Researchers see progress in fight against stink bug
Posted: June 27, 2012
The Winchester Star
T’ai Roulston, curator and research associate professor at Blandy Experimental Farm at the State Arboretum of Virginia in Boyce, lets a stink bug crawl on his hand. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
The brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive alien from Asia, feeds on fruits and vegetables, as well as corn, cotton and soybeans. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
WINCHESTER — Researchers are investigating two promising weapons in the war against crop-ruining brown marmorated stink bugs — an Asian wasp that attacks their eggs and a pheromone that attracts...
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