Studies examined hairy chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus hirtus Montandon, damage, population density, and movement in stands of perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne L., containing various proportions of endophyte infected plants (E ). Our main objective was to determine the utility of mixtures containing E for management of chinch bugs. Chinch bug damage and population density decreased linearly as the proportion of E increased. This trend held true even when chinch bug populations were extremely high. Chinch bug nymphs emigrated more quickly from stands containing 100% E than they did from stands containing 50 or 0% E , whereas adult chinch bug emigration was relatively unaffected by the proportion of E . Our results indicate that turfgrass mixtures containing E can reduce chinch bug damage and population density.
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1 August 2000
Hairy Chinch Bug (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) Damage, Population Density, and Movement in Relation to the Incidence of Perennial Ryegrass Infected by Neotyphodium Endophytes
Douglas S. Richmond,
David J. Shetlar
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 93 • No. 4
August 2000
Vol. 93 • No. 4
August 2000
Blissus leucopterus hirtus
endophyte
Lolium perenne