Effect of plant growth regulators on Blissus insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae) uri icon

abstract

  • Plant growth regulators are known to influence a plant's characteristics and therefore can be used as an alternative strategy in making Blissus insularis Barber (Hemiptera: Blissidae) habitat unfavorable for this insect's survival. The reduction of B. insularis population densities following the application of mefluidide and trinexapac-ethyl in field plots indicated the indirect effect of plant growth regulator application on B. insularis for its management in St. Augustinegrass.

published proceedings

  • FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

author list (cited authors)

  • Kaur, N., Gillett-Kaufman, J. L., & Buss, E. A.

citation count

  • 4

complete list of authors

  • Kaur, Navneet||Gillett-Kaufman, Jennifer L||Buss, Eileen A

publication date

  • January 2016