Crop, semi-natural, and water features of the cotton agroecosystem as indicators of risk of infestation of two plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae) pests.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study considers concepts and tools of landscape ecology and geographic information systems (GIS) to prioritize insect monitoring in large-scale crops, using the cotton agroecosystem of the Texas Gulf Coast and two plant bug species (Creontiades signatus Distant and Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter) [Hemiptera: Miridae]) as a case study. The two species differed in host plants and time span as cotton pests.

Methods

C. signatus and P. seriatus abundance in early growth of cotton were regressed on landscape metrics. Comparisons of three approaches to select landscape variables in stepwise multiple regressions were made across spatial scales and two weeks of insect data extracted from monitoring of 21 cotton fields, years 2010 throu

SUBMITTER: Brewer MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625742 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature