Identification of lygus hesperus by dna barcoding reveals insignificant levels of genetic structure among distant and habitat diverse populations>BackgroundThe western tarnished plant bug Lygus hesperus is an economically important pest that belongs to a complex of morphologically similar species that makes identification problematic....
A trap crop system for managing tarnished plant bug damage in strawberriesThe goal of this project was to determine the potential of using an attractive trap crop to pull tarnished plant bug (TPB) away from strawberry thereby reducing their abundance and damage in strawberry....
Biological control of the tarnished plant bug in iowaTPB, the tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolarisj, attacks strawberries in Iowa and the Midwest....
Strawberry malformation and the tarnished plant bugExperiments were designed to study the malformation of strawberries, Fragaria x ananassa (Duchesne) caused by the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois)....
