Which Mole Crickets Damage Bahiagrass Pastures?
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Florida Entomologist
- Vol. 65 (1) , 110-116
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3494150
Abstract
Scapteriscus vicinus, a herbivore and S. acletus, a carnivore, are reputed to damage severely Bahiagrass (P. notatum) pastures, yet no direct evidence conclusively implicates either species. Major damage might be caused by either, both, or neither species. The effects of the 2 spp. were assayed by augmenting populations at sites in 3 pastures. Releasing .apprx. 16,000 S. vicinus or .apprx. 9000 S. acletus adults at the centers of circular plots had little, if any, effect on Bahiagrass stand during the next 7 mo.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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