Research Article

Impact of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), in Mid-Atlantic Tree Fruit Orchards in the United States: Case Studies of Commercial Management

Table 2

Total number of targeted brown marmorated stink bug insecticide applications, mean interval (d) ± SEM between insecticide applications, and mean A.I.M. score ± SEM and total A.I.M. score in peach plots from 2010 to 2011 at four commercial orchards.

OrchardNumber of targetedMean interval insecticideA.I.M. score
insecticide applicationsinterval + SEM*Mean ± SEM*Total
20102011201020112010201120102011

A4168.5 ± 1.06.7 ± 0.30.14 ± 0.030.30 ± 0.031.675.73
B6816.0 ± 1.915.7 ± 1.40.16 ± 0.030.25 ± 0.042.132.72
C4917.0 ± 3.214.1 ± 1.20.24 ± 0.060.30 ± 0.022.123.26
D62212.0 ± 2.64.5 ± 0.90.23 ± 0.050.18 ± 0.022.734.38

All Orchards205512.8 ± 1.2 a8.1 ± 0.8 b0.18 ± 0.02 a0.25 ± 0.01 b8.6516.09

eans for all orchards combined, compared between years within a paired column, followed by a different letter are significantly different ( ).