Hall, D.G., IV and Teetes, G.L. (1981) Alternate host plants of sorghum panicle-feeding bugs in southeast central Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, 6 (3). pp. 220-228.
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Surveys conducted in commercial sorghum fields in south-eastern central Texas in 1979-80 revealed the presence of 5 species of panicle-feeding bugs; these were Oebalus pugnax (F.), Nezara viridula (L.), Leptoglossus phyllopus (L.), Thyanta accerra McAtee and Euschistus servus (Say). A number of alternative food-plants were identified as potential sources of bugs prior to and during sorghum grain development. Alternative food-plants commonly found near sorghum and usually infested with bugs included Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) and oats for O. pugnax, Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum) for L. phyllopus, N. viridula, E. servus and T. accerra and silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) for L. phyllopus, T. accerra and N. viridula. A 6th species of panicle-feeding bug, Liorhyssus hyalinus (F.), migrated into sorghum research plots after commercial sorghum in the area had been harvested
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection Plant Protection > Pesticides Plant Protection > Pests |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2013 06:15 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2013 06:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/9679 |
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