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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1985

EFFICACY OF INSECTICIDES AGAINST SPISSISTILUS FESTINUS (SAY),1 EMPOASCA FABAE (HARRIS),2 AND LYGUS LINEOLARIS (PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS)3 IN ALFALFA IN GEORGIA4

Page Range: 121 – 128
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-20.1.121
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Eleven insecticides were evaluated against the threecornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus (Say), the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae (Harris), and the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), in alfalfa. Control of S. festinus was extended to 28 d post-treatment with a single application of cypermethrin applied to the alfalfa stubble. Control of E. fabae was achieved with the majority of the insecticides evaluated, but control of L. lineolaris was more difficult to obtain.

Copyright: © 1985 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.

Contributor Notes

1 Homoptera: Membracidae.

2 Homoptera: Cicadellidae.

3 Hemiptera: Miridae.

4 This research was supported by funds from HATCH project no. H-368 as allocated to the Georgia Agriculture Experiment Station.

Accepted: 28 Jan 1985
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