title: Spatiotemporal Distribution of Chinavia hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Peanut-Cotton Farmscapes.
abstract: The green stink bug, Chinavia hilaris (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a pest of cotton in the southeastern United States, but little is known concerning its spatiotemporal distribution in agricultural farmscapes. Therefore, spatiotemporal distribution of C. hilaris in farmscapes where cotton fields adjoined peanut was examined weekly. Spatial patterns of C. hilaris counts were analyzed using SADIE (Spatial Analysis by Distance Indices) methodology. Interpolated maps of C. hilaris density were used to visualize abundance and distribution of C. hilaris in crops. For the six peanut-cotton farmscapes studied, the frequency of C. hilaris in cotton (94.8%) was significantly higher than in peanut (5.2%), and nymphs were rarely detected in peanut, indicating that peanut was not a source of C. hilaris into cotton. Significantly, aggregated spatial distributions were detected in cotton. Maps of local clustering indices depicted patches of C. hilaris in cotton, mainly at field edges including the peanut-to-cotton interface. Black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) and elderberry (Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis [L.] R. Bolli) grew in habitats adjacent to crops, C. hilaris were captured in pheromone-baited stink bug traps in these habitats, and in most instances, C. hilaris were observed feeding on black cherry and elderberry in these habitats before colonization of cotton. Spatial distribution of C. hilaris in these farmscapes revealed that C. hilaris colonized cotton field edges near these two noncrop hosts. Altogether, these findings suggest that black cherry and elderberry were sources of C. hilaris into cotton. Factors affecting the spatiotemporal dynamics of C. hilaris in peanut-cotton farmscapes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Protection and Management Research Laboratory, 2747 Davis Rd., Tifton, GA 31793, USA Glynn.Tillman@ars.usda.gov.
authors.forename: P Glynn
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Tillman
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, 21 Dunbar Rd., Byron, GA 31008, USA.
authors.forename: Ted E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Cottrell
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D010367:Arachis / Q000254:growth & development; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D003368:Gossypium / Q000254:growth & development; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012621:Seasons
keywords: SADIE methodology; inverse distance weighting; noncrop host plant; spatial distribution