Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1989
A RATING SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING TAWNY MOLE CRICKET, SCAPTERISCUS VICINUS SCUDDER, DAMAGE (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLOTALPIDAE)1
A RATING SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING TAWNY MOLE CRICKET, SCAPTERISCUS VICINUS SCUDDER, DAMAGE (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLOTALPIDAE)1
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Page Range: 142 – 144
Scapterisus vicirtus Scudder mole cricket abundance as determined from soap flush counts was compared to a rating system. Soap flush counts linearly increased with an increase in rating (P < 0.0001, r2 = 0.92). Thus, the less intensive rating system could be used for estimating mole cricket damage in field experiments.
Keywords: Tawny mole cricket;
Scapteriscus vicinus
; soap flush; rating
Copyright: © 1989 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
1 Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series no. 17-881599p.
2 Extension Entomologist and Associate Professor, respectively.
Accepted: 16 Aug 1988