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| DOI: | 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[229:MOPMCI]2.0.CO;2 |
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| Web URL(s): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4151161
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Leppla, N. C.;
Frank, J. H.;
Adjei, M. B.;
Vicente, N. E. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Leppla and Frank: Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville; Adjei: Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Experiment Station, University of Florida, Ona, FL; Vicente: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR |
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| Title: | Management of pest mole crickets in Florida and Puerto Rico with a nematode and parastic wasp |
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| Section: | Research papers
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| Source: | Florida Entomologist. Vol. 90, No. 1, March 2007, p. 229-233. |
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| Publishing Information: | Gainesville, Florida: Florida Entomological Society |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Insect control; Larra bicolor; Scapteriscus vicinus; Scapteriscus didactylus; Parasitic insects; Steinernema scapterisci
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Non-indigenous invasive mole crickets, Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in Florida and S. didactylus (Latreille) (the "changa") in Puerto Rico, are being managed with an entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema scapterisci (Nguyen and Smart) (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), and a parasitic wasp, Larra bicolor L. (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Pest mole cricket populations have declined by 95% in north central Florida since these specialist natural enemies were released and established in the 1980s. Commercial production of the nematode was initiated, nearly 70 billion were applied in 34 Florida counties, and their establishment, spread, and impact on mole crickets were monitored. The infected mole crickets dispersed the nematode rapidly, so that within 6 months these parasites were present in most of the insects trapped in experimental pastures. Three years later, mole cricket populations were reduced to acceptable levels and the bahiagrass had recovered. The nematode was released for the first time in Puerto Rico during 2001 and has persisted; the wasp was introduced in the late 1930s. The geographical distribution of the wasp is being expanded in Florida and Puerto Rico by planting plots of Spermacoce verticillata (L.), a wildflower indigenous to Puerto Rico and widely distributed in southern Florida. Pastures, sod farms, golf courses, landscapes, and vegetable farms in Florida and Puerto Rico are benefiting from biological control of invasive mole crickets." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 23 |
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| Note: | Abstract also appears in Spanish
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Leppla, N. C., J. H. Frank, M. B. Adjei, and N. E. Vicente. 2007. Management of pest mole crickets in Florida and Puerto Rico with a nematode and parastic wasp. Fla. Entomol. 90(1):p. 229-233. |
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| DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[229:MOPMCI]2.0.CO;2 |
| Web URL(s):
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