The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith, 1797), is a serious pest of
several crops, particularly maize and other cereals. It has long been known as a pest in the …

Fine fescues (Festuca L. spp.) comprise a group of five cool‐season grasses used in
turfgrass systems under many conditions: strong creeping red fescue (F. rubra L. ssp. rubra …

The first edition of this reference work became known as the bible of turfgrass entomology
upon publication in 1987. It has proved invaluable to professional entomologists …

Endophyte-grass symbiosis is generally considered to be a classic example of microbe-
plant symbiosis in which the fitness of the microbial symbiont and its host plant is closely …

Fungal endophytes that live inside plant tissues without causing any apparent symptoms in
the host plant are important components of plant micro-ecosystems. Endophytic fungi confer …

Neotyphodium and Epichloë species (Ascomycota: Clavicipitaceae) are fungal symbionts
(endophytes) of grasses. Many of these endophytes produce alkaloids that enhance their …

One of the world's most intensely studied symbiotic systems is that of the grass Lolium
arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.(= Festuca arundinacea Schreb.; tall fescue), with its …

Three grass host species—tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreber; meadow fescue,
Festuca pratensis Hudson; and perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne L.—each infected with a …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are non-pathogenic, beneficial bacteria that
colonize seeds and roots of plants and enhance plant growth. Although there has been …

Turfgrass is an important cropping system covering> 16 million hectares in the United
States. Synthetic insecticides, which are important tools in managing several key insect …