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1 February 2004 Turfgrass, Crop, and Weed Hosts of Blissus occiduus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)
Thomas E. Eickhoff, Frederick P. Baxendale, Tiffany M. Heng-moss, Erin E. Blankenship
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Blissus occiduus Barber is an important pest of buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, turf. No-choice studies documented the susceptibility of selected turfgrasses, crops, and weeds to B. occiduus feeding. Highly to moderately susceptible grasses included buffalograss; yellow Setaria glauca (L.) and green foxtail Setaria viridis (L.); Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis L.; perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne L.; brome, Bromus spp. Leyss.; zoysiagrass, Zoysia japonica Steudel; Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.; sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench; tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb.; and barley Hordeum vulgare (L.). Slightly to nonsusceptible grasses included fine fescue, Festuca ovina hirtula L.; rye, Secale cereale L.; crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis (L.); bentgrass, Agrostis palustris Huds.; wheat, Tritium aestivum L.; corn, Zea mays L.; fall panicum Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.; and St. Augustinegrass, Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze. The reproductive potential of B. occiduus was also investigated on these same grasses. B. occiduus produced offspring on 15 of the 18 turfgrass, crop, and weed species evaluated. No reproduction occurred on either Bermuda grass or St. Augustinegrass, and buffalograss plants were killed by B. occiduus feeding before offspring could be produced.

Thomas E. Eickhoff, Frederick P. Baxendale, Tiffany M. Heng-moss, and Erin E. Blankenship "Turfgrass, Crop, and Weed Hosts of Blissus occiduus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 97(1), 67-73, (1 February 2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-97.1.67
Received: 12 June 2003; Accepted: 1 September 2003; Published: 1 February 2004
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KEYWORDS
Buchloë dactyloides
buffalograss
sorghum
Western chinch bug
zoysiagrass
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