Over the past decade, the green stink bug has seriously damaged crops in pepper, eggplant and cucumber (cucumber) greenhouses in Southern Europe without automated heating. The pest also shows up in high-tech greenhouses in Northwest Europe and Central Europe.
With the disappearance of chemical control and climate changes, the infestation level of green stink bug in greenhouses has increased. Stinking green beetle is difficult to control, and until now it can only be successfully combated with the use of chemical products. The chemicals used in the control harm the beneficial insect populations used to control pests such as thrips, spider mites, aphids and whiteflies.
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Manual removal of stinky green beetles from the crop, such as by hand, is possible at low infestation levels. So far, modest results have been obtained with this technique.
In his 2018 research to find the most effective natural enemy of this pest, Koppert identified a European parasitic wasp parasitizing the eggs of stinky green beetles. With this research, with very promising results from the first field tests, it was seen that the stink bugs can be effectively combated in practice. Large-scale field tests in a number of countries are expected to confirm these results later in the year.