Monday, July 2, 1979
Summer Session Kansan
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July heat may worsen bug blight
Predictions are coming true that this summer would be a bad one for farmers and gardeners fighting grasshoppers and chinch bugs.
County agricultural extension agents across Kansas said last week that infestations of the bugs had been heavy in spots and that conditions would get worse.
In Douglas County, grasshoppers, chinch bugs and another insect—greenbugs—have farmers worried. George Luckan, RFD 5, said he had had problems with greenbugs and expected to have problems with grasshoppers.
"I've been fighting green bugs all year round," she said. "I need to spray my mice to get rid of them."
Green bugs completed their three-week long flight, the period when they damage crops, two weeks ago. The flight was the result of a state University entomologist Doug Yates.
Yates said this year could be a bad one for farmers, having to fight the damaging effect of pesticides.
"THE GREEN BUG problems look like they're over, but they caused a lot of damage," Yates said. "Now we're faced with the chinch bug and grasshopper seasons. Every indication we have shows that they will be just as bad as last year."
Luckan, whose farm is in Douglas County, he said he had spotted grasshoppers on some of the fields.
"the hoppers are small yet, and aren't causing problems," he said. "But if someone is going to spray, he ought to do it now.
"I'm not sure if I'm going to spray. It's expensive and I don't like to unleash I know I'm going to have a big problem, since the chemicals can cause trouble."
Grasshoppers should be controlled now, Yates said. The bugs, which are just beginning to hatch, are centralized in areas along fence-rows, in ditches and in other weedy spots. After the hoppers hatch, they will spread into the fields and gardens.
"The insecticides are most effective now, since the hoppers are centralized and since we have a control program."
areas," Yates said. "Also, by spraying at this time, the female hoppers will be killed before they can mature and lay eggs which will feed on them, or, with some species, later this summer."
Bob Bigsy, RFD 2, who farms with his father in Douglas County, said he had planned to grasshoppers being bad this spring. He then planted the crops for the bugs when they planted their crops.
"We applied furadan with our milo and corn." Bigsay said.
Furadan is one common type of insecticide used to combat grasshoppers, chinch bugs and green bugs. Two other types of insecticides are sevin and malathion.
THE SEVERITY of the grasshopper and chinch bug problems will depend on the weather, according to Larry Bonczkowski, crop protection specialist for the Northeast Area agricultural extension office in Manhattan.
"It's wet now," Bonczkowski said, "but if it gets hot and dry during the next several
weeks, we could start having some mapo problems."
Both insects thrive in hot, dry conditions. One reason that this summer could be a bad one is the history of below normal rainfall for the past three years, he said.
"Wet conditions induce a fungal infection among populations of the bugs," Bonczkowski said. "Normally, this is a natural control on them."
LOCAL SALES of insecticides to control the grasshoppers have be brisk. Dennis Williams, a salesman at the Farmers Co-op Farm Supply Store, 23rd and Haskell streets, said that sales have picked up recently.
"The grasshoppers seem to be quite a problem. People are spotting the bugs and damage that they have done in gardens and elsewhere," Williams said.
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"I don't know if it is a production shortage or "I don't know problem," he said.
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