| |
DOI: | 10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1847 |
Web URL(s): | http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1847 Last checked: 11/19/2013 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1847 Last checked: 11/19/2013 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Kostromytska, Olga S.;
Buss, Eileen A. |
Author Affiliation: | Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida |
Title: | Seasonal phenology and management of Tomarus subtropicus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in St. Augustinegrass |
Section: | Horticultural entomology Other records with the "Horticultural entomology" Section
|
Source: | Journal of Economic Entomology. Vol. 101, No. 6, December 2008, p. 1847-1855. |
Publishing Information: | Lanham, MD: Entomological Society of America |
# of Pages: | 9 |
Related Web URL: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1847 Last checked: 11/19/2013 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Insecticides; Life cycle; Nematoda; Pest control; Phenology; Preventive control; Seasonal variation; Stenotaphrum secundatum; Tomarus subtropicus
|
Geographic Terms: | Florida |
Abstract/Contents: | "The grub Tomarus subtropicus Blatchley (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is one of the most destructive pests of turfgrass and sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in southern Florida, but its life cycle has only been described in sugarcane production. Preventive insecticides applied against T. subtropicus in turfgrass when adult activity and oviposition were expected in sugarcane have necessitated subsequent curative treatments. Thus, the seasonal activity of T. subtropicus was monitored using UV blacklight traps and by sampling soil in infested St. Augustinegrass lawns in Cape Coral and Punta Gorda, FL, during 2005-2006. Several preventive and curative insecticides and entomopathogenic nematode species were evaluated in laboratory, greenhouse and field tests. T. subtropicus is univoltine in both sugarcane and St. Augustinegrass, but adult flight peaked ≅ 1 mo later in St. Augustinegrass than in sugarcane. Halofenozide, clothianidin, and imidacloprid were effective preventive control products, and carbaryl and trichlorfon were satisfactory curative insecticides. The nematodes Steinernema scarabei (Stock & Koppenhöfer), S. glaseri (Steiner), and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Poinar) were most effective against T. subtropicus grubs, and second instars were more susceptible compared with third instars. Improved knowledge of the biology and effectiveness of different management options for T. subtropicus will help minimize excessive pesticide use, especially in coastal areas of Florida." |
Language: | English |
References: | 45 |
Note: | Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Kostromutska, O. S., and E. A. Buss. 2008. Seasonal phenology and management of Tomarus subtropicus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in St. Augustinegrass. J. Econ. Entomol. 101(6):p. 1847-1855. |
| Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=156988 |
| If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 156988. |
| Choices for finding the above item: |
| DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1847 |
| Web URL(s): http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1847 Last checked: 11/19/2013 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1847 Last checked: 11/19/2013 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
| MSU catalog number: b2222995a |
| Find from within TIC: Digitally in TIC by record number. |
| Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record) |