Our Section 18 request for the use of three bifenthrin products (Brigade WSB – FMC Corporation; Bifenture EC and Bifenture 10DF – both from United Phosphorus) to control BMSB on apples, peaches and nectarines has been approved by EPA. This… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Our Section 18 request for the use of 2 dinotefuran products (Trade Names: Venom from Valent U.S.A. Corporation; Scorpion from Gowan Company, LLC) to control brown marmorated stink bug on stone and pome fruits… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu The Northeast IPM Center is producing a video series on BMSB highlighting the work of the SCRI Coordinated Agricultural Project on Biology, Ecology, and Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in specialty crops (Joanne… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu There has been a large and rapid increase in brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) in some pepper fields in the past week in central Maryland. Numbers just two weeks ago in… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have seen a great deal of stink bug damage to tomato fruit this year-more than usual (Fig. 1). The fruit has the characteristic white spots that when peeled back reveal… Continue Reading
