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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Reinert, James A.;
Mackay, Wayne;
Engelke, M. C.;
George, Steve W. |
Author Affiliation: | Reinert, Engelke and George: Texas A&M AgriLIFE Research & Extension Urban Solutions Center, Dallas, TX; Mackay: Mid-Florida Research & Education Center, Apopka, FL |
Title: | The differential grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) - its impact on turfgrass and landscape plants in urban environs |
Section: | Research papers Other records with the "Research papers" Section
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Source: | Florida Entomologist. Vol. 94, No. 2, June 2011, p. 253-261. |
Publishing Information: | Gainesville, Florida: Florida Entomological Society |
# of Pages: | 9 |
Related Web URL: | http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/76330 Last checked: 07/29/2011 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar evaluation; Feeding preferences; Grasshoppers; Injuries by insects; Insect resistance; Insect surveys; Melanoplus differentialis; Urban habitat
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Abstract/Contents: | "The differential grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), frequently migrates from highway rights-of-way, pastures, and harvested fields to feed in urban/suburban landscapes and retail/wholesale nurseries across the southern and southwestern U.S.A., as these areas dry down during hot dry summers. Nine selected turfgrasses and 15 species of landscape plants were evaluated for their susceptibility or resistance to this grasshopper. Grasshoppers were collected from stands of Johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense , which was used as a standard host for comparison in both experiments. Based on feeding damage, number of grasshopper fecal pellets produced, and their dry weight, Zoysia matrella cv. 'Cavalier' was the least preferred grass followed by Buchloe dactyloides cv. 'Prairie' and Z. japonica cv. 'Meyer'. Festuca arundinacea was significantly the most preferred host and sustained the most feeding damage, followed by Poa pratensis x P. arachnifera cv. 'Reveille' and 2 Cynodon spp. cultivars, 'Tifway' and 'Common'. Among the landscape plants, Hibiscus moscheutos cv. 'Flare', Petunia violacea cv. 'VIP', Phlox paniculata cv. 'John Fanick', Tecoma stans cv. 'Gold Star', and Campsis grandiflora were the least damaged or most resistant. Plumbago auriculata cv. 'Hullabaloo', Glandularia hybrid cv. 'Blue Princess', Canna x generalis, Johnsongrass, and Cortaderia selloana cv. 'Pumila' sustained the most damage. Based on the number of fecal pellets produced and their weights, Canna x generalis and Glandularia hybrid cv. 'Blue Princess' were the most preferred landscape plants tested." |
Language: | English |
References: | 26 |
Note: | Abstract also available in Spanish Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Reinert, J. A., W. Mackay, M. C. Engelke, and S. W. George. 2011. The differential grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) - its impact on turfgrass and landscape plants in urban environs. Fla. Entomol. 94(2):p. 253-261. |
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