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Research Project: Improved Systems-based Approaches that Maintain Commodity Quality and Control of Arthropod Pests Important to U.S. Agricultural Production, Trade and Quarantine

Location: Commodity Protection and Quality Research

Title: Updates on species composition, biology and seasonal distribution of Hemipteran pests in California almond orchards

Author
item GYAWALY, SUDAN - University Of California Agriculture And Natural Resources (UCANR)
item Bansal, Raman
item JOYCE, ANDREA - University Of California
item RIJAL, JHALENDRA - University Of California Agriculture And Natural Resources (UCANR)

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/10/2022
Publication Date: 4/10/2022
Citation: Bansal, R., (April 10-13, 2022). Updates on species composition, biology and seasonal distribution of Hemipteran pests in California almond orchards. Meeting Abstract (Oral Presentation). Pacific Branch (Entomological Society of America) Meeting, Santa Rosa, CA.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Hemipteran insects ‘true bugs’ occur and can cause economic damage to almonds in California. Limited information on the biology, ecology and management of hemipteran pests is available. In the 2021 season, we surveyed 21 almond orchards in northern and southern San Joaquin Valley using various sampling methods. We found that brown marmorated stink bug, green stink bug, and leaffooted bug were the most common hemipteran pests in these almond orchards in both locations. Invasive hemipteran pest, brown marmorated stink bug, was found in 6 of the 11 orchards in the northern and 4 of the 10 orchards in the southern San Joaquin Valley.