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Imported Fire Ant Infestation of Soybean Fields in the Southern United States

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: Moderate to heavy infestations of the imported fire ants (IFA), Solenopsis invicta Buren and S. richteri Forel, have reduced soybean production in the southern United States. In early surveys of crop damage, Wilson & Eads (1949) attributed a loss of about three percent of the soybean crop in three south Alabama counties to the ants. Adams et al. (1976, 1977) reported that 16.8 to 49.1 kg/ha of soybeans in Georgia and North Carolina were not harvested because of physical interference of S. invicta mounds with combine operation. Subsequent studies in Florida and Mississippi showed that IFA feeding on the germinating seed reduced the plant stand with an ultimate reduction of up to 600 kg/ha in soybean yield (Lofgren and Adams 1981, Adams et al. 1983). Apperson & Powell (1983) found that increased numbers of IFA correlated positively with reduced soybean yield in North Carolina

Source: Florida Entomologist

DOI: 10.2307/3495467

Authors: W. A. Banks, C. T. Adams, C. S. Lofgren, D. P. Wojcik

Language: English

Topic: Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,130

OpenAlex ID: W2119872461

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Cites: 6

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10