This guide compiles recent research into a single, comprehensive guidebook. The authoritative text and full-color photographs help you diagnose pest symptoms and identify more than 15 pest insects commonly associated with wheat, barley, and oats in North America. Includes information on insect control and trapping.
Insect Pests of Small Grains
Early History of Agriculture and Insects
Plant Growth Stages
Insect Biology and Classification
Insect Trapping and Detection
Methods of Loss Assessment
Kinds of Damage Caused by Insects
Insect Control
Hail Damage
Grasshoppers
Orthoptera: Acrididae
Morman Crickets
Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae
Thrips
Thysanoptera: Thripidae
Chinch Bugs
Heteroptera: Lygaeidae
Say Stink Bugs
Hempitera: Pentatomidae
Aphids
Homoptera: Aphididae
Cutworms and Armyworms
Lepidoptera: Noctuidae
Cereal Leaf Beetle
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae
Wireworms
Coleoptera: Elateridae
False Wireworms
Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae
Wheat Stem Sawfly
Hymenoptera: Cephidae
Wheat Jointworm
Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae
Hessian Fly
Diptera: Cecidomyiidae
Wheat Stem Maggot
Diptera: Chloropidae
Grass Sheathminer
Diptera: Agromyzidae
Other Insect Pests of Small Grains
Glossary
IndexPublish Date: 1995
Format: 6" × 9" hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-89054-200-2
Pages: 172
Images: 94 color images; 48 black and white images
Publication Weight: 1 lbs
By Wendell L. Morrill