Mississippi State University. Extension Entomologist.
Starkville, MS
Joined May 2014
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Whitney retweeted
“In 2025, invertebrate pests reduced soybean bushels by 1.5 percent across the 20 states reporting data. ...overall management costs (at plant and in-season) were estimated at $894.5 million USD, which includes non-targeted insecticide applications. Stink bugs...reduced yield more than any other invertebrate pest in 2025, followed by corn earworm, Dectes stem borer, soybean aphid, soybean looper, grasshoppers, bean leaf beetle, and slugs.”
From the publication "Soybean Invertebrate Loss Estimates from the United States — 2025" cropprotectionnetwork.org/pu… by @SebeABrown @TBryant_VT @WhitneyDCrow @OhBuggers @DominicDReisig @thrashnbugs @nick_seiter @ISU_IPM @SDSUExt_Insects @bugdocisin +more
@EntsocAmerica @MSUEntomology @tamuentomology @ArkansasEPP #soybean #insects #USSoy
ALT Treemap showing common name and relative proportion (%) of estimated yield losses in 20 U.S. soybean-producing states for invertebrate pests in 2025. Stink bugs caused the greatest proportion of losses.
ALT Stink bug nymph on a soybean leaf.
Whitney retweeted
Watch Soybean Insect Pest Management and the Steep Cost of Automatic Spraying from Extension at youtu.be/FvLUz5JgmvY.
@TBryant_VT @VTCals @VACoopExt @DominicDReisig @ScottGraham72 @WhitneyDCrow @TylerBTowles #soybean #insects #agriculture #USSoy
Whitney retweeted
Looking forward to having everyone in Starkville to look at plots and talk beans in August!
Whitney retweeted
Mississippi Corn Update from Dr. Erick Larson 🌽
✅ 80–90% of that crop is already planted
✅ Conditions have been excellent for planting
❄️ Freeze Setbacks
⚠️ Don’t Get Ahead of the Crop
#MCPB #MSCorn #Plant2026 #CornGrowers #MSAgCropUpdate
Whitney retweeted
One of my old Ph.D. advisers, Jeff Gore, received the Excellence in Cotton IPM Award at the 2026 Beltwide Cotton Conferences. Several of his past graduate students were in attendance. Jeff has been an integral figure in our success and cotton IPM as a whole.
Whitney retweeted
Cotton yield loss data from insect pests across states and years available at @MSU_AG's agscipp.msstate.edu/extensio….
From Extension. @DonCook6 @ScottGraham72 @thrashnbugs @westksbugs @DominicDReisig @Ron_Smith23 @NickBateman @IGrett @DrBugKid @JamesMVillegas @dawkerns @WhitneyDCrow @TylerBTowles @OSU_CottonIPM @ashmfaris @SebeABrown @DKernsAg @TBryant_VT
@CottonInc #cotton #insects
ALT Illustration of cotton bollworm in a cotton boll.
Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper / Cotton Jassid Update mississippi-crops.com/2025/0… # via @MSUExtService
Whitney retweeted
Check out the Soybean Insect Defoliation Training from Extension at severity.cropprotectionnetwo….
@DominicDReisig @WhitneyDCrow @TBryant_VT @IvairValmorbida @bick_emily @justinmcmechan @ashleyn_dean @ashmfaris @OhBuggers @nick_seiter @thrashnbugs @SebeABrown @ScottGraham72 #soybean #insects #USSoy
ALT Soybean leaflet with 1 percent simulated defoliation.
ALT Soybean leaflet with 5 percent simulated defoliation.
ALT Soybean leaflet with 20 percent simulated defoliation.
ALT Soybean leaflet with 30 percent simulated defoliation.
Whitney retweeted
Watch Scouting for Cotton Insect Pests at youtu.be/1x-XPrJ0TqE.
From @AAMUExtension's @ScottGraham72.
@CottonInc @AuburnU @TheCottonBoard @kmbiss @KansasCotton @GACottonComm @CouncilCotton @IvairValmorbida @WhitneyDCrow @DominicDReisig @TBryant_VT #cotton #grow25 #scout25
Whitney retweeted
In 2024, insect pests caused an estimated loss of 610 million+ bushels across the U.S. and Ontario.
Spoiler alert: corn rootworm caused the most losses. Find out more in the NEW pub at cropprotectionnetwork.org/pu…
From Extension. @DominicDReisig @ScottGraham72 @NYSIPM @OhBuggers @ISU_IPM @westksbugs @WhitneyDCrow @PinChuLaiii @PetersonInsects @SDSUExt_Insects @SebeABrown @bick_emily @NCExtension @AAMUExtension @ArkAgResearch @ARCrops @epp_tn @LSUAgCenter @NDSUExtension @PurdueExtension @tamuentomology @PSU_Entomology @MSUExtension @UWMadisonExt @NationalCorn
ALT Treemap showing proportion of losses caused by the insect pests responsible for the top estimated losses of corn yield.
ALT Corn earworm caterpillar side view on a leaf.
ALT Partial table showing losses in thousands of bushels due to insect pests.
