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Azalea Lace Bug, Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)

EDIS, 2006
EENY-373, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Jamba Gyeltshen and Amanda Hodges, describes this pest of ornamental trees and shrubs. Part of the Featured Creatures series, this publication covers the distribution, description, life history, host plant ...
Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges
doaj   +3 more sources

Phenology of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) in Virginia, USA

Environmental Entomology, 2021
The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White), is an invasive planthopper that was first discovered in North America in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2014. Currently, L.
Andrew C. Dechaine, M. Sutphin, T. Leskey, S. Salom, T. Kuhar, D. Pfeiffer   +5 more
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Florida Wax Scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock

EDIS, 2012
The Florida wax scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, is one of the most commonly encountered soft scales throughout the southern United States, where it is a serious pest of citrus and several ornamental and landscape plants, like holly.
Shweta Sharma, Eileen Buss
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Target and non-target effects of insecticide use during ornamental milkweed production

Environmental Entomology
There are widespread public efforts to conserve wildlife in urbanized landscapes via the installation of nursery-grown plants that support Lepidoptera taxa.
Bernadette M. Mach, S. Glynn, Jaret C. Daniels, Adam G. Dale   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Movement of Xylosandrus germanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ornamental Nurseries and Surrounding Habitats

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2015
Some exotic ambrosia beetles are damaging pests in ornamental nurseries. Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) is the most problematic ambrosia beetle in Ohio nurseries. Movement of X. germanus in nurseries has not been characterized, and knowledge is lacking
M. Reding, C. Ranger, B. Sampson, C. Werle, J. Oliver, P. Schultz   +5 more
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Ethanol Injection of Ornamental Trees Facilitates Testing Insecticide Efficacy Against Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2013
Exotic ambrosia beetles are damaging pests in ornamental tree nurseries in North America. The species Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motshulsky) and Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) are especially problematic.
M. Reding, J. Oliver, P. Schultz, C. Ranger, N. Youssef   +4 more
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides Cause Mass Fatalities of Native Bumble Bees: A Case Study From Wilsonville, Oregon, United States

Environmental Entomology, 2021
In June of 2013 an application of dinotefuran on an ornamental planting of European linden trees (Tilia cordata Mill. [Malvales: Malvalceae]) in a shopping mall parking lot in Wilsonville, Oregon provoked the largest documented pesticide kill of bumble ...
Rich Hatfield, J. Strange, J. Koch, Sarina J. Jepsen, Isaak Stapleton   +4 more
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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth, Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

EDIS, 2023
The Nantucket pine tip moth, Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock), is a serious pest of young pine in plantations, wild pine seedlings in open areas, Christmas tree plantings, ornamental pines, and pine seed orchards in the United States.
Wayne N. Dixon
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Twolined Spittlebugs in Turfgrass

EDIS, 2005
Spittlebugs are present throughout the entire state, but they are more abundant in northern and northwestern Florida. They attack all turfgrass species, but centipedegrass is the most susceptible.
D. E. Short, Eileen A. Buss, Larry Williams   +2 more
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Resistance of Botrytis cinerea to anilinopyrimidine fungicides: A novel ARMS‐PCR method for the detection of Bcpos5 mutations and characterization of resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 editing

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
A TETRA‐primer amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (T‐ARMS‐PCR) method was developed for simultaneous detection of the L412F/V and G408V mutations. L412F/V mutants were created using the CRISPR/Cas tool and no fitness cost was observed.
Georgios Sofianos, Athanasios Petmezas, Anastasios Samaras, George Karaoglanidis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source