number of calls this week on kudzu bugs … Continue reading
Brown marmorated stink bug is showing up at treatable levels in some soybean fields across many counties in the northern Piedmont of North Carolina. Stink bug thresholds in soybeans vary by row spacing and can be found here. Brown marmorated … Continue reading
Data provided by Chris Reberg-Horton, NCSU Crop Science. Send article as PDF … Continue reading
Bean leaf beetle is more common in the eastern part of our state. There are generally two to three generations of the insect. Hence, we can see them while beans emerge all the way to when beans dry down. Bean … Continue reading
Article by Jack Bacheler I have been in several soybean fields during the past week in which the levels of kudzu bug adults and nymphs were many times the suggested threshold of 15 nymphs per 15 sweeps around field perimeters. … Continue reading
This experiment was applied on 13 August, in Tyrrell County soybean. It was sprayed using a Hi-boy at 12.5 gallons to the acre. Lepidopteran pests present included corn earworm, beet armyworm and soybean looper. Contrast these results with those for … Continue reading