Demand for alternative pest management strategies for key pests of vegetables continues to increase in the United States. In 2015, farmers produced and sold $8.7 billion of edible food commodities directly to consumers, retailers, institutions, and a variety of local food intermediaries (USDA, NASS Dec. 2016, ACH 12-35, https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2016/LocalFoodsMarketingPractices_Highlights.pdf, accessed 20 March 2020). The squash bug, Anasa tristis (DeGeer), feeds on the leaves, stems, and vines of the squash (Cucurbita L.) plant consuming nutrients and reducing photosynthetic capacity due to leaf chlorosis and necrosis (Beard 1935, Connecticut Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 383: 333–339) and transmitting cucurbit yellow vine disease caused by the bacterium Serratia marcescens Bizio (Bruton et al. 2003, Plant Dis. 87: 937–944; Pair et al. 2004, J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 74–78). Other key pests of squash include the squash vine borer, Melittia cucurbitae (Harris) (Jackson et al. 2005, J. Agric. Urban Entomol. 22: 27–39), and the...
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October 2020
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October 26 2020
Influence of Trap Crops on Tomato and Squash Insect Pests
S.K. Braman
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S.K. Braman
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University of Georgia, Department of Entomology, 413 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, Georgia 30602 USA
2Corresponding author (email: kbraman@uga.edu).
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B. Westerfield
B. Westerfield
University of Georgia, Department of Entomology, 413 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, Georgia 30602 USA
3University of Georgia, Department of Horticulture, 1109 Experiment St., Griffin, GA 30223 USA.
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Journal of Entomological Science (2020) 55 (4): 578–583.
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Received:
January 15 2020
Accepted:
March 09 2020
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S.K. Braman, B. Westerfield; Influence of Trap Crops on Tomato and Squash Insect Pests. Journal of Entomological Science 26 October 2020; 55 (4): 578–583. doi: https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-55.4.578
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