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Zoysiagrass genotype responses to Sphenophorus venatus vestitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Aug 2014
Huang Ta-I, Kostromytska Olga, Kenworthy Kevin E, Buss Eileen A
Abstract excerpt
The hunting billbug, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden, is a pest that damages stems, rhizomes, and roots of zoysiagrass through a combination of adult and larval feeding. Management of this pest is difficult because it has multiple, overlapping generations in the southern United States, and symptoms of infestations are often misdiagnosed and inappropriately treated as drought stress or disease....
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