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In Pennsylvania the lygus bug (Lygus lineolaris) has severely damaged grain amaranth yields by piercing the developing seed and sucking out the juices.
3 Production 1984
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Developed over two years as a commercial product in Davis at Marrone, it "shows excellent activity" on whitefly, spider mite, diamondback moth, cabbage looper, tobacco budworm and Lygus bugs.
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2010
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The new No. 1 damaging cotton pest in the United States is - drum roll, please - Lygus, or plant bug, with losses of 1.08 percent.
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In 2007, the top five most damaging pests were bollworm / budworm, Lygus, thrips, fleahoppers and aphids.
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Lorenz noted that the cost of Lygus (plant bug) control in 2007 was about $8.65 on average across the Cotton Belt.
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Plant Bug - Lygus sp. - this bug is in the Family "Miridae," know as "Plant Bugs."
Iowa Voice 2008
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