| biology, pest status, microbiome and control of kudzu bug (hemiptera: heteroptera: plataspidae): a new invasive pest in the u.s. | soybean is an important food crop, and insect integrated pest management (ipm) is critical to the sustainability of this production system. in recent years, the introduction into the united states of the kudzu bug currently identified as megacopta cribraria (f.), poses a threat to soybean production. the kudzu bug was first discovered in the state of georgia, u.s. in 2009 and since then has spread to most of the southeastern states. because it was not found in the north american subcontinent bef ... | 2016 | 27649166 |