Stem-boring caterpillars of switchgrass in the midwestern United States

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 507-514

  Prasifka, Jarrad R ^a,b   Buhay, Jennifer E ^a,b   Sappington, Thomas W ^a,b   Heaton, Emily A ^a,c   Bradshaw, Jeffrey D ^a,d   Gray, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

bioenergy; biomass; Chaetopsis sp.; herbivores; nocturnal activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CANOPY; CATERPILLAR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GRASS; HOST PLANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PEST DAMAGE; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STEM BORER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA TRIFIDA; BLASTOBASIS; CHAETOPSIS; COLEOPHORIDAE; CRAMBIDAE; MISCANTHUS; NOCTUIDAE; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955946143     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10183     Document Type: Article

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