Environmental Entomology (1984) 13, 1079-1082

Gerald Wilde and Terry Mize (1984)
Enhanced microbial degradation of systemic pesticides in soil and its effect on chinch bug Blissus leucopterus leucopterus (Say) (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) and greenbug Schizaphis graminum Rondani (Homoptera: Aphididae) control in seedling sorghum
Environmental Entomology 13 (4), 1079-1082
Abstract: Enhanced microbial degradation was found to occur in soils from several Kansas fields with a history of carbofuran use and it affected the systemic control of chinch bugs and greenbugs in seedling sorghum. Two other carbamate compounds also were degraded more rapidly in biologically active soils but aldicarb, phorate, and terbufos were not. The importance of pesticide biodegradation in sorghum insect control is demonstrated.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Schizaphis graminum	Sorghum (crop)	U.S.A. (mid S)
	Blissus leucopterus	Sorghum (crop)	U.S.A. (mid S)