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DOI: | 10.1093/ee/nvz026 |
Web URL(s): | https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/48/3/623/5435844 Last checked: 08/15/2019 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-pdf/48/3/623/28773985/nvz026.pdf Last checked: 08/15/2019 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Doherty, Ethan M.;
Meagher, Robert L.;
Dale, Adam G. |
Author Affiliation: | Doherty and Dale: Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Meagher: USDA-ARS CMAVE, Gainesville, FL |
Title: | Turfgrass cultivar diversity provides associational resistance in the absence of pest resistant cultivars |
Section: | Pest management Other records with the "Pest management" Section
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Source: | Environmental Entomology. Vol. 48, No. 3, June 2019, p. 623-632. |
Publishing Information: | College Park, Maryland: Entomological Society of America |
# of Pages: | 10 |
Related Web URL: | https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/48/3/623/5435844#136575568 Last checked: 08/15/2019 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar susceptibility; Cultivar variation; Ecosystem services; Host plant resistance; Pest resistance; Spodoptera frugiperda; Stenotaphrum secundatum; Warm season turfgrasses Author-Supplied Keywords: Cultivar; Diversity; Spodoptera; Stenotaphrum; Resistance
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Abstract/Contents: | "Turfgrasses are ubiquitous in urban landscapes and can provide numerous ecosystem services. However, most warm season turfgrasses are produced, planted, and maintained as cultivar monocultures, which may predispose them to herbivore attack and reduce the services lawns provide. Though rarely done, host plant resistance can be used as a strategy to reduce herbivory and preserve beneficial services. Increasing turfgrass cultivar diversity may provide similar or greater benefits through associational resistance, whereas conserving desirable maintenance and aesthetic traits. However, no studies have examined this in warm season turfgrasses. To address this, we evaluated host plant resistance to fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda [J.E. Smith] [Lepidoptera: Noctuidae]) in commercially available cultivars of St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum [(Walt.) Kuntz] [Lepidoptera: Noctuidae]) and then investigated if the resistance or susceptibility of St. secundatum cultivars carried over in mixed cultivar plantings. Through a no-choice experiment and a limited-choice experiment, we detected no host plant resistance in monocultures of St. secundatum cultivars. However, we did find that as cultivar diversity increased, female Sp. frugiperda larval weight and herbivory decreased. Additionally, choice tests indicated that larvae prefer less diverse stands of St. secundatum cultivars. Interestingly, our results suggest that in the absence of host plant resistance, warm season turfgrass cultivar diversity may reduce herbivore pest fitness and damage. These results demonstrate that warm season turfgrass cultivar diversity may be a viable integrated pest management tool that warrants further investigation." |
Language: | English |
References: | 60 |
See Also: | See also related article "Diversity, composition, and freedom to choose drive the effects of St. Augustinegrass cultivar blends on an herbivorous insect" International Turfgrass Society Research Journal, 14(1) June 2022, p. 989-993, R=321498. R=321498 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Doherty, E. M., R. L. Meagher, and A. G. Dale. 2019. Turfgrass cultivar diversity provides associational resistance in the absence of pest resistant cultivars. Environ. Entomol. 48(3):p. 623-632. |
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| DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvz026 |
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