Biology and integrated management of wheat stem sawfly and the need for continuing research

BL Beres, LM Dosdall, DK Weaver… - The Canadian …, 2011 - cambridge.org
The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), is historically one
of the most important economic insect pests in the northern Great Plains of North America …

Host plant interactions between wheat germplasm source and wheat stem sawfly Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) I. Commercial cultivars

BL Beres, HA Cárcamo, JR Byers… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
Beres, BL, Cárcamo, HA, Byers, JR, Clarke, FR, Pozniak, CJ, Basu, SK and DePauw, RM
2013. Host plant interactions between wheat germplasm source and wheat stem sawfly …

A “solid” solution for wheat stem sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) resistance: Genetics, breeding and development of solid stem wheat

A Bathini, L Mendu, NP Singh, J Cook, D Weaver… - Crop …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wheat (Triticum spp. L) production needs to be improved to meet the needs of a global
population of> 9 billion people by 2050. Increasing the productivity of the crop under …

A multiple decrement life table reveals that host plant resistance and parasitism are major causes of mortality for the wheat stem sawfly

M Buteler, RKD Peterson, ML Hofland… - Environmental …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This study investigated the dynamics of parasitism, host plant resistance, pathogens, and
predation on the demography of wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera …

Effect of wheat stem sawfly damage on yield and quality of selected Canadian spring wheat

BL Beres, HA Cárcamo, JR Byers - Journal of Economic …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), has reached
outbreak status at most locations in the southern Canadian prairies. Solid-stemmed wheat …

Should increasing the field size of monocultural crops be expected to exacerbate pest damage?

M Segoli, JA Rosenheim - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2012 - Elsevier
The intensification of agriculture, including the increase in the spatial extent of monocultures,
is widely expected to result in an increase in crop damage by herbivorous pests. The …

Integrating spring wheat sowing density with variety selection to manage wheat stem sawfly

BL Beres, HA Cárcamo, RC Yang… - Agronomy …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The wheat stem sawfly [Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae)](WSS) has been a
serious pest of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) since the late 19th century. Adoption of solid …

Influence of seeding rate, nitrogen management, and micronutrient blend applications on pith expression in solid‐stemmed spring wheat

BL Beres, RH McKenzie, HA Cárcamo… - Crop …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton [Hymenoptera: Cephidae]) is a serious threat
to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and other cereal grains in the northern Great Plains. Wheat …

High density mapping and haplotype analysis of the major stem-solidness locus SSt1 in durum and common wheat

KT Nilsen, A N'Diaye, PR MacLachlan, JM Clarke… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Breeding for solid-stemmed durum (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) and common wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars is one strategy to minimize yield losses caused by the wheat …

Soil fertility regulates invasive herbivore performance and top-down control in tropical agroecosystems of Southeast Asia

KAG Wyckhuys, DD Burra, DH Tran, I Graziosi… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
In terrestrial ecosystems, changes in soil nutrient availability, plant growth or natural
enemies can generate important shifts in abundance of organisms at various trophic levels …