Influence of preceding crop on wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) abundance in the XXXX .

@entity286 @entity4933 @entity2708 @entity2829 @entity4336 @entity20802 @entity1460 @entity22367
Three studies were conducted to determine the effect of preceding crop on wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) abundance in the @entity4933 . In all three studies, samples of wireworm populations were taken from the soil by using oat, Avena sativa L., baits. Treatments were defined by the previous year's crop and were chosen to reflect common crop rotations in the region. Across all three studies, eight wireworm species were recovered from the baits: Conoderus amplicollis (Gyllenhal), Conoderus bellus (Say), Conoderus falli (Lane), Conoderus lividus (Degeer), Conoderus scissus (Schaeffer), Conoderus vespertinus (F.), Glyphonyx bimarginatus (Schaeffer), and @entity20802 (Gyllenhal). The effect of @entity4336 , @entity2829 .; @entity2708 , @entity2708 .; fallow; @entity1460 , Clycine max (L.) Merr.; sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.; and @entity286 (Nicotiana spp.) was evaluated in a small-plot replicated study. M. communis was the most frequently collected species in the small-plot study and was found in significantly higher numbers following @entity1460 and @entity4336 . The mean total number of wireworms per bait (all species) was highest following @entity1460 . A second study conducted in late fall and early spring assessed the abundance of overwintering wireworm populations in commercial fields planted to @entity4336 , @entity2708 , peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), @entity1460 , sweet potato, and @entity286 in the most recent previous growing season. C. lividus was the most abundant species, and the mean total number of wireworms was highest following @entity4336 and @entity1460 . A survey was conducted in commercial sweet potato in late spring and early summer in fields that had been planted to @entity4336 , @entity2708 , cucurbit ( @entity22367 .), peanut, @entity1460 , sweet potato, or @entity286 in the most recent previous growing season. C. vespertinus was the most abundant species, and the mean total number of wireworms per bait was highest following @entity4336 .
