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Mr439: An Evaluation Of Turfgrass Species And Varieties: Fineleaf Fescues, Alan R. Langille
Mr439: An Evaluation Of Turfgrass Species And Varieties: Fineleaf Fescues, Alan R. Langille
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The fineleaf fescues comprise 28 species of perennial grasses in the genus Festuca. The fescue species represented in the United States include deeply rooted grasses with both wide and narrow leaf types, bunch and spreading plant morphologies, and tolerances to a wide variety of environmental conditions. Several of these species exhibit desirable characteristics for turfgrass use: adaptation to cool, humid regions, tolerance to droughty acidic soils, excellent wear and shade tolerance, deep, erosion-resistant root systems and rapid recovery following mowing. This report presents the results of Maine trials in the 1998 National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) Fineleaf Fescue Trial, which …
Chinch Bug (Hemiptera: Blissidae) Mouthpart Morphology, Probing Frequencies, And Locations On Resistant And Susceptible Germplasm, Wyatt G. Anderson, Tiffany Heng-Moss, Frederick P. Baxendale, Lisa M. Baird, Gautam Sarath, Leon G. Higley
Chinch Bug (Hemiptera: Blissidae) Mouthpart Morphology, Probing Frequencies, And Locations On Resistant And Susceptible Germplasm, Wyatt G. Anderson, Tiffany Heng-Moss, Frederick P. Baxendale, Lisa M. Baird, Gautam Sarath, Leon G. Higley
United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications
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 in mouthpart morphology as a first step in understanding the differential responses of grasses to chinch bug feeding. Scanning electron microscopy detected differences in the total lengths of proboscises as well as individual mouthpart segments among the four species studied. Blissus occiduus …