Oviposition in Sweet Cherry by Reproductively Mature Western Cherry Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Fed Spinosad and Neonicotinoid Insecticide Baits

A neonicotinoid insecticide acetamiprid and dicarboximide fungicide iprodione,are used in sweet cherry for control of the major pest (Rhagoletis cerasi L.) andpathogen (Monilia laxa). For the purpose of the safe consumption of agriculturalproducts after pesticide application, studies on their dissipation kinetics areessential to work out their half-lives (DT50) and pre-harvest intervals (PHI).However, there is a lack of information on the persistence of acetamiprid andiprodione in sweet cherry fruits in different climatic conditions of production.Therefore, the objectives of this study were to investigate the dissipation andresidues of acetamiprid and iprodione in sweet cherry fruits, as well as to evaluatethe validity of prescribed PHI for these pesticides. Field experiments wereconducted in a sweet cherry orchard, near Novi Sad, where acetamiprid andiprodione were applied at a recommended concentration. At various time intervals,from treatment to harvest, having in mind PHI (14 days for acetamiprid and 7 daysfor iprodione) representative samples of sweet cherry fruits were collected.Extraction of pesticides was carried out by QuEChERS method, followed byHPLC-DAD analysis. The method was validated in accordance with theSANCO/12571/2013 document and was used the determination of pesticides inreal sweet cherry samples. During the study period, the concentration ofacetamiprid and iprodione decreased from 0.52 mg/kg to 0.11 mg/kg and from 0.29mg/kg to 0.07 mg/kg, respectively. The dissipation of acetamiprid and iprodioneresidues over the time fitted to the equation Ct=0.52-0.22t and Ct=0.29-0.20t, with DT50of 3.15 and 3.47 days, respectively. Finally, the content of acetamiprid andiprodione in sweet cherry samples, at the end of PHI, were below the maximumallowed level specified by the Serbian (1.5 mg/kg and 3 mg/kg) and EU MRLs (1.5mg/kg and 10 mg/kg).

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Rhagoletis cerasi Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae): Biological characteristics, harmfulness and control

Pesticidi i fitomedicina ◽

10.2298/pif1204269s ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 269-281 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Svetomir Stamenkovic ◽

Pantelija Peric ◽

Drago Milosevic

Keyword(s):

Sweet Cherry ◽

Sour Cherry ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Biological Characteristics ◽

Control Measures ◽

Activity Period ◽

Distribution Area ◽

Fruit Species ◽

Infestation Intensity ◽

Rhagoletis Cerasi

The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a highly destructive pest in sweet and sour cherry orchards with a distribution area throughout Europe and the temperate regions of Asia. It occurs regularly in all production regions of these fruit species in Serbia, damaging up to 10% of cherries in commercial production, while damage can go up to 100% in orchards and on solitary threes unprotected by control measures. In Serbia, European cherry fruit fly most often attacks and damages fruits of the lateripening cultivars of sweet cherry (Van, Stela, Hedelfinger, Bing, Lambert, Drogan?s Yellow). After a sweet cherry harvest, adults migrate to sour cherry where they continue feeding and ovipositing in half-mature sour cherries (prevailingly the domestic ecotype Oblacinska). During their activity period, larvae damage the fruits, so that they can no longer be consumed either fresh or processed. The high percentage of sour cherries damaged by R. cerasi has become a factor limiting exports because the intensity of infestation of this fruit exceeds permissible limits. Pesticide use for controlling this pest, especially in integrated production, is based on a very poor selection of insecticides which cause problems with residual ecotoxicity. Consequently, alternative measures for controlling European cherry fruit fly have been intensively studied over the past few years. This work surveys up-to-date results of various studies on the European cherry fruit fly as a very important pest in Serbia and other South and Mid-European countries. The work contains detailed descriptions of its biological characteristics, flight phenology, infestation intensity and possibilities of fly control in sweet and sour cherry production areas.

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Monitoring European Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis Cerasi L.) Through Vizual Traps

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Agriculture ◽

10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:9808 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 70 (2) ◽

pp. 443-444

Author(s):

Laura MACAVEI ◽

Ion OLTEAN ◽

Teodora FLORIAN ◽

Mircea VARGA ◽

Viorel MITRE ◽

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Keyword(s):

Population Dynamics ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Large Percentage ◽

Chemical Treatments ◽

Important Pest ◽

Rhagoletis Cerasi ◽

Different Parts

Rhageletis cerasi (L.) is the most important pest in cherry orchards and itâ€™s attak can affect the quality of fruit on a large percentage (45-100%). The European cherry fruit fly is prezent in all cherry and sweet cherry orchards, therefore monitoring this population is required as an element of integrated protection. The aim of this study is to establish population dynamics in Cluj area. Adult flight was monitored twice a week on yellow sticky panels. Traps were placed in different parts of the orchard. The first captures were recorded in May 29, with a number of 4 adults/orchard and in 24 June we recorded the maximum number, 89 adults/orchard. By monitoring population dynamics we can determine the correct time for application of chemical treatments.

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BIOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR CONTROLLING THE MAIN PESTS OF SWEET CHERRY

FRUIT GROWING RESEARCH ◽

10.33045/fgr.v36.2020.04 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

pp. 22-32

Author(s):

Mihaela Sumedrea ◽

Florin Cristian Marin ◽

Mirela Calinescu ◽

Mihai Chivu

Keyword(s):

Sweet Cherry ◽

Flight Dynamics ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Black Cherry ◽

Direct Control ◽

Orange Oil ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

And Control ◽

Rhagoletis Cerasi

The paper presents the data collected from an ecological plot of sweet cherries with an area of 0.5 ha, where different methods of monitoring and combating the main pests were tested: European cherry fruit fly - Rhagoletis cerasi L. and black cherry aphid - Myzus cerasi F. The study took place during the years 2019-2020. European cherry fruit fly monitoring - Rhagoletis cerasi L. was performed with both atraCERAS optical panels and Decis Trap devices, with both a warning and control role, the results obtained highlighting a similar flight dynamics. The control of the European cherry fruit fly, carried out by direct control with the help of Decis Trap devices, the dose of 100 traps / ha, proved to be effective, the Abbott effectiveness indicator registering values between 83.4 - 90.5% in 2019, respectively 81.6 - 87.8% in 2020, depending on the studied variety. To control the black cherry aphid - Myzus cerasi F., the product Prev-Am was mainly used, based on orange oil, which was used with good results for the first attacks observed.

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Ammonium carbonate loss rates from lures differentially affect trap captures of Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae) and non-target flies

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/tce.2016.49 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 149 (2) ◽

pp. 241-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

W. L. Yee

Keyword(s):

United States Of America ◽

Loss Rate ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Ammonium Carbonate ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Washington State ◽

Ac Loss ◽

Western North America ◽

Rhagoletis Indifferens ◽

Loss Rates

AbstractWestern cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a pest of cherry (Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae) in western North America that can be monitored using traps baited with ammonia. However, ammonia-based attractants also attract non-target Diptera that clutter traps. Here, the hypothesis that ammonium carbonate (AC) loss rates from lures differentially affect numbers of R. indifferens and non-target flies caught on sticky yellow rectangles in sweet cherry trees was tested in Washington State, United States of America. Ammonium carbonate loss rates were varied from seven-dram plastic vials hung ~1 cm above traps. A total of six experiments were conducted in which progressively lower AC loss rates within a range of 0.10–26.19 mg AC/hour were tested. For captures of R. indifferens, no AC loss rate comparisons within 0.19–26.19 mg/hour differed, and captures were not reduced until losses were lowered to 0.10–0.13 mg/hour. In contrast, captures of medium to large (⩾5 mm long) non-target flies, which were mostly Sarcophagidae (Diptera), were reduced at a rate ~30 times higher, at 3.34 or 3.80 mg AC/hour. Results suggest that using lures with an AC loss rate of 0.19 mg/hour can maintain high R. indifferens captures while reducing non-target fly captures and thus can improve monitoring efficiency.

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Comparison of the Brown Sugar, Hot Water, and Salt Methods for Detecting Western Cherry Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Larvae in Sweet Cherry

Florida Entomologist ◽

10.1653/024.097.0212 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 97 (2) ◽

pp. 422-430 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Wee L. Yee

Keyword(s):

Sweet Cherry ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Hot Water ◽

Brown Sugar

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Eastern Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-in360-2001 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 2004 (8) ◽

Author(s):

Howard V. Weems, Jr.

Keyword(s):

Sweet Cherry ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Cooperative Extension Service ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Eastern North America ◽

Rhagoletis Pomonella ◽

Black Cherry ◽

Pest Species ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

University Of Florida

Larvae of two closely related species of fruit flies in central and eastern North America -- Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew), commonly called the cherry fruit fly or cherry maggot, and Rhagoletis fausta (Osten Sacken), the black cherry fruit fly -- attack cherry and cause wormy fruits. Only R. cingulata occurs in Florida, where it attacks wild cherries and is of little economic importance. These two species closely resemble a third pest species, the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh); the adults of all three have banded wings. R. cingulata breeds in all varieties of cherries including the sweet cherry. This document is EENY-203 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 116), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: March 2001. EENY-203/IN360: Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) (ufl.edu)

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Development and Field Testing of a Spatial Decision Support System to Control Populations of the European Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cerasi, in Commercial Orchards

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy9100568 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. 568

Author(s):

Charalampos S. Ioannou ◽

Stella A. Papanastasiou ◽

Kostas D. Zarpas ◽

Miguel Angel Miranda ◽

Andrea Sciarretta ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Decision Support System ◽

Support System ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Adult Population ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Population Trends ◽

High Population ◽

Population Densities ◽

Rhagoletis Cerasi

The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a key pest for the cherry production industry in Europe and west Asia that has recently invaded North America. Insecticide applications are frequently employed to control this devastating pest, often without considering its population trends. We developed a novel decision support system (DSS), and field tested it in commercial sweet cherry orchards in central Greece. The DSS includes two algorithms that predict the timing of adult activity in the wild and support pest management decisions, based on R. cerasi population trends and pesticide properties, respectively. Preparatory monitoring of the testing area during 2014, using adult traps, revealed high population densities of R. cerasi in non-managed sweet cherry orchards and low densities in commercial ones. Implementation of the DSS during 2015 resulted in low R. cerasi adult population densities and zero fruit infestation rates in commercial cherry orchards. Similar population and infestation rates were recorded in conventionally treated plots that received on average two insecticide applications compared to the one-half that the DSS treated plots received. Simultaneously, high population densities and fruit infestation rates were recorded in non-managed cherry orchards. Apparently, the implementation of the simple DSS we developed reduces the cost of R. cerasi management and minimizes the chemical footprint on both the harvested fruit and the environment.

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Dimethoate for Control of Western Cherry Fruit Fly on Sweet Cherry in Oregon12

Journal of Economic Entomology ◽

10.1093/jee/68.3.383 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 68 (3) ◽

pp. 383-385 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. W. Zwick ◽

G. J. Fields ◽

Ulo Kiigemagi

Keyword(s):

Sweet Cherry ◽

Fruit Fly

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