Non-crop grasses as hosts for the chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus leucopterus (Say) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

Seedlings of 12 grasses were tested in the greenhouse for susceptibility to chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus leucopterus (Say). Yellow foxtail and goosegrass were tolerant host plants while giant foxtail was susceptible. Indiangrass (tolerant) and switchgrass (susceptible) served as hosts in the gree...

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Published in:	Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 17 - 20
Main Authors:	Ahmad, Tarik R., Pruess, K. P., Kindler, S. D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kansas Entomological Society 1984
Subjects:	Antibiosis Blissus leucopterus leucopterus Entomology Grasses Infestation Insect development Lygaeidae Mortality Nymphs Plants Rye Seedlings
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Summary:	Seedlings of 12 grasses were tested in the greenhouse for susceptibility to chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus leucopterus (Say). Yellow foxtail and goosegrass were tolerant host plants while giant foxtail was susceptible. Indiangrass (tolerant) and switchgrass (susceptible) served as hosts in the greenhouse but were not observed to be fed on by nymphs in the field. Bromegrass and wild rye were susceptible to injury but poor hosts for chinch bug development. Fall panicum, big bluestem, Kentucky bluegrass, Bermudagrass, and St. Augustinegrass exhibited apparent antibiosis.
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ISSN:	0022-8567 1937-2353