New issues emerging in Canadian carrot weevil (Listronotus oregonensis) control

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachariah Telfer
Keyword(s):  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Carrot Weevil

Degree-day models to predict carrot weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) emergence and oviposition in Nova Scotia, Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-388
Author(s):  
Suzanne Blatt ◽  
Deney Augustine Joseph ◽  
G. Christopher Cutler ◽  
A. Randall Olson ◽  
Scott White
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Hill Equation ◽  
Base Temperature ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Leaf Stage ◽  
True Leaf ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Carrot Weevil

AbstractCarrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a pest of carrot (Daucus carota var. sativus Hoffmann; Apiaceae) throughout eastern Canada. Carrot weevil emergence and oviposition were monitored in commercial carrot fields in Nova Scotia. Cumulative degree days were calculated using a base temperature of 7 °C (DD7), and models were developed to predict cumulative emergence and oviposition using nonlinear regression. Cumulative emergence and oviposition were adequately explained as functions of DD7 by a three-parameter sigmoidal Hill equation. Our emergence model predicted initial and peak adult emergence at 35 and 387 DD7, respectively, with oviposition on carrot baits occurring as early as 42 DD7. Models were then validated to evaluate how well they performed. Oviposition on carrot plants began at the fourth true-leaf stage (342 DD7) and continued until eleventh true-leaf stage. Growers using these models can identify their window of opportunity to manage their carrot weevil populations targeting the majority of emerged adults before oviposition begins in the field.

THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE CARROT WEEVIL, LISTRONOTUS OREGONENSIS (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS

1976 ◽  
Vol 108 (9) ◽  
pp. 931-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Martel ◽  
H. J. Svec ◽  
C. R. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Larval Stage ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Preoviposition Period ◽  
Complete Life Cycle ◽  
History Of ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Carrot Weevil

AbstractLaboratory studies on the biology of the carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte), were performed at 21° and 27 °C. At 21 °C females laid eggs for 88 days on carrot slices and 94 days on foliage. Egg production per female averaged 156 and 175 on slices and leaves respectively. Eggs hatched after 8.3 days incubation and the larval stage comprising four instars was completed in 19.1 days. The prepupal and pupal stages lasted 3.7 and 9.4 days respectively. The complete life cycle including an average preoviposition period of 17 days was 57.6 days. Development was more rapid at 27 °C, with the complete life cycle taking only 37 days.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEMPERATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARROT WEEVIL, LISTRONOTUS OREGONENSIS (LeCONTE) (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE), IN THE LABORATORY

1986 ◽  
Vol 118 (12) ◽  
pp. 1287-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.B. Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Function ◽  
Rate Of Development ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
Cubic Polynomial ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Excellent Description ◽  
Carrot Weevil ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractRates of development of selected stages and complete development of the carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte), were determined in the laboratory at controlled temperatures ranging from 17.5 to 30°C. Within that range of temperature, rates of development increased with temperature. Fitting the data to a cubic polynomial function provided an excellent description of the relationship between temperature and rate of development for all stages as shown by R2 values of at least 0.98.

A COMPARISON OF THREE METHODS OF MONITORING THE CARROT WEEVIL, LISTRONOTUS OREGONENSIS (LECONTE) (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

1997 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.B. Stevenson ◽  
E.S. Barszcz
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Seasonal Activity ◽  
Carrot Root ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Carrot Weevil

AbstractThe carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte), was monitored at 11 research or commercial carrot plantings at Holland Marsh, Kettleby, Ontario, using three methods, i.e. wooden plate (Boivin) traps to capture adults, carrot root sections placed in the soil to detect oviposition, and recording the numbers of adults present on carrot root sections. All three methods provided similar records of the seasonal pattern of adult activity. At most sites, thresholds used to determine the need for insecticide applications were reached or exceeded soon after the beginning of monitoring.There were significant linear relationships among the seasonal activity parameters generated by the three methods and between those parameters and percentage injury at harvest. Control programs that would have resulted from the use of each method are discussed.

scholarly journals Floating Rowcovers Improve Germination and Reduce Carrot Weevil Infestations in Carrot

HortScience ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1619-1622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djamila Rekika ◽  
Katrine A. Stewart ◽  
Guy Boivin ◽  
Sylvie Jenni
Keyword(s):  
Early Development ◽  
Daucus Carota ◽  
Insect Control ◽  
Harvest Time ◽  
Emergence Time ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Carrot Weevil ◽  
Leaves And Roots ◽  
Weevil Infestation

A lightweight agrotextile floating rowcover (10 g·m−2) designed for insect control was evaluated for its potential to reduce carrot weevil [Listronotus oregonensis (Le conte)] damage and to improve germination and carrot (Daucus carota L.) yield. The floating rowcover had no effect on total emergence and spread on emergence time but decreased emergence time by 0.5 day. Although floating rowcovers generally increased fresh weight of carrot leaves and roots during early development, no effect was detected late in the season and at harvest time. Carrot weevil damage of uncovered plants was 0.4 tunnels per root in 2006 and 2.0 tunnels per root in 2005. In both years, covering carrots with a floating rowcover for a period of 35 days after sowing reduced carrot weevil damage by 65% to 75%. In most years with low or medium carrot weevil infestation, the use of a rowcover could eliminate the use of insecticide to control this pest.

DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEWANAPHESSPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: MYMARIDAE), EGG PARASITOIDS OF THE CARROT WEEVIL,LISTRONOTUS OREGONENSIS(LECONTE) (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE), AND REDESCRIPTION OFANAPHES SORDIDATUSGIRAULT

1997 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 959-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Huber ◽  
Sylvain Côté ◽  
Guy Boivin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Egg Parasitoids ◽  
Reciprocal Crosses ◽  
First Report ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Carrot Weevil ◽  
Anaphes Listronoti

AbstractThree new mymarid egg parasitoids of the carrot weevil,Listronotus oregonensis(LeConte) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), are described:Anaphes coteiHuber from Nova Scotia;Anaphes listronotiHuber from Quebec; andAnaphes victusHuber from Quebec, Michigan, and Texas. A key to the species is given.Anaphes sorditatus(Girault), with which at least one of the new species was previously confused, is redescribed. Althoughlistronotiandsorditatuscannot presently be distinguished morphologically, they are biologically distinct and have different hosts. Crosses between malesordidatusand femalevictusyielded female offspring in 27% of the tests but none in the reciprocal crosses. The corresponding control crosses resulted in 90 and 30% female offspring. Mating did not occur in attempts to crosssordidatuswithlistronoti. On three occasions an unidentified species ofAnagruswas reared from field-collected carrot weevil eggs. This represents the first report of anAnagrusspecies from Curculionidae.

SIMULATION MODEL FOR THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE CARROT WEEVIL, LISTRONOTUS OREGONENSIS (LECONTE) (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

1991 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.X. Zhao ◽  
G. Boivin ◽  
R.K. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Egg Parasitoid ◽  
Adult Density ◽  
Larval Population ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Carrot Weevil ◽  
The Impact

AbstractA simulation model was developed for the population dynamics of a carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte), population on muck-grown carrots. The model includes mortality rates of eggs, larvae, and pupae for different sowing dates of carrots. It also incorporates the overwintered adult density, the temperature-dependent growth rates of the above-mentioned life stages, the age-, temperature-, and phenology-dependent oviposition rates, and the impact of an egg parasitoid, Anaphes sordidatus (Girault), on egg mortality rates. Model output was evaluated by comparing simulated results with observed results on the seasonal totals and time of population peaks of the egg and larval populations. The mean percentage differences between the simulated and observed seasonal egg totals were 3.1 ± 0.66 (SE) in 1987 and 1988, and 4.2 ± 0.05 in 1989. They were not statistically different. The mean percentage differences between the simulated and observed seasonal larval totals were 10 ± 3.33 in 1987 and 1988 and 29.8 ± 0.66 in 1989. Independent data sets (i.e. field data in 1989) showed a significant increase in the simulation error of the larval population. Sensitivity analysis indicated that A. sordidatus had a large influence on the population dynamics of L. oregonensis.

scholarly journals A note on the detection of the carrot weevil in Nova Scotia

2005 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-P.R. LeBlanc ◽  
G. Boivin
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
Daucus Carota ◽  
Spring Migration ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Northeastern North America ◽  
Listronotus Oregonensis ◽  
Carrot Weevil

The carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis [Coleoptera: Curculionidae], is a significant pest of vegetable crops in northeastern North America. However, the species had not been previously detected in Atlantic Canada. In 1985,1986, and 1988, attempts to detect this pest in Nova Scotia were unsuccessful. In 1992, in one of three carrot (Daucus carota) fields monitored using thigmotactic wooden-plate traps baited with fresh carrots, six individuals were captured during the spring migration of the inseetfrom overwintering sites into a carrot field near Great Village, Nova Scotia.

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