Title:	Injury and damage dynamics of Diceraeus melacanthus Dallas, 1851 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in corn subjected to early defoliation.
Authors:	SANTOS, N. M. dos FADINI, M. A. M. BORGHI, E. SANTOS, D. G. dos AVELLAR, G. S. de TRINDADE, R. dos S. DAMASCENO, N. C. R. KARAM, D. MENDES, S. M.
Affiliation:	NATHAN MOREIRA DOS SANTOS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO JOÃO DEL-REI; MARCOS ANTÔNIO MATIELLO FADINI, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO JOÃO DEL REI; EMERSON BORGHI, CPPSE; DOUGLAS GRACIEL DOS SANTOS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO JOÃO DEL-REI; GUILHERME SOUZA DE AVELLAR, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO JOÃO DEL-REI; ROBERTO DOS SANTOS TRINDADE, CNPMS; NATHÁLIA CRISTINE RAMOS DAMASCENO; DECIO KARAM, CNPMS; SIMONE MARTINS MENDES, CNPMS.
Date Issued:	2025
Citation:	Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 69, n. 2, e20240118, 2025.
Description:	The green-belly stink bug is an early pest in the second crop of corn, following soybean. The dynamics of infestations by this pest in systems where corn is defoliated in the early stages is still unknown. Therefore, the objective was to evaluate the feeding of the stink bug on corn subjected to early defoliation. In a greenhouse, used a 2 x 4 factorial design, with two cultivars: BRS3042 VTPRO2 and 1F640PRO2, and four treatments: Without stink bug and with plant cutting (WSB-C); With stink bug before cutting (SB-BC); With stink bug after cutting (SB-AC); With stink bug and without cutting (SB-WC), with ten repetitions. Cutting of the plants was performed at the V3 stage, at a height of five centimeters above the soil. Infestation with stink bugs was carried out five days after emergence and/or after cutting, with two stink bugs per pot. The following were evaluated: injury score, height, stem diameter, fresh and dry plant weight. The plants that were not cut (SB-WC) presented the highest values in height and diameter, resulting in injury scores around 1 compared to those that were infested after the cut (SB-AC), which had scores varying between 3 and 4 and had smaller height and diameter. It was concluded that removing the leaf surface impairs the establishment of the corn plant, and with the infestation of the green-belly stink bug, the severity of the damage increases.
Thesagro:	Soja Milho Praga de Planta Desfolha Glycine Max Zea Mays
NAL Thesaurus:	Integrated pest management
Keywords:	Manejo Integrado de Pragas Manejo integrado de pragas-MIP
ISSN:	1806-9665
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0118
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPPSE)