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This collection features three peer-reviewed reviews on managing
arthropod pests in cereals. The first chapter discusses key
arthropod pests of cereals, including Hessian fly, orange wheat
blossom midge, bird cherry oat aphid, greenbug, Russian wheat
aphid, sunn pest, wheat stem sawfly and wheat curl mite. The
chapter provides a detailed case study for each arthropod pest,
exploring the pest's life cycle, its host plants and status as a
wheat pest, best practices for managing populations, as well as our
current understanding of plant susceptibility and plant resistance.
The second chapter highlights the economic importance of corn/maize
to the United States economy, citing that around 37.7 million
hectares of land was used to grow the crop in 2021. As a result of
its economic contribution, farmers are required to have an informed
understanding of important pest species affecting the crop. The
chapter considers recent advances in monitoring of native and
invasive pests of corn and includes case studies on the European
corn borer, corn earworm, western bean cutworm and corn rootworm to
demonstrate the effective implementation of insect pest monitoring
systems. The final chapter reviews the recent emergence of the
Fescue aphid/grass aphid as an invasive pest of small grains
outside of its native range of western Europe and the British
Isles. The chapter considers the biology and management of the
pest, its appearance and identification, its pest status and
damage, as well as its potential for host plant resistance.
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