Lygus bugs on potatoes in the Pacific Northwest

Josephine Antwi, Silvia I. Rondon and Rodney Cooper
EM 9173 | Published August 2017, Reviewed 2021

Summary

This publication describes how to identify lygus bugs, their composition in potato fields in the PNW, the kinds of damage they do to potato plants, and how lygus bugs may be potential vectors of potato pathogens. The publication also addresses techniques to monitor lygus bugs and to manage them on potatoes using alfalfa strips, and includes many color photos.

About the authors

Rodney Cooper
USDA-ARS
Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, Washington

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