Research on Landscape Plants including ornamentals and turfgrass todevelop the best management practices for insects and related invertebrates on these commodities. Emphasis on development of host resistant plants and other pest management strategies, including basic biology and behavior of major pests.
Primary objective is to develop improved methods for environmentally-responsible pest management.
Host resistance, biological control, chemical control and other plant management practices are incorporated to developed best management strategies for these plant landscape systems. Reinert, J. A. 1978. Antibiosis to the southern chinch bug by St. Augustinegrass accessions. Resistance of St. Augustinegrass to southern chinch bug and St. Augustine decline strain of Panicum mosaic virus. Resistance of canna cultivars to canna rust and Hippeastrum mosaic virus.