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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Taliaferro, C. M.;
Byers, R. A.;
Burton, G. W. |
Author Affiliation: | Taliaferro: Research Agronomist; Burton: Principal Geneticist, Crops Research Division and Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and University of Georgia College, of Agriculture Experiment Stations, Coastal Plain Station, Tifton, Georgia; Byers: Entomologist, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana |
Title: | Effects of spittlebug injury on root production and sod reserves of coastal bermudagrass |
Source: | Agronomy Journal. Vol. 59, No. 6, November/December 1967, p. 530-532. |
Publishing Information: | Washington: American Society of Agronomy |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Insects; Cynodon dactylon; Prosapia bicincta; Growth; Injuries by insects; Root growth; Photosynthesis; Topgrowth; Dry weight; Pastures; Injuries; Roots; Sod; Cynodon
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Abstract/Contents: | "Aboveground growth in fields of Coastal and other bermudagrass cultivars is often severely injured or killed in the southeastern United States by the two-lined spittlebug, Prosapia bicincta (Say). Results of greenhouse and field investigations show that sustained spittlebug damage to the aboveground growth of Coastal bermudagrass significantly reduces root production and available sod reserves. The data suggests that the toxin, which the insect injects into plant stems, has little if any adverse effect on underground plant parts and that the reduction in root development and sod reserves is primarily a function of the cessation of photosynthesis and other essential life processes in top growth. The significant reduction in roots and sod reserves indicates that prolonged or yearly repetition of spittlebug damage can be expected to drastically reduce the productivity and persistence of bermudagrass." |
Language: | English |
References: | 5 |
Note: | Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Taliaferro, C. M., R. A. Byers, and G. W. Burton. 1967. Effects of spittlebug injury on root production and sod reserves of coastal bermudagrass. Agron. J. 59(6):p. 530-532. |
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