Advances in turfgrass weed management

Turfgrass, crop, and weed hosts of Blissus occiduus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae).

Blissus occiduus Barber is an important pest of buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, turf. No-choice studies documented the susceptibility of selected turfgrasses, crops, and weeds to B. occiduus feeding. Highly to moderately susceptible grasses included buffalograss; yellow Setaria glauca (L.) and green foxtail Setaria viridis (L.); Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis L.; peren...

Utilizing Iron In Turfgrass Management

D r. George Wallace a researcher from UCLA, writing in HortScience called the 1980s the decade for advancement in our knowledge of iron (Fe) and plant nutrition. He states: "More progress was perhaps made in the 1980s on understanding and management of Fe chlorosis in plants than during the previous 150 years since it became known that Fe deficiency was involved in the chlorosis." Iron is used ...

Editorial: Advances in Parasitic Weed Research

Over 4,000 plant species parasitize other plants to obtain water and nutrients. A few of these species have become weedy posing a tremendous threat to agriculture. The most damaging to annual crops are the root parasitic weeds, particularly broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.) and witchweeds (Striga spp.), which are extended over large agricultural areas in Europe, Africa and Asia. A pro...

Integrated Weed Management in Maize

Principles and History of Turfgrass Pest Management