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The Response Of Kentucky Bluegrass Turf To Insecticidal Treatments, E. A. Heinrichs, Leonard C. Lehman, Lloyd M. Callahan, C. J. Southards, Ellis L. Matheny
The Response Of Kentucky Bluegrass Turf To Insecticidal Treatments, E. A. Heinrichs, Leonard C. Lehman, Lloyd M. Callahan, C. J. Southards, Ellis L. Matheny
Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications
The most common insect pests of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) in Tennessee are sod webworms and white grubs. Attempts to control these insects with insecticides has, at times, resulted in the entire destruction of the lawn by sod webworms. Pass (1965) has shown that applications of aldrin, chlordane, and dieldrin increased the webworm population 2-3 fold. Streu and Vasvary (1966) found the same phenomenon in chinch bug control. Both Pass and Streu believed that this population increase of the target pest may have been related to an interference in some population-limiting mechanism, such as the natural enemies, but …