The overall goal of this study was to enhance biological control of lygus bugs in the Canadian Prairies using parasitoid wasps that attack the juvenile stages of the pest Lygus are a widespread pest of multiple crops: canola, seed alfalfa, faba beans, strawberries, greenhouse crops, and many others…
Lygus bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) are economically significant pests in Western Canada, threatening faba bean production through their piercing-sucking feeding mechanism This feeding behavior causes mechanical and physiological damage to seeds, resulting in yield losses and quality downgrades that…
