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<\/a><\/p>\nDamage is worse when\u00a0growth is limited by poor soil and moisture conditions, especially in coarse varieties like Tifton-85 even though all varieties are attacked. Grazed pastures are not usually affected by BSM because the animals eat the eggs and larva while grazing, reducing populations. However, significant damage can\u00a0be observed\u00a0in sparsely grazed pastures.<\/p>\n
Harvest management is one of the most effective ways to reduce losses. If damage occurs within 1 week of harvest, proceed as planned. Yield loss at this point will be minimal. If damage occurs within 1-3 weeks after the previous harvest, the crop is not likely to produce more tonnage. Go ahead and cut and harvest if economical. Removing the cut hay is important in promoting rapid regrowth. Hay left in the field will only reduce the rate of growth for the subsequent crop, potentially resulting in more yield loss should BSM infestations reoccur. In heavy infestations, spraying the lowest rate of a labeled pyrethroid within a few days\u00a0after harvest and once more 5-7 days later will provide acceptable control.<\/p>\n
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I’ve been getting more and more\u00a0reports of damage from Bermudagrass Stem Maggot (BSM). I\u00a0recently spoke with our forage specialist, Dr. Dennis Hancock, who says that damage in south GA has been heavy this year. BSM is a recently introduced pest that was noticed in our area in the summer of 2010. The damage caused by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hay-forages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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