Grasses of the Tribe Hordeae as Hosts of the Hessian Fly*
- 1 August 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 32 (4) , 505-510
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/32.4.505
Abstract
The possibility that grasses other than the grains may serve as alternate hosts of the hessian fly, Phytophaga destructor (Say), has been the subject of speculation for many years. Early investigators found infestations of puparia believed to be those of the hessian fly on species of Agropyron, Elymus, Phleum (timothy), Agrostis and Bromus (Tyler 1797, Fletcher 1898, Webster 1915). Noble (1931) was the first to prove that the true hessian fly could complete its development on Agropyron repens and Elymus canadensis although not so readily as on wheat. It has been shown also that many species of Hordeum and Aegilops may serve as hosts of the hessian fly (Jones 1936, 1938).This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Infestation of Grasses of the Genus Aegilops by the Hessian FlyJournal of Economic Entomology, 1938
- Hordeum Grasses As Hosts of the Hessian FlyJournal of Economic Entomology, 1936