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Guide to Sweet Corn Production in Oklahoma
High quality sweet corn is a very popular vegetable. Small-scale production can be sold directly from the farm or at roadside stands, farmer’s markets or local stores. Large-scale production requ... PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT. Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber?
Oklahoma: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Makes 1st Appearance
Brown marmorated stink bug. Photo: Scott Graham, University of Tennessee In October 2019, we received a specimen of what appeared to be an exotic stink bug species, brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). The insect was collected in Logan County by an entomology student, and its identity was later confirmed as BMSB, making it the first record of this invasive species in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Soybeans: Managing Pod-Feeding Insects
We have received scattered reports from NE Oklahoma of stink bug activity and foliage and pod-feeding caterpillars in soybean. As soybeans set seed and fill out, they definitely need protection from pod-feeding insects. This information is also relevant for North Central Oklahoma in double-crop soybean. Pod-feeding insects can cause serious losses to soybean yield. The most common pod-feeding caterpillar is the corn earworm, also known as the soybean podworm or the cotton bollworm.
Oklahoma Cotton, Sorghum: Transform Receives Emergency Use Permits
The EPA has granted Oklahoma a Section 18 Emergency Use Permit (EUP) for Transform WG to control plant bugs in cotton, and in sorghum, to control sugarcane aphid during the 2018 growing season. In cotton, Transform can be applied at 1.5-2.25 fl. oz. per acre to control “plant bugs”, which includes several Lygus species (pale legume bug, tarnished plant bug, and western tarnished plant bug) as well as the rapid plant bug.
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