The occurrence and damage of main underground pests in Xiamen turf nursery and their control pesticides

A field survey was conducted to evaluate the field control effect of 2.5% Lambdacyhalothrin FW on the main underground pests in the turf nursery in Guankou town, Xiameng for proposing a trial methods of introducing prevention and control pesticides. This study showed that the main underground pests were grubs and cutworms in the turf nurseries. The 2.5% Lambdacyhalothrin FW effectively controlled grubs and cutworms without phytotoxicity, and could be introduced as a prevention and control pesticide, which would provide useful information for pesticide control in the subtropical turf nursery.