fleahopper
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- noun
- /ˈfliˌhɑpər/
- Specialized
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- "Fleahoppers are a threat to young cotton for about four weeks," said Dr. Megha Parajulee, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist based at Lubbock.
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On the High Plains, where we have an ocean of cotton and islands of wild host plants, it takes longer for fleahopper populations to build up to damaging levels.
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What pesticides work best against fleahoppers without damaging beneficial insects?
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"Even so, we learned that cotton plants can compensate for fleahopper damage."
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"In the eastern part of Texas, fleahopper migration into cotton from wild host plants is pretty constant.
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"We vary the number of fleahoppers, and we watch them closely through peak bloom to determine where they live and feed on the plants."
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Inquiring Texas research minds want to know more about cotton fleahoppers—a tiny, sometimes obscure pest that can damage plants during their early growth.
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Besides boll weevils, the fungus controlled sweetpotato whiteflies, plant bugs, cotton fleahoppers, and other pests, Wright says.
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Farmers are concerned about the impact of fleahoppers on their cotton crops due to their feeding habits.
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The fleahopper infestation has caused damage to several fields of cotton this season.
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Treating crops with the right pesticides can help control fleahoppers and protect the plants.
Synonyms
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A small plant-eating insect with long back legs for jumping
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A small jumping insect that sucks sap from plants and can damage crops
A small insect with strong back legs that jumps and feeds on plant juices
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fleahopper comes from flea and hopper: flea suggests a very small jumping insect and hopper means 'one who hops', so you can picture a tiny jumper. That's why a fleahopper is a small pest that jumps on plants and can damage crops like cotton.