Turfgrass insects of the United States and Canada / Patricia J. Vittum. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vittum, Patricia J., 1951- author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turfgrasses--Diseases and pests--United States.

Turfgrasses.

Turfgrasses--Diseases and pests--Canada.

Insect pests--United States.

Insect pests.

Insect pests--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (552 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, 2021.

Summary:

This volume provides an account of turfgrass in the environment and offers information on insects and their anthropod relatives. It also provides an overview of detection and diagnosis of infestation, techniques and principles of strategy and control.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1. Turfgrass in the Modern Environment

2. Insects and Near Relatives

3. Insects and Mites: Turf Association

4. Acarine Pests

5. Orthopteran Pests: Family Gryllotalpidae

6. Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Heteroptera

7. Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Homoptera

8. Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae

9. Lepidopteran Pests: Family Noctuidae

10. Lepidopteran Pests: Family Hesperiidae

11. Coleopteran Pests: Family Scarabaeidae

12. Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Aphodiinae

13. Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Cetoniinae

14. Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Dynastinae

15. Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae

16. Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Rutelinae

17. Coleopteran Pests: Family Chrysomelidae

18. Coleopteran Pests: Family Curculionidae

19. Dipteran Pests: Families Tipulidae and Chloropidae

20. Hymenopteran Pests: Family Formicidae

21. Hymenopteran Pests: Families Sphecidae and Vespidae

22. Minor Insect Pests

23. Turfgrass-Associated Arthropods and Near Relatives

24. Vertebrate Pests

25. Principles of Integrated Pest Management

26. Sampling Techniques and Setting Thresholds

27. Biological Control Strategies

28. Chemical Control Strategies

Appendix 1. English and Metric Units of Measure and Conversions

Appendix 2. Abbreviations

Glossary

References

Index

Color Plates

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2020).

This edition previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5017-4797-5

OCLC:

1224278122