Greenhouse Rearing Methods for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Live Cowpea Plants

Adelaine E Abrams; Alfredo Alvarez; Matthew S Rodriguez; Cindy R Kron; Dave E Bellamy; Spencer S Walse

doi:10.1093/jee/toab201

Greenhouse Rearing Methods for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Live Cowpea Plants

J Econ Entomol. 2021 Dec 6;114(6):2297-2306. doi: 10.1093/jee/toab201.

Authors

Adelaine E Abrams¹, Alfredo Alvarez², Matthew S Rodriguez³, Cindy R Kron⁴, Dave E Bellamy⁵, Spencer S Walse^{3

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Affiliations

¹ University of California at Davis, Horticulture and Agronomy Graduate Group, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA.
² University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Sciences, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA.
³ University of California at Davis, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group, 4117 Meyer Hall, Davis CA, USA.
⁴ Cooperative Extension, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, 133 Aviation Blvd., Suite 109, Santa Rosa CA, USA.
⁵ New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Old Mill Road, RD3, Motueka, New Zealand.
⁶ USDA-Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier CA, USA.

PMID: 34751374
DOI: 10.1093/jee/toab201

Abstract

Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a pest of concern that must be controlled for market access of host material and regulated articles to certain countries. This work outlines a rearing system for BMSB on live cowpea plants, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Fabales: Fabaceae), including methods to induce adults to both enter and exit diapause. This scalable system affords continuous access to >600 specimens per week of each life stage and/or age group, which is particularly advantageous when developing treatment efficacy data.

Keywords: brown marmorated stink bug; diapause; insect rearing.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2021.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Heteroptera*
Vigna*