Abstract Sugarcane aphids [ Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)] have become a significant pest of grain, forage, and sweet sorghum Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in the USA recent years. However, effects sugarcane aphid damage on juice quality not been well studied. A three-year (2015–2017) field study was conducted at Tifton, GA to assess planting date (April, May, or June planting) cultivar respons...

Brazil is the world’s largest producer of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), but occurrence and severity diseases such as orange rust (Puccinia kuehnii), ring spot (Leptosphaeria sacchari), red rot (Colletotrichum falcatum) could be part several factors limiting its production reason for replacing cultivars. It important to use other forms disease control depending on time required ob...

We tested the effects of high humidity and submergence on egg hatching of spider mites. In both the high humidity and submergence treatments, many Tetranychus and Panonychus eggs did not hatch until after the hatching peak of the lower humidity or unsubmerged controls. However, after humidity decreased or water was drained, many eggs hatched within 1-3 h. This was observed regardless of when hi...

The attack of phytophagous mites may induce plants to produce volatiles, which in turn may attract predators. The occurrence of multiple phytophagous infestations on plants may infl uence predator response. In this paper, we investigated whether the attraction of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) to phytophagous-infested plants would change with the simultaneous presence of two...

Spider mites, a cosmopolitan pest of agricultural and landscape plants, thrive under hot and dry conditions, which could become more frequent and extreme due to climate change. Recent work has shown that neonicotinoids, a widely used class of systemic insecticides that have come under scrutiny for non-target effects, can elevate spider mite populations. Both water-stress and neonicotinoids inde...