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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Steele, Debra |
Author Affiliation: | Editorial Intern, Grounds Maintenance |
Title: | Grubs on the march |
Column Name: | Market update Other records with the "Market update" Column
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Source: | Grounds Maintenance. Vol. 36, No. 2, February 2001, p. 8. |
Publishing Information: | Overland Park, KS: Intertec Publishing Corporation |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Insect pests; Trends; Popillia japonica; Rhizotrogus majalis; Mole crickets; Scapteriscus vicinus; Scapteriscus borellii; Grubs; Injuries; Geographic distribution
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the damage and spread of grubs, especially the Japanese Beetle grub. States that "white grubs may be the most damaging turf insect pests in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Japanese beetle grubs alone cause an estimated $234 million in damage each year." Also mentions mole crickets, stating that "they are the most important turf soil pest of the Southeast and Gulf Coast states." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Maps |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Steele, D. 2001. Grubs on the march. Grounds Maint. 36(2):p. 8. |
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