LETHAL AND SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF EARLY- SEASON INSECTICIDES ON INSIDIOUS FLOWER BUG (Orius insidiosus): AN IMPORTANT PREDATOR IN COTTON
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Many new insecticides today are marketed as having a reduced impact on beneficial insect species. Many of these claims are based upon survival following application to a field or research plot. However, surviving exposure to a pesticide does not necessarily mean that the insect has not been impacted in some way. This research was designed to measure not only the mortality caused by some newer insecticides used in early season cotton, but also to determine the sublethal effects on oviposition, feeding activity, and longevity in an important early season predator, the insidious flower bug.
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