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Turfgrass, Crop, And Weed Hosts Of Blissus Occiduus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), Thomas E. Eickhoff, Frederick P. Baxendale, Tiffany Heng-Moss, Erin E. Blankenship

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Blissus occiduus Barber is an important pest of buffalograss, Buchloe 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 Þne fescue, Festuca ovina hirtula L.; rye, Secale cereale L.; …