C. Scott Bundy, Stacey Bealmear, and Sam Lowry. New Mexico State University, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, Skeen Hall, Rm. N141, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003
Reports of cotton injury created by fecal material deposition by Lygus hesperus were evaluated in the field. A series of treatments evaluated potential boll injury caused by feeding alone, fecal deposits alone, normal feeding and fecal deposits, and controls.