ABSTRACT
Wheat pests: insects, mites, and prospects for the future Marion O. Harris and Kirk Anderson, North Dakota State University, USA; Mustapha El-Bouhssini, ICARDA, Morocco; Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, USA; Gary Hein, University of Nebraska, USA; and Steven Xu, USDA-ARS Northern Crops Institute, USA
1 Introduction
2 Arthropods (disciplines – Entomology and Acarology): introduction
3 Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor Say)
4 Orange wheat blossom midge (Sitodiplosis mosellana Géhin)
5 Bird cherry oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.)
6 Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum Rondani)
7 Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov)
8 Sunn pest (Eurygaster integriceps Puton)
9 Wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton)
10 Wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella Keifer)
11 Prospects for wheat resistance to pests
12 Conclusions and prospects for new pest management technologies
13 Where to look for further information
14 Acknowledgements
15 References
Three groups of pest organisms cause biotic stress in wheat: rodents, nematodes and arthropods (Table 1). ‘Wheat pests: introduction, rodents and nematodes’ described features of wheat pests that make them different from wheat diseases and weeds, as well as features of wheat that make pest management in wheat different from pest management in many other major crops. Case studies of rodent and nematode pests of wheat and challenges for their management were presented.
