Search
Now showing items 11-16 of 16
Biology and management of bacterial spot of tomato in Oklahoma
(2020-05)
In surveys of tomato fields during 2018 and 2019, bacterial spot was the most frequent foliar disease (72% of fields) followed by Septoria leaf spot (7%), and early blight (7%). Isolates of Xanthomonas spp. from 1998-2014 ...
Response of Silphidae to burned carcasses and use for breeding by burying beetles and flies
(2022-05)
When an animal dies, the resources in its body are used by a range of organisms including bacteria, fungi, invertebrate and vertebrate necrophores. Among these organisms, burying beetles in the Genus Nicrophorus are ...
Identification of grain sorghum resistance to sugarcane aphid and field test response by Hymenoptera to honeydew
(2020-07)
Grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, is one of the most important crops worldwide as it can be used for human consumption, biofuel, and livestock feed. In 2013, the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (SCA), switched host ...
Bacterial communities in carrion and burying beetle (Silphidae) secretions
(2021-05)
The family Silphidae contains about two hundred species of carrion and burying beetles divided into two subfamilies: Silphinae and Nicrophorinae. While both groups exhibit necrophagous feeding patterns, they are differentiated ...
Establishing age-based color changes for the American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Olivier)
(2022-12)
The American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Olivier) is the largest North American species of carrion beetle (Silphidae). Due to prey loss and 90% reduction in historic range is federally listed as threatened at ...
Life history, distribution, and temperature tolerance of the introduced hedgehog grain aphid Sipha maydis Passerini [Hemiptera: Aphididae]
(2023-05)
Sipha maydis Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae), the hedgehog grain aphid, is a cereal grain pest that is suspected to be a native species from Europe or Northern Africa. These aphids are also found in Asia and both Americas ...