A Trap Crop + Insecticide Approach for Cucumber Beetle Management

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L. Gleason ◽  
Sara Jane Helland ◽  
Bernard J. Havlovic
Keyword(s):  
Trap Crop ◽  
Cucumber Beetle

Threshold Monitoring, Trap Cropping, and Aluminum Mulch Repulsion for Management of Cucumber Beetles on Cucurbits

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 475d-475
Author(s):  
John S. Caldwell ◽  
Sam Johnson ◽  
Michael LaChance ◽  
Stephanie Stockton
Keyword(s):  
Cumulative Yield ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Solid Aluminum ◽  
Cucumber Beetles ◽  
Trap Cropping ◽  
Cucumber Beetle ◽  
Black Plastic ◽  
Monitoring Trap ◽  
Threshold Monitoring ◽  
Peak Count

Three approaches to cucumber beetle [striped, Acalymma vittata (Fabricius)]; spotted, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber] management on cucurbits were tested on 11 farms in Virginia. Visual counts of striped cucumber beetles/five squash plants were similar in 1996 (2.6 ± 3.1, max 16) and 1997 (3.1 ± 3.8, max 18), but counts on adjacent yellow sticky traps were higher in 1996 (11.5 ± 14.5, max 66) than in 1997 (4.9 ± 4.1, max 16). Correlation between visual and card counts was stronger in 1996 (r = 0.66) than 1997 (r = 0.38). Regression indicated that a threshold of five beetles/five plants was equivalent to 16 beetles/trap in 1996, but only six beetles/trap in 1997. On two peak count dates in Aug. 1996, trap crop squash cultivar NK530 had 10 beetles/sticky card, significantly higher than the three to seven beetles/sticky card on `Seneca' and `Scallop'. Similar trends were seen in visual counts in these plots. In 1997, `NK530' also showed preferential beetle attraction over pumpkin cultivar Howden. On early squash in 1997, cucumber beetle counts on two June peak dates were higher on black plastic (40 and 23 beetles/trap) than on solid aluminum (eight and five beetles/trap) or black with aluminum strips (15 and 10 beetles/trap). Black plastic required 1.8 insecticidal applications compared to none for solid aluminum. There were no significant differences in cumulative yield, although yield at first picking was 38% less on aluminum. Premiums for lower pesticide use (25%) compare favorably with the $102/acre added expense for aluminum plastic.

Phytoene desaturase-silenced citrus as a trap crop with multiple cues to attract Diaphorina citri, the vector of Huanglongbing

Plant Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 308 ◽  
pp. 110930
Author(s):  
Nabil Killiny ◽  
Yasser Nehela ◽  
Justin George ◽  
Mahnaz Rashidi ◽  
Lukasz L. Stelinski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phytoene Desaturase ◽  
Diaphorina Citri ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Multiple Cues

Identifying a Potential Trap Crop for a Novel Insect Pest,Halyomorpha halys(Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in Organic Farms

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 472-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne L. Nielsen ◽  
Galen Dively ◽  
John M. Pote ◽  
Gladis Zinati ◽  
Clarissa Mathews
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pest ◽  
Halyomorpha Halys ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Organic Farms ◽  
Potential Trap

Spotted Cucumber Beetle or Southern Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

2008 ◽  
pp. 3519-3522
Author(s):  
John B. Heppner ◽  
David B. Richman ◽  
Steven E. Naranjo ◽  
Dale Habeck ◽  
Christopher Asaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corn Rootworm ◽  
Southern Corn Rootworm ◽  
Cucumber Beetle ◽  
Diabrotica Undecimpunctata ◽  
Spotted Cucumber Beetle

scholarly journals Spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harsimran Kaur Gill ◽  
Gaurav Goyal ◽  
Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Corn Rootworm ◽  
Agricultural Pest ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Diabrotica Undecimpunctata Howardi ◽  
Southern Corn Rootworm ◽  
Cucumber Beetle ◽  
Diabrotica Undecimpunctata ◽  
Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Spotted cucumber beetle is a major agricultural pest of North America. Another name for the spotted cucumber beetle is “southern corn rootworm”. Many Diabrotica species cause damage to field crops, especially corn, making these beetles a major agricultural concern. Because of the subterranean nature of their larvae, these insects are hard and expensive to control. This 6-page fact sheet was written by Harsimran Kaur Gill, Gaurav Goyal, and Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, September 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1008

scholarly journals Laboratory evaluations of a wild crucifer Barbarea vulgaris as a management tool for the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 509-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-hua Lu ◽  
Shu-sheng Liu ◽  
A.M. Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Cabbage ◽  
Plutella Xylostella ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Barbarea Vulgaris ◽  
Dead End ◽  
Trap Cropping ◽  
Important Pest

AbstractThe term ‘dead-end trap cropping’ has recently been proposed to identify a plant that is highly attractive for oviposition by an insect pest, but on which offspring of the pest cannot survive. The potential of the wild crucifer Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. to allure and serve as a dead-end trap crop for the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (L.), an important pest of cruciferous crops worldwide, was examined in laboratory experiments. When P. xylostella adults were provided with a dual-choice of plants of B. vulgaris, and Chinese cabbage Brassica campestris (L.), in one arena, adult moths laid 2.5–6.8 times more eggs on the former than on the latter. When P. xylostella adults were provided with a dual-choice of plants of B. vulgaris and common cabbage Brassica oleracea L., adult moths laid virtually all their eggs on the former and ignored the latter. Nearly all P. xylostella eggs laid on the three species of plants hatched successfully, but nearly all individuals on plants of B. vulgaris died as neonates or early instar larvae, while 87–100% of the larvae on Chinese cabbage and common cabbage survived to pupation. Dual choice tests with a Y-tube olfactometer showed that volatiles from B. vulgaris were much more attractive to P. xylostella adults than those from common cabbage. The results demonstrate that B. vulgaris has a great potential as a dead-end trap crop for improving management of P. xylostella. Factors that may influence the feasibility of using B. vulgaris as a trap crop in the field are discussed, and ways to utilize this plant are proposed.

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