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Research Project: Systems-Based Approaches for Control of Arthropod Pests Important to Agricultural Production, Trade and Quarantine

Location: Commodity Protection and Quality Research

Title: Greenhouse rearing methods for brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on live cowpea plants

Author
item ABRAMS, ADELAINE - University Of California
item ALVAREZ, ALFREDO - University Of California
item RODRIGUEZ, MATTHEW - University Of California
item KRON, CINDY - University Of California
item BELLAMY, DAVID - Plant And Food Research
item Walse, Spencer

Submitted to: Journal of Economic Entomology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/27/2021
Publication Date: 11/9/2022
Citation: Abrams, A.E., Alvarez, A., Rodriguez, M., Kron, C.R., Bellamy, D., Walse, S.S. 2022. Greenhouse rearing methods for brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on live cowpea plants. Journal of Economic Entomology. 114(6):2297-2306. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab201.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab201

Interpretive Summary: Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), must be controlled for market access of host material and regulated articles to certain countries. To address the need to develop phytosanitary treatments to control BMSB, a rearing system was devised. The rearing system yields enough specimens of each life stage and/or age grouping to conduct experimental treatments on an weekly basis, approximately.

Technical Abstract: Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), must be controlled for market access of host material and regulated articles to certain countries. This work outlines a rearing system for BMSB on live cowpea plants, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Fabales: Fabaceae), including methods to induce adults to both enter and exit diapause. This scalable system affords continuous access to >600 specimens per week of each life stage and/or age group, which is particularly advantageous when developing treatment efficacy data.