Methods for the detection of the damage of the ear and grains of cereals caused by corn bugs of the Eurygaster genus (review)
The article gives a brief description of damages caused by shield bugs of the genus Eurygaster to wheat vegetative parts and grain, mainly the Sunn pest E. integriceps (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). The standardization of the known methods of detection and account of damaged cereal crops in field and laboratory conditions is proposed. Although these methods need further refinement in order to increase the accuracy of identifying the damage, as well as of interpretation of the results, the fixation of the modern level of methods of detection and account of the damages caused by shield bugs is proposed in the new State Standard.