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Title: PHEROMONAL AUGMENTATION OF THE PREDATORY SPINED SOLDIER BUG, PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS (HETEROPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE)

Author
item ALDRICH, JEFFREY
item THROPE, KEVIN - INSECT BIOCONTROL LAB

Submitted to: Ecological Society of America Bulletin
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/12/2002
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Abstract: Spined soldier bug (SSB) adults can be mass-trapped in early spr ith synthetic pheromone. These adults can then be released into field nurseries that retain the adults but w the SSB nymphs to escape and move out into the adjacent plants to prey upon pests.