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Preferred feeding stages of the tarnished plant bug

(Distrubuted 02/07/11) Roger Leonard explains the stages of cotton on which the tarnished plant bug prefers to feed. (Runtime :54)

Explaining the proper use of a shake sheet

(Distrubuted 02/07/11) Roger Leonard explains the advantages and proper techniques for using a shake sheet in cotton. (Runtime: 5:16)

Advantages of a shake sheet

(Distrubuted 02/07/11) Roger Leonard explains the advantages of using a shake sheet in scouting a cotton field. (Runtime: 2:11)

Louisiana Insect Pest Management Guide

This 2013 guide was compiled by LSU AgCenter experts and includes regulations, precautions and suggestions for pest control in Louisiana. Detailed topics include drift of pesticides, hazards of pesticides to beneficial insects and wildlife, phytotoxicity and use of beneficial insects to control pest populations. A section on organic gardening also is included.

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Seed Treatments: An Alternative Pesticide Delivery System

In Louisiana, southern green stink bugs and brown stink bugs (Figures 1, 2 and 3) have become common pests of corn, cotton, grain sorghum, soybean and wheat. In corn, an infestation can cause injury to the plant from seedling emergence through ear formation and grain development. Seedlings punctured by stink bugs exhibit small holes surrounded by localized dead tissue.

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