This laboratory bioassay focused on lethal and sublethal effects of five insecticides (chlorantraniliprole, cyantraniliprole, spinetoram, novaluron, and lambda-cyhalothrin) and two fungicide treatments (sulfur and a mixture of copper hydroxide and mancozeb) on the predatory mired bug, Deraeocoris brevis (Uhler) (Hemiptera: Miridae) using second instars and adult males and females. Formulated pe...

It is the object of this paper to warn oph­ thalmologists against the prolonged use of furmethide in the treatment of glaucoma. Permanent obstruction of the tear passages has been observed in a large percentage of cases in which the drug was used for more than three months. Furmethide (Furtrethonium iodide, Smith, Kline and French) is a recent addition to drugs for treating glaucoma. In 1940, t...

The interaction of feeding by a grass bug, Ir"bisia pacifica (Uhler), and drought stress on growth of Great Basin wildrye, Leymus cinereus (Scrih. & Merr.) Love, and intermediate wheatgrass, Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkw. & D. R. Dewey, was studied in the greenhouse. At peak production, control plants of Great Basin wildrye had more than twice as much green leaf area per tiller than bug-i...