Effects of the Herbicide Monosodium Methanearsonate on Insect and Spider Populations in Cotton Fields

Autor:	R. S. Baker, W. F. Kitten, M. L. Laster
Rok vydání:	1985
Předmět:	Ecology biology Thrips media_common.quotation_subject Orius insidiosus General Medicine Hymenoptera Insect biology.organism_classification Horticulture Insect Science Geocoris Botany Coccinellidae Lygus Tarnished plant bug media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Economic Entomology. 78:1481-1484
ISSN:	1938-291X 0022-0493
Popis:	Decreases in specific monitored groups of insects were rarely observed following either one or two over-the-top or directed sprays of monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) to cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. (‘DES 56’). A single over-the-top application of 1.1 kg (AI)/ha of MSMA temporarily reduced numbers of thrips, Frankliniella spp., in only 1 of 3 years of the study. In 1 of 3 years of study, insidious flower bug, Orius insidiosus (Say); damsel bugs, Nabis spp.; leafhoppers, Cicadellidae; and adult tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), populations were significantly reduced from those of the untreated control by two applications of MSMA, at least one of which was over-the-top of cotton 20 or 30 cm tall. Parasitic wasps, Hymenoptera; spiders, Araneida; lady beetles, Coccinellidae; and bigeyed bugs, Geocoris spp., were not affected by any of the MSMA treatments. MSMA applications did not reduce seed cotton yields compared to the untreated control.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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