Damage to an organic apple orchard by the brownmarmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys and its control strategy
Author of the article:ZHANG JunMing1 , WANG He2, ZHAO LianXiang3 , ZHANG Fan1 , YU GuoYue1**
Author's Workplace：1 Institute of Plant & Environment Protection, Beij ing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry Science, Beijing 100097, China; 2 Forest Pr otection Station of Beijing , Beijing 100029, China; 3 Changping Liucun Wangj iayuan Orchard, Changping 102202, China
Key Words：Haly omorpha halys, organic orchard, apple, damage, control strategy
Abstract：In recent years, the brownmarmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) became to be a key insect pest in apple orchards and a difficulty for the implementation of ecological orchards. The damage rates were 28.8%±4.1%, 23.4%±4.6%和30.8%±3.6% respectively for early, intermediate and late varieties of apple and it was no statistical difference (P>0.05) among them. It discussed the control strategy with emphasis on reducing the stink bug number in the surrounding environment.