Tarnished plant bug management for North Carolina cotton growers --> bit.ly/4cdHxsQ Keith Edmisten Charlie Cahoon Guy Collins

Latest news on cotton.ces.ncsu.edu: Crop Status Now That Cotton Is Entering the Bloom Period (Collins & Edmisten) | NC State Extension (ncsu.edu) Keith Edmisten Charlie Cahoon Dominic Reisig Daisy Ahumada NC State Crop & Soil Sciences NC State Extension

Already have a black light going to monitor economically important field crop insects. Dr Huseth provided pheromone trap for corn earworms. Just installed. To view data for across the state, use the following: ces.ncsu.edu/trap-data/ Dominic Reisig NCSU Entomology & Plant Pathology NC State Extension

Corn earworms are early in soybeans, populations are high, and moths are flying. Some advice --> bit.ly/3XXjmKP NC Soybean Producers Association NC State Soybean Extension Jeff Chandler

Cover crops can be useful in helping improve soil quality. However, farmers need to ensure appropriate pest management practices. NC State University's Dominic Reisig discusses scouting cover crops for insect pests prior to soybean planting in this video. youtube.com/watch?v=rSDEi9…

Concerns about corn earworm in field corn --> bit.ly/4cFg6YU National Corn (NCGA) Corn-Soybean Digest NC OVT Program

A sure sign of fall armyworm. The extent of this injury is not yield limiting.

Make sure you are scouting your soybeans! Here are NC State Extension's thresholds for insect pests in soybeans. Dominic Reisig NC State Soybean Extension

We trap male #bollworm moths weekly throughout the growing season. Trap location is critical. Both of traps were left out for a week. Some locations typically catch a lot while some catch almost none and the effect is the same every year.

Don't forget about stink bugs in cotton --> cotton.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/07/dont-f… Guy Collins Keith Edmisten Charlie Cahoon Daisy Ahumada

We just started scouting for Stink bugs in Johnston County! My traps are full 🤯🌱Dominic Reisig NC State Soybean Extension

Lots of #bollworm (corn earworm) in corn this year. When populations are high larvae will sometimes exit an ear and enter another from the side. I think they’re avoiding getting eaten by their siblings

Tarnished plant bug numbers were low in out plots all season, but exploded since Monday. Putting out trials today. Shocking how quick they spiked and a good reminder to scout regularly Guy Collins Keith Edmisten Charlie Cahoon Daisy Ahumada

Corn earworm (#bollworm) numbers hit double threshold in our soybeans. Perfect for an insecticide screening trial 🤩

Graduate student UGA entomology Malcom Peavy trapped some beautiful tiger beetles from NC cotton. These are under-appreciated predators

Latest news on cotton.ces.ncsu.edu from Dr. Anders Huseth: cotton.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/08/bollwo… Dominic Reisig Keith Edmisten Charlie Cahoon Daisy Ahumada NC State Extension

Latest news on cotton.ces.ncsu.edu: cotton.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/08/hurric… Keith Edmisten Dominic Reisig Charlie Cahoon Daisy Ahumada NC State Crop & Soil Sciences NC State Extension

Check out Soybean Invertebrate Loss Estimates from the U.S. - 2023 from Extension at cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications/s…. Whitney Emily Bick, Ph.D. Sebe Brown Scott Graham David Owens Dominic Reisig Nick Seiter Ben Thrash Iowa State IPM ISU Extension and Outreach MSU Extension Extension Entomology

Don’t give up scouting soybeans- soybean loopers and stink bugs are abundant in the North Carolina Coastal Plain. Check it out --> bit.ly/3Xyj9x2 NC Soybean Producers Association NC State Soybean Extension Jeff Chandler

Maximizing corn yields: Bt vs non-Bt hybrids in North Carolina statewide large-plot trials --> bit.ly/3AT9uZf NC OVT Program alexis middleton alsdorf