Pest Management of Turfgrass for Sport and Recreation

Abstract

Vital for a game of cricket or golf and enjoyable when picnicking in the park, turfgrass provides a wide range of aesthetic and recreational benefits. However, managed turfgrass is prone to damaging outbreaks of insects and mites. Pest Management of Turfgrass for Sport and Recreation is the first comprehensive work on the plant-eating insects and mites of the grass and non-grass species currently maintained as ornamental lawns and turfgrass playing surfaces throughout Australia, the South Pacific and South-East Asia.
 This book provides an industry reference for the identification of pests affecting the roots, stems and leaves of turfgrass and control of these species through integrated pest management. It contains information on the distribution, ecology and biology of pests and how to monitor them. The integrated pest management approach outlined in the book includes natural environmental controls, beneficial and predatory species of arthropods, resistant cultivars and insecticidal and miticidal pesticides.
 Pest Management of Turfgrass for Sport and Recreation is an essential manual for managers of sportsgrounds, bowling greens, lawn tennis courts, golf courses, racecourses, ornamental landscapes, amenity parklands, public reserves and turfgrass production farms.

Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini)

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Pests of Australian dairy pastures: distribution, seasonality and potential impacts on pasture production

“…Several introduced invertebrate species have also become major pests in Australia due to the absence of their natural controls or lack of established management control methods (Hoffmann et al 2008). The African black beetle (Heteronychus arator) was introduced into Australia around 100 years ago and has now spread to all mainland states (Beehag et al 2016;Allsopp & Hutchinson 2019). Both adults and larvae of H. arator damage pastoral systems, as adults chew the stems and larvae the roots of several grass species (Bell et al 2011;Frew et al 2016).…”

“…Both adults and larvae of H. arator damage pastoral systems, as adults chew the stems and larvae the roots of several grass species (Bell et al 2011;Frew et al 2016). Other invasive species that similarly damage pastures by chewing roots and/or stems have also become problematic, such as the Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis), the black field cricket (Teleogryllus commodus) and the lucerne flea (Sminthurus viridis) (Carne 1957a;Pavri 2007;Beehag et al 2016). Introduced mites, such as red-legged earth mites (Halotydeus destructor) and blue oat mites (Penthaleus spp.…”

Study on owlet moths (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) from district Khairpur Mir’s Pakistan

“…Most of species are nocturnal and are normally attracted to lights those larvae of Noctuidae have tufts of short abounds and night be brilliantly colored. Most are foliage feeders and the insatiable hungers of few species have turned them to serious pest of wide range of crops and thus they are known as armyworms and cutworms [16]. The distribution of Noctuidae from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the noctuidae are severe pests of agricultural crops.…”