Best Stink Bug Strategy?Use Every Available Tool

摘要

It is hard to describe the behavior of the dreaded stink bug, which has wreaked havoc on cotton fields in the Southeast - and especially Georgia - for nearly two decades. The bad news is that this pest is here to stay. The good news is that farmers have tools and technology that are helping control the state's No. 1 cotton insect pest.In addition to new strategies, researchers now seem to understand the pest's behavior as compared to pre-Bt cotton days before 1996. Extension entomologist Phil Roberts, based in Tifton, Ga., says it's also easier to explain other scientific facts aboutthis pest.