Ronald H. Cherry

Silicon Effects on Resistance of St. Augustinegrass to Southern Chinch Bugs and Plant Disease

Alan L. Wright, Ron Cherry, and Pamela Roberts

Abundance of Soil Insect Pests in Florida Sugarcane

Ron Cherry, Mabry McCray, Hardev Sandhu, and Michael Karounos

Sequential Sampling for Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) at Sugarcane Planting

Matthew T. VanWeelden and Ron Cherry

Stink Bugs in Florida Rice

Ron Cherry

A UF/IFAS numbered publication. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management

Insect Management in Sugarcane

Julien M. Beuzelin, Ron H. Cherry, Gregg S. Nuessly, and Hardev S. Sandhu

This document provides an overview of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for sugarcane in Florida, focusing on five major insect pests: wireworms, white grubs, lesser cornstalk borers, sugarcane borers, and yellow sugarcane aphids. It details the use of resistant varieties, cultural practices, natural enemies, and insecticides to manage these pests. The document also highlights the importance of monitoring and sampling methods to determine the necessity of insecticide applications, ensuring sustainable and economically viable sugarcane production. Date first printed October 1993.

Miscellaneous Insect Pests of Florida Sugarcane

Gregg S. Nuessly, Ron H. Cherry, Hardev S. Sandhu, and Julien M. Beuzelin

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet.

Stem Borers (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Florida Rice

Julien M. Beuzelin, Erik L. Roldán, Ronald H. Cherry, and Matthew T. VanWeelden

Three stem borers, the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), rice stalk borer, Chilo plejadellus Zincken, and Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar), infest rice in the southern United States. They occur in Florida, with the Mexican rice borer being an invasive species recently introduced into the state. This publication briefly describes stem borers and sampling methods and reports results of the first extensive survey conducted to measure their occurrence in Florida rice.

Weeds in Florida Sugarcane as Rice Stink Bug Hosts

Calvin Odero, Michael Karounos, and Ron Cherry

Rice is a rotational crop in the sugarcane production system on organic soils in the Everglades Agricultural Area in southern Florida. Several insects and weeds can affect production and profitability of rice. Management of fall panicum in rice and in sugarcane fields surrounding rice fields is important to mitigate risks posed by weeds and the rice stink bug complex in Florida rice.

Corn wireworm Melanotus communis Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Harsimran K. Gill, Gurminder Chahil, Gaurav Goyal, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, and Ronald Cherry

Insects in the family Elateridae are commonly known as click beetles. Their name comes from the clicking sound they make while attempting to right themselves after falling or being placed on their backs. The larvae of click beetles are called wireworms. The corn wireworm is a serious agricultural pest and was added to the EPPO A1 action list of quarantine pests in 2002. This 6-page fact sheet was written by Harsimran K. Gill, Gurminder Chahil, Gaurav Goyal, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, and Ronald Cherry, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, January 2014.

The Effect of Harvesting and Replanting on Arthropod Ground Predators in Florida Sugarcane

Hardev S. Sandhu, Ronald H. Cherry, and Robert Gilbert

A UF/IFAS numbered publication.

Tropical Sod Webworm Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Nastaran Tofangsazi and Steven P. Arthurs