Chinch Bug Control With Pyrethroids, Nh, 1994

Resistant Turfgrasses for Improved Chinch Bug Management

Host preference of the chinch bug, Blissus occiduus

The chinch bug, Blissus occiduus Barber (Hemiptera: Blissidae), is an important pest of buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nutall) Engelmann and potentially other turfgrass, crop, and non-crop hosts. Choice studies documented the number of B. occiduus present on selected turfgrasses, crops and weeds, and provided important insights into the host preferences of this chinch bug. Grasses with the ...

Influence of buffalograss management practices on Western chinch bug and its beneficial arthropods.

A 2-yr study was conducted to document the influence of selected buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, management practices (three mowing heights and five nitrogen levels) on the seasonal abundance of the western chinch bug, Blissus occiduus Barber (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), and its beneficial arthropods. Vacuum, pitfall, and sticky traps samples were collected every 14 d from t...

St. Augustinegrass Cultivar Influences on Southern Chinch Bug and Predator Populations

Field and greenhouse studies were conducted in Georgia and South Carolina to determine the tolerance and antibiosis effects of 15 St. Augustinegrass genotypes against the southern chinch bug. ‘Floratam’ and ‘Floralawn’ cultivars were highly resistant to southern chinch bug populations in Georgia and South Carolina. When southern chinch bugs were caged on Floratam for 37 days in a greenhouse stu...

Chinch bug (Hemiptera: Blissidae) mouthpart morphology, probing frequencies, and locations on resistant and susceptible germplasm.

Chinch bugs are common pests of many agronomic and horticulturally important crops and turfgrasses. Previous research has indicated that some grasses exhibit resistance to multiple chinch bug species, whereas others are resistant to only one species. The objectives of this research were to document differences in the probing frequencies and locations among Blissus species as well as differences...