| Title: | "Border Habitat Effects on Captures of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Pheromone Traps and Fruit Injury at Harvest in Apple and Peach Orchards in the Mid-Atlantic, USA" |
| Author(s): | Bergh JC; Morrison WR; Stallrich JW; Short BD; Cullum JP; Leskey TC; |
| Address: | "Virginia Tech, Alson Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Winchester, VA 22602, USA. United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Center for Animal Health and Grain Research, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA. Department of Statistics, Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. Trece, Inc., Adair, OK 74330, USA. United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, WV 25430, USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The invasive Halyomorpha halys invades crop fields from various bordering habitats, and its feeding on crops has caused significant economic losses. Thus, H. halys is considered a perimeter-driven threat, and research on alternative management tactics against it has focused on intervention at crop edges. Woodlands adjacent to crop fields contain many hosts of H. halys and are therefore considered 'riskiest' in terms of pest pressure and crop injury. However, tree fruit orchards in the Mid-Atlantic, USA, are often bordered on one or more sides by woodlands and other habitats, including other tree fruit blocks, and field crops. Monitoring H. halys using pheromone traps has most often focused on the crop-woodland interface, but the relative effects of woodlands and other habitats bordering orchards on pest pressure and crop injury have not been examined. A two-year study comparing seasonal captures of H. halys and fruit injury among different habitats bordering commercial apple and peach orchards in the Mid-Atlantic revealed that while woodland borders often posed the greatest risk, other border habitats also contributed significantly to captures and injury in numerous instances. The relevance of these findings to refining and optimizing perimeter-based monitoring and management approaches for H. halys is discussed" |
| Keywords: | brown marmorated stink bug invasive species monitoring risk assessment; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEBergh, James Christopher Morrison, William R 3rd Stallrich, Jon W Short, Brent D Cullum, John P Leskey, Tracy C eng #301-13-076/Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services/ Switzerland 2021/06/03 Insects. 2021 May 8; 12(5):419. doi: 10.3390/insects12050419" |
