{"id":362,"date":"2021-02-19T07:17:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T07:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/?p=362"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:02:52","slug":"management-of-sod-webworm-in-grass-seed-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/2021\/02\/19\/management-of-sod-webworm-in-grass-seed-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Sod webworm management in perennial grass seed production systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ui-id-3\">The sod webworm (SWW), <em>Chrysoteuchia topiaria<\/em> (Zeller) is a common and damaging species in grass seed, turf, and lawns in western OR. Sod webworm is a persistent but sporadic pest in perennial ryegrass, tall fescue, bentgrass, and orchardgrass; however, the extent of damage is worse and more frequent in older fine fescue stands. Damage is usually first noticed by failures of fall regrowth. Larvae feed on and in crowns and roots of most grasses, and can seriously injure established stands wherever grass is grown for seed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-351\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-1250x703.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/20201002_143417-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choice test using grass cultivars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[aesop_document  type=&#8221;pdf&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4316\/files\/2021\/02\/research_reports_agenda_2021.pdf&#8221; title=&#8221;SECTION IV: Field Crop Pests&#8221; caption=&#8221;RESEARCH REPORTS<br \/>\n80th ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST INSECT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE&#8221; download=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sod webworm (SWW), Chrysoteuchia topiaria (Zeller) is a common and damaging species in grass seed, turf, and lawns in western OR. Sod webworm is a persistent but sporadic pest in perennial ryegrass, tall fescue, bentgrass, and orchardgrass; however, the extent of damage is worse and more frequent in older fine fescue stands. Damage is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/2021\/02\/19\/management-of-sod-webworm-in-grass-seed-crops\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sod webworm management in perennial grass seed production systems<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10298,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fieldcropsentomology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}