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| Web URL(s): | http://usgatero.msu.edu/v01/n05.pdf
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| Author(s): | Brandenburg, R. L. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Brandenburg: Professor,Co-Director, Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
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| Title: | Improving mole cricket management by targeting their weaknesses |
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| Source: | USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1 2002, p. [1-10]. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 10 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Insect control; Mole crickets; Models; Life cycle; Growing degree days; Soil moisture; Clay soils; Silty soils; Physical properties of soil; Scapteriscus vicinus; Scapteriscus borellii; Insecticides; Entomopathogenic fungi; Behavior
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Understanding insect behavior is a key component of any control strategy. Research was conducted at North Carolina State University and Cornell University to elucidate behavioral characteristics of mole crickets. Field and greenhouse studies were conducted to elucidate the behavior of soil-inhabiting mole crickets and to develop a model to forecast mole cricket egg hatch. Monitoring over a three-year period did not establish a strong relationship between degree-day accumulation and egg hatch, development, or mating flight patterns. Soil moisture significantly affects timing and intensity of mole cricket egg laying. Research showed a strong relationship between the presence of adults in the spring in a specific area and subsequent outbreaks of nymphs and turf damage later in the summer. Slight increases in soil clay or silt content were generally associated with reduced mole cricket abundance. Tunneling of root-feeding tawny mole cricket produced a characteristic "Y-shaped" pattern and an avoidance behavior to insecticide-treated soil, or soil that has been treated with spores of entomopathogenic fungi." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 20 |
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| See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 1998-33-141; 1994-01-073 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Brandenburg, R. L. 2002. Improving mole cricket management by targeting their weaknesses. USGA Turfgrass Environ. Res. Online. 1(5):p. [1-10]. |
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