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2007-06-28 | permalink
Stink bugs becoming pests in Florida (USA)
Stink bugs populations are on the increase. Once considered a minor pest of vegetable, fruit and nut crops, they are now causing serious damage. [...] ”Cleaner” fields, borders and landscapes with fewer native weeds and other herbaceous plants causes stink bugs to home in on whatever is available. This is often a single crop in the area that attracts them for lack of other host plants in the area. Another reason is the change in insecticide use over the past several years. Farmers are using fewer of these chemicals and those used are more specific as to the target pest and are shorter lived in the environment. In cotton production for example, little insecticide is applied any more due to the boll weevil eradication in our area and the use of genetically modified varieties.
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2007-06-28 | permalink
Stink bugs becoming pests in Florida (USA)
Stink bugs populations are on the increase. Once considered a minor pest of vegetable, fruit and nut crops, they are now causing serious damage. [...] ”Cleaner” fields, borders and landscapes with fewer native weeds and other herbaceous plants causes stink bugs to home in on whatever is available. This is often a single crop in the area that attracts them for lack of other host plants in the area. Another reason is the change in insecticide use over the past several years. Farmers are using fewer of these chemicals and those used are more specific as to the target pest and are shorter lived in the environment. In cotton production for example, little insecticide is applied any more due to the boll weevil eradication in our area and the use of genetically modified varieties.
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