Instant Insights: Managing Arthropod Pests in Cereals

Dr. William (Bill) Hutchison is a Professor and Extension Entomologist at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA. His expertise is applied insect population ecology, as it relates to the development of innovative Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs for a variety of fruit and vegetable crops. He has also been active in evaluating the long-term sustainability of insect-resistant, genetically engineered (GE) maize, and implementing GE crops into IPM programs. He is also active in international IPM research, with a current US-AID project in East Africa. Dr Sanford D. Eigenbrode is University Distinguished Professor in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Idaho, USA. A Fellow of the Entomological Society of America, Professor Eigenbrode is internationally known for his research on the chemical ecology of insect-plant interactions, particularly in the context of vector-borne plant pathogens and cropping systems under climate change.Dr Arash Rashed is Associate Professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Director of the Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, USA. He is well known as an expert in the ecology of insect-borne plant pathogens and integrated pest management. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of zebra chip disease ecology and management, as well as managing important subterranean pests such as wireworms in organic and conventional production systems.

• Chapter 1 - 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 sawfl y (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 ReferencesChapter taken from: Langridge, P. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat – Volume 1: Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2017, (ISBN 978 1 78676 016 6)Chapter 2 - Advances and challenges in monitoring crop insect pests: the US experience: Erin W. Hodgson and Ashley N. Dean, Iowa State University, USA; Anders Huseth, North Carolina State University, USA; and William D. Hutchison, University of Minnesota, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Primary crops in the United States 3 Corn (Zea mays L.) 4 Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] 5 Cotton (Gossypium spp. L.) 6 Conclusion and future trends 7 Where to look for further information 8 ReferencesChapter taken from: Fountain, M. and Pope, T. (eds.), Advances in monitoring of native and invasive insect pests of crops, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2023, (ISBN 978 1 80146 107 8)Chapter 3 - Fescue aphid (Metopolophium festucae): Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Subodh Adhikari and Arash Rashed, University of Idaho, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Appearance and identification 3 Native and invaded ranges 4 Reproductive biology and host range 5 Pest status and damage 6 Potential for host plant resistance 7 Management 8 Future trends in research 9 Conclusion 10 Where to look for further information 11 ReferencesChapter taken from: Eigenbrode, S. D. and Rashed, A. (eds.), Advances in understanding insect pests affecting wheat and other cereals, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2023, (ISBN 978 1 80146 113 9)