A comparison of methods of dispensing synthetic sex pheromone for the control of oriental fruit moth, Cydia molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in Australia

1979 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. L. Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Silicone Rubber ◽  
Hollow Fibre ◽  
Oriental Fruit Moth ◽  
Pheromone Traps ◽  
Comparison Of Methods ◽  
Cydia Molesta ◽  
Synthetic Sex Pheromone ◽  
Related Compounds ◽  
Loss Rates

AbstractLoss rates of (Z)-8-dodecenyl acetate and related compounds from various dispensers were compared at 15, 20 and 29° C in the laboratory. Comparisons were also made of the performance of these dispensers in pheromone disruption trials against Cydia molesta (Busck) in peach orchards in Australia, in terms of the reduction of male captures at pheromone traps. Hollow-fibre and polymeric-laminate dispensers were superior to various polyethylene and silicone-rubber designs in providing a relatively constant release of pheromone in time, at rates readily modified by altering the dimensions of the dispensers.

scholarly journals Selectivity of the oriental fruit moth sex pheromone trap in peach and apricot orchards

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hári ◽  
B. Pénzes
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Pheromone Trap ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Oriental Fruit Moth ◽  
Pheromone Traps ◽  
Sex Pheromone Traps ◽  
Fruit Orchards ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
Male Genital

One of the most important pests of the stone fruit orchards is the oriental fruit moth (Grapholitha 1110/esta B.). Chemical control targeted against the young larvae is the most effective way of protection. so the ti ming of treatments has to be based on the observation of emergence. Emergence may be monitored with sex pheromone traps. It is already known from former publications, that the traps for oriental fruit moth are also effective in the case of the plum moth (Grapholitha f1111ebra11a Tr.), which external morphology is very similar to the oriental fruit moth. As the emergence of the oriental fruit moth in peach and apricot orchards has not been observed in detaib in Hungary, we started a s1Udy in this field. Our aim was to measure the selectivity of the sex pheromone traps. On the basis of examining more than 5000 males caught and the investigation of male genital ia. it could be established that the pheromone traps. Csalomon and Deltastop, for oriental fruit moth, caught the plum moth in the same ratio. The ratio of the oriental fruit moth and the plum moth trapped in the peach orchards was I: I . while in the apricot orchards the number of the caught plum moth males was seven times as many as that of the oriental fruit moths. Consequently, it can be established that data based on oriental fruit moth trap catches can not be used without additional investigations of genitalia for the prediction of larval hatch. The selectivity of the plum moth trap. used as a control. was acceptable in both orchards.

Control of the oriental fruit moth, Cydia molesta (Busek) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), at a district level by mating disruption with synthetic female pheromone

1985 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Vickers ◽  
G. H. L. Rothschild ◽  
E. L. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Mating Disruption ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Viable Alternative ◽  
Oriental Fruit Moth ◽  
Pheromone Traps ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Cydia Molesta ◽  
Shoot Damage

AbstractMating disruption of Cydia molesta (Busck) was attempted by treating, with pheromone, all orchards in a small but discrete peach-growing district in New South Wales for two successive years. In the final year of the trial, two former control orchards were also treated with pheromone. The efficacy of the treatment was examined by monitoring fruit and shoot damage, male captures in pheromone traps, captures of both sexes in feeding lures, mated status of wild females and numbers of immature stages in trap bands. It was concluded that mating disruption was a viable alternative to conventional insecticides.

Research on the practical parameters of sex pheromone traps for the oriental fruit moth

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 1181-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-guo Zhao ◽  
Er-hua Rong ◽  
Sheng-Cai Li ◽  
Li-jun Zhang ◽  
Wei-na Kong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Oriental Fruit Moth ◽  
Pheromone Traps ◽  
Sex Pheromone Traps

Control of oriental fruit moth (Cydia molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)) with synthetic female pheromone

1975 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. L. Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Oriental Fruit Moth ◽  
Synthetic Pheromone ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Cydia Molesta ◽  
Constant Rate ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Synthetic Sex Pheromone ◽  
Fruit Damage

AbstractField trials were undertaken in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia, to discover whether synthetic sex pheromone, cis-8-dodecenyl acetate, could be used to control the oriental fruit moth, Cydia molesta (Busck), in peach orchards by the disruption technique. When pheromone was released at rates exceeding 5 mg/ha h from polyethylene capillary tubes males were generally unable to locate synthetic pheromone sources or live virgin females. By maintaining a constant rate of release per unit area it was possible to reduce the number of dispensers from one per 50 m2 to one per 400 m2. There was no significant difference in disruption when pheromone was released from tree crowns at 3·5 m or lower down at 1·5 m. Shoot and fruit damage from trials in commercial orchards suggested that pheromone treatments were as effective as a full seasonal schedule of insecticide applications in reducing damage.

FIELD EVALUATION OF SYNTHETIC SEX PHEROMONE ATTRACTANTS FOR THE EYE-SPOTTED BUD MOTH (LEPIDOPTERA: OLETHREUTIDAE) AND THREE LEAFROLLER SPECIES (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

1978 ◽  
Vol 110 (8) ◽  
pp. 847-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. MacLellan
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Field Evaluation ◽  
Pheromone Traps ◽  
Choristoneura Rosaceana ◽  
Synthetic Sex Pheromone ◽  
Fruit Damage ◽  
Pandemis Limitata ◽  
Archips Argyrospilus

AbstractSynthetic sex pheromones were evaluated in apple orchards against the pests Spilonota ocellana (D. & S.), Archips argyrospilus (Walker), Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), and Pandemis limitata (Robinson). Significant correlations between spring larval counts and captures of males in summer in pheromone traps occurred only at moderate to high population levels. Correlations between captures of males in summer and fruit damage occurred only with S. ocellana. The attractants for S. ocellana, A. argyrospilus, and C. rosaceana appear satisfactory but that for P. limitata, possibly due to species identification uncertainty and low populations, requires further evaluation.

Field evaluation of synthetic sex pheromone traps for the cocoa mirid Sahlbergella singularis (Hemiptera: Miridae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 672-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond J Mahob ◽  
Régis Babin ◽  
Gerben M ten Hoopen ◽  
Luc Dibog ◽  
Yede ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Field Evaluation ◽  
Pheromone Traps ◽  
Sahlbergella Singularis ◽  
Sex Pheromone Traps ◽  
Synthetic Sex Pheromone
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