Arthropod Abundance and Community Structure in Adjacent Cotton and Alfalfa on the Texas High Plains

Bastola, Anup; Parajulee, Megha N.; Shrestha, Rajan

doi:10.3958/059.042.0302

Southwestern Entomologist

2017

DOI: 10.3958/059.042.0302

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Arthropod Abundance and Community Structure in Adjacent Cotton and Alfalfa on the Texas High Plains

Anup Bastola¹,

Megha N. Parajulee²,

Rajan Shrestha³

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“…On average, >13 insect species 1.5 m −2 of alfalfa were found in a study in Colorado (Dyer and Stireman, 2003). Bastola et al (2017) found signiicantly greater abundance of canopy-dwelling arthropods in alfalfa than in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in the Texas High Plains. Various aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae), weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and potato leahopper [Empoasca fabae (Harris); Hemiptera: Cicadellidae] are especially important insect pests of alfalfa (Chasen et al, 2014;Sulc and Lamp, 2007).…”

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Communities of Canopy‐Dwelling Arthropods in Response to Diverse Forages

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'WW-B.Dahl' old world bluestem (OWB) [Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz) S.T. Blake] is an important warm-season perennial grass pasture in semiarid western Texas. This grass deters pestiferous ants; however, its efect on canopy-dwelling insects is not documented. The abundance of canopy-dwelling arthropods among OWB, OWB-alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), alfalfa, and native grass pastures was compared by sweep-net sampling over 3 yr (2014-2016). Forty-six families of nine insect orders and a single family of spider (Araneae: Araneidae) were identiied. Among total individuals, 85% were insects and 15% were spiders. Housely (Musca spp., Diptera: Muscidae), potato leafhopper (Empoasca spp., Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), lygus bug (Lygus hesperus, Hemiptera: Miridae), and spur-throated grasshopper (Melanoplus spp., Orthoptera: Acrididae) were other abundant taxa. Among the insects collected, spur-throated grasshoppers were the most abundant, comprising 12% of total taxa. Alfalfa hosted the greatest number of total insects, including pests such as potato leafhopper and lygus bug. Lower abundances of pestiferous insects were found in OWB while still hosting greater abundances of some arthropods of ecological signiicance such as spider and ladybird beetle (Hippodamia spp., Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).

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Communities of Canopy‐Dwelling Arthropods in Response to Diverse Forages

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Influence of Cover Crops on Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Population Abundance and Diversity in Texas Cotton

Parajulee¹,

Ismail

Hussain

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Southwestern Entomologist

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Arthropod Abundance and Community Structure in Adjacent Cotton and Alfalfa on the Texas High Plains

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Communities of Canopy‐Dwelling Arthropods in Response to Diverse Forages

Communities of Canopy‐Dwelling Arthropods in Response to Diverse Forages

Influence of Cover Crops on Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Population Abundance and Diversity in Texas Cotton

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