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GRANOVSICY, Texas A&M University LAWRENCE E. HINICLE, JR., New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College WILLIAM B. JACICSON, Bowling Green State University HANNA LEVENSON, Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco ROBERT L. METCALF, University of Illinois, Champaign PHILIP J. SPEAR, National Pest Control Association, Vienna, Virginia ROSMARIE VON RUMICER, RvR Consultants, Shawnee Mission, Kansas BAILUS wALICER, JR., Department of Environmental Services, Washing- ton, D.C.; as of September 7, 1979, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration W.R. ZACH WILLEY, Environmental Defense Fund BETTE WOODY' University of Maryland LAWRENCE c. WALLACE, Staff Officer ELIZABETH G. p ANOS, Administrative Assistant iii Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Urban Pest Management: A Report http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=19809 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES BOARD DAVID PIMENTEL (Chairman), Cornell University DANIEL A. OK.UN (Vice-Chairman), University of North Carolina ALVIN ALM, Harvard University RALPH D' ARGE, University of Wyoming ALFRED M. BEETON, University of Michigan JOHN CAIRNES, JR., Virginia Polytechnic Institute JAMES A. FAY, Massachusetts Institute of Technology CHARLES H. KRUGER, JR., Stanford University KAIN. LEE, University of Washington JOSEPH T. LING, 3 M Company JAMES J. MORGAN, California Institute of Technology ALBERT J. ROSENTHAL, Columbia University School of Law CARL M. SHY, University of North Carolina RAPHAEL G. KAsPER, Executive Secretary iv Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Urban Pest Management: A Report http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=19809 COMMISSION ON NATURAL RESOURCES ROBEllT M. WHITE (Chairman), University Corporation for Atmospheric Research TIMOTHY A TICESON, Steptoe and Johnson STANLEY I. AUERBACH, Oak Ridge National Laboratories NORMAN A. CoPELAND, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. (retired) GEORGE K. DAVIS, University of Florida EDWARD D. GoLDBERG, Scripps Institution of Oceanography CHARLES J. MANKIN, Oklahoma Geological Survey CHESTER 0. McCoRKLE, University of California NORTON NELSON, New York University Medical Center DANIEL A. OKUN, University of North Carolina DAVID PIMENTEL, Cornell University JOHN E. TILTON, Pennsylvania State University AL VIN M. WEINBERG, Oak Ridge Associated Universities E. BRIGHT WILSON, ex officio, Harvard University WALLACE D. BoWMAN, Executive Director Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Urban Pest Management: A Report http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=19809 Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Urban Pest Management: A Report http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=19809 Conlea ls FOREWORD, XV PREFACE, XVII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, 1 INTRODUCTION, 13 Purpose of the Study, 13 Perspectives on Urban Pest Management, 17 Definition of Urban, 19 Characterization of Urban Pest Management and Some of Its Implications, 21 Contrasts Between Agricultural and Urban Pest Management, 23 Education and Urban Pest Management, 24 Critical Topics in Urban Pest Management, 25 Hazards of Pests in the Urban Environment, 25 Health Concerns Arising from Urban Pesticide Use, 27 Urban Pests and Environmental Policy, 28 Social and Psychological Concerns of Urban Pest Management, 35 Introduction to Pest Surveys, 36 vii Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Urban Pest Management: A Report http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=19809 viii Contents Scope of Study, 36 Methods of Managing Urban Pests, 36 Notes, 38 References, 39 2 MAJOR URBAN PF.srs, 43 The Impact of Pests on the Human Population, 43 Pest-borne Epidemic Disease, 49 Deaths, Diseases, and Injuries Caused by Pests, 52 Painful and Annoying Assaults, 66 Effects of Urban Habitat on Exposure, 67 Common Pests in Suburban Areas and on the Fringes of Urban Areas, 67 Pests That Frequent Both Rural and Urban Areas, 68 Pests Most Commonly Found In and Around Human Dwellings, 68 Effects of Pests on the Poor, 70 Pest Resistance and Resurgence of Pest- and Vector-bome Diseases, 71 Survey of Pests, 73 Extension Service Survey, 73 Comparison of Lists from California, 73 Evaluation of Principal Pests in Dallas, Texas, 75 Evaluation of Pests by Pest Control Operators, 75 Urban Pests and Pesticide Use: Attitudes and Behavior, 86 Literature Review, 87 Attitudes and Behavior Involving Integrated Pest Management, 95 Research Priorities, 96 References, 98 3 MANAGEMENT OF URBAN PESTS, 104 Chemical Management Methods, 104 Survey of Chemical Controls, 104 Health Concerns with Chemical Management of Urban Pests, 125 Environmental Effects, 142 Alternative Management Methods, 143 Biological Control, 148 Host-Plant Resistance, 154 Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Urban Pest Management: A Report http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=19809 Contents ix Insect Growth Regulators, 157 Genetic Manipulation, 158 Habitat Modification, 160 Cultural, Mechanical, and Physical Control of
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    Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF SOUTHERN CHINCH BUG, BLISSUS INSULARIS BARBER (HEMIPTERA: BLISSIDAE), ON RESISTANT AND SUSCEPTIBLE ST. AUGUSTINEGRASSES Murugesan Rangasamy1,4; Elaine Backus2; Ron Cherry1; Heather McAuslane1. 1Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA; [email protected] 2USDA Agric. Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agric. Sciences Center, Parlier, CA, 93648, USA; 3Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA; 4Dow AgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, USA. St. Augustinegrass is the most widely planted turfgrass in Florida and other Gulf coast States in the United States. The southern chinch bug, Blissus insularis Barber, is the most serious insect pest of St. Augustinegrass. Host plant resistance has been one of the most successful pest management methods for this insect. ‘Floratam’, a polyploid variety of St. Augustinegrass with resistance to southern chinch bug has long been but few populations of southern chinch bugs have developed resistance to this variety. Although significant progress has been made in identifying new sources of southern chinch bug resistance in St. Augustinegrass lines, such as the polyploid FX-10 and the diploid NUF-76, the mechanisms of resistance in these lines are unknown. Previous studies reported high levels of antixenosis in both lines and possible antibiosis in NUF-76. Understanding the feeding behavior of southern chinch bugs on the resistant FX-10 and NUF-76 is important to elucidate the mechanisms of resistance. For the first time, the electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique was used to quantify southern chinch bug feeding behavior on resistant and susceptible St.