Soybean Stem Borer Research

Recent Research Reports

Efficacy of Fipronil Applied as Foliar Treatment to six commercial soybean varieties to control Dectes Stem Borers in Soybean, Scandia, KS 2006. Efficacy of Fipronil Applied as Foliar Treatment to six commercial soybean varieties to control Dectes Stem Borers in Soybean, Scandia, KS, 2006. In SWREC “2007 Field Day Rept.” K-State Rept. Prog. 980: pp 62-64. Efficacy of Systemic Insecticides Applied as Foliar or Seed Treatments to Control Dectes Stem Borers in Soybean at Garden City, KS, 2006. Efficacy of Systemic Insecticides Applied as Foliar or Seed Treatments to Control Dectes Stem Borers in Soybean at Garden City, KS, 2006. In SWREC “2007 Field Day Rept.” K-State Rept. Prog. 980: pp 65-67.

Efficacy of In-Season Applications of Systemic Insecticide to Control Dectes Stem Borers in Soybean. Buschman, Davis and Sloderbeck.Southwest Kansas Research-Extension Center Field Day 2006, Kansas State University, Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Report of Progress 961. pp 65-69.

Efficacy of In-season Applications of Systemic Insecticide, 2005 to Control Dectes Stem Borers in Soybeans. Buschman, Witt and Sloderbeck. Southwest Kansas Research-Extension Center Field Day 2005, Kansas State University, Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Report of Progress 945. pp 53-55.

Entomology Publications>SOYBEAN STEM BORER MANAGEMENT TRIALS 2001-2003, Phil Sloderbeck, Larry Buschman, and Randy Higgins, Southwest Kansas Research-Extension Center 2004 Field Day, Kansas State University, Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Report of Progress 927. pp 41-44.

Presentations and Posters

Pest Status of the Soybean Stem Borer, Dectes texanus, in North America -- Summary of Poster Presented at ESA North Central Meeting in Winnipeg, Canada, March 2007

Research on the Management of the Soybean Stem Borer in Kansas. Phillip E. Sloderbeck Lawrent L. Buschman and Randall A. Higgins North Central Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, East Madison, Wisconsin. March 2003 and International IMP Symposium Indianapolis, Indiana, April 2003 Misc. Extension Document>SBSBncbPoster03

Biology and Management of the Soybean Stem Borer in Kansas. Randall A. Higgins, Department of Entomology; Phillip E. Sloderbeck, Southwest Area Extension Office; Lawrent Buschman, Dept. of Entomology, SW Res./Extn. Center; William Schapaugh, Department of Agronomy; Merle Witt, SW Res./Extn. Center; Douglas J. Jardine, Dept. of Plant Pathology.Presented at the Soybean Expo in Topeka Kansas 2003 Misc. Extension Document>SBSBexpo03

Comparative toxicities of three insecticides to soybean stem borer, Dectes texanus texanus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) adults. M. Kaczmarek, K.Y. Zhu, R.A. Higgins, and P.E. Sloderbeck.Poster presented at the North Central Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, East Lansing, MI. March 2002.
Misc. Extension Document>SBSBncbPoster02

Seasonal Occurrence of Soybean Stem Borer (Dectes texanus texanus) in Republic County, Kansas. M. Kaczmarek, R.A. Higgins, P.E. Sloderbeck, and W. Schapaugh. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA. December 2001.
Misc. Extension Document>SBSBesaPoster01

Presence and significance of Soybean Stem Borer, Dectes texanus texanus, in Kansas soybean variety trials. M. Kaczmarek, R.A. Higgins, P.E. Sloderbeck, L.L. Buschman, W. Schapaugh. Poster presented at the North Central Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Ft. Collins, CO. March 2001.
Misc. Extension Document>SBSBncbPoster01

SOYBEAN STEM BORER IN KANSAS: A Research Update. M. Kaczmarek, R. A. Higgins, P. E. Sloderbeck, L. L. Buschman, D. Crook, S. B. Ramaswamy, W. Schapaugh. Poster presented at the joint meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Entomological Society of Canada and the Societe d'entomologie du Quebec, December 2000 in Montreal, Canada. Misc. Extension Document>SBSBesaPoster00

Extension Publications

soybean stem borer extension publication: http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/library/entml2/MF2581.pdf

Progress reports for the Kansas Soybean Commission:

2008: Commission Reports>kscSBSB08final
2007: Commission Reports>kscSBSB07final
2006: Commission Reports>kscSBSB06final
2005: Commission Reports>kscSBSB05final
2004: Commission Reports>kscSBSB04final
2003: Commission Reports>kscSBSB03final
2002: Commission Reports>kscSBSB02final

This research is being sponsored by K-State Research and Extension
and the Kansas Soybean Commission.

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