{"id":431,"date":"2014-07-05T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T16:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/?p=431"},"modified":"2014-07-05T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T16:48:02","slug":"bermudagrass-stem-maggot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/2014\/07\/bermudagrass-stem-maggot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bermudagrass Stem Maggot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0I am getting a lot of questions about bermudagrass stem maggot and how to manage it from Colquitt County hay producers. According to Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Forage Agronomist, \u00a0low levels are\u00a0being monitored around the state.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">In Colquitt County bermudagrass fields, me and Amber Arrington, Colquitt County Extension agent, are also monitoring low levels\u00a0of BSM.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0It is\u00a0suggest to closely monitoring the current regrowth of bermudagrass for damage. It is usually late in the second cutting or early in the third cutting when damaging levels first begin to appear. Spraying an insecticide as a preventative\/prophylactic application is NOT recommended at this time. However, if significant damage is spotted within the last week or so of growth prior to harvest, then the use of the suppression technique outlined on\u00a0below.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Bermudagrass Stem Maggot (BSM) management strategy is contingent upon timing.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Below are a few points to consider about managing BSM.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">If signs of BSM damage occur when the bermudagrass is 6-8 in. tall, then harvest (remove if possible) and implement chemical suppression technique. The bermudagrass is unlikely to grow out of this damage. Delayed action can rob yield from future growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">If signs of BSM damage occurs late (~3 wk after prev. cutting\/grazing), then harvest or graze as soon as possible.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Chemical suppression technique requiring 2 applications:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>1<sup><span style=\"font-size: medium\">st<\/span><\/sup> App: 7-10 d after hay cutting. <\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>2<sup><span style=\"font-size: medium\">nd<\/span><\/sup> App: repeat 7-10 d later (or 14-20 d after cutting)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nGrowers should apply a labeled rate of an insecticide.\u00a0 Examples include pyrethroids, such as Baythroid, Karate, Mustang Max,\u00a0 Sevin, malathion, Tracer or Prevathon.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;text-align: left;color: #606060 !important;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Colquitt County Bermudagrass Stem Maggot Survey<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;text-align: left;color: #808080 !important;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: normal;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">In order to understand how much BSM\u00a0affects area\u00a0forage producers please take the 2 question survey. All the\u00a0results are confidential and will be used for educational purposes.\u00a0 This survey should\u00a0take less than a minute.\u00a0 Thanks for the help.<\/span><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #6dc6dd;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/TQP9M57\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/TQP9M57<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I am getting a lot of questions about bermudagrass stem maggot and how to manage it from Colquitt County hay producers. According to Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Forage Agronomist, \u00a0low levels are\u00a0being monitored around the state.\u00a0 In Colquitt County bermudagrass fields, me and Amber Arrington, Colquitt County Extension agent, are also monitoring low levels\u00a0of BSM.\u00a0It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ga-cattlemens","category-hay-forages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}