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Definition of Tarnished plant bug
1. Noun. Widespread plant and fruit pest.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarnished Plant Bug
Literary usage of Tarnished plant bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"FALSE TARNISHED PLANT-BUG Lygus invitus Say This close relative of the tarnished
plant-bug has for many years caused considerable loss to the pear growers ..."
2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"The Tarnished Plant- bug is widely distributed, both in Europe and this country.
... Tarnished Plant-bug and grass crops arc also injured by full-grown ..."
3. Management Guide for Low-Input Sustainable Apple Production by Lorraine P. Berkett (1994)
"Groundcover management to control tarnished plant bug tarnished plant bugs are
found on more than thirty species of weeds common to orchard floors. ..."
4. Smith's Chrysanthemum Manual by Elmer D. Smith (1919)
"tarnished plant bug (Lygus Pratensis) is a great hindrance and often ... 25.
DEPREDATIONS OF THE tarnished plant bug. BRANCH SHOWING MASS OF BLIND GROWTH. ..."
5. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"The tarnished plant-bug is not an easy foe to meet. Paris Green or other stomach
poisons are useless against an insect with sucking mouth parts. ..."
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