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Web URL(s): | https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/24/2/243/423082/Mechanical-Control-of-White-Grubs-Coleoptera Last checked: 02/17/2017 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Blanco-Montero, Carlos A.;
Hernandez, Gerardo |
Author Affiliation: | Department of Biology and Department of Mathematics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 |
Title: | Mechanical control of White Grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabidae) in turfgrass using aerators |
Source: | Environmental Entomology. Vol. 24, No. 2, April 1995, p. 243-245. |
Publishing Information: | College Park, MD: Entomological Society of America |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cyclocephala pasadenae; White grubs; Mechanical control; Computer simulation models; Insecticides; Pest Control; Aerators
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Abstract/Contents: | "We used the spatial distribution of white grubs in 100 observations to simulate, in a computer program, the potential mortality caused by 221 different hole patterns of commercial turfgrass aerators. Hole patterns arranged in a distribution (5.08-cm x 5.08-cm) with tine diameters of 2.54 and 1.90 cm were able to produce a grub mortality of >40%. The efficiency of these designs, as measured by the overall percentage of mortality under moderate and light grub infestation was considerably high. The results also show that the percentage area made by aerator holes is not directly proportional to mortality; the distribution of holes is as important as the area affected by them. The use of turfgrass aerators with appropriate hole patterns can reduce subterranean pest populations to manageable levels and should be considered in integrated pest management programs." |
Language: | English |
References: | 5 |
Note: | Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Blanco-Montero, C. A., and G. Hernandez. 1995. Mechanical control of White Grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabidae) in turfgrass using aerators. Environ. Entomol. 24(2):p. 243-245. |
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