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1 August 2012 Injury to Apical Meristem of Cranberry by Dasineura oxycoccana (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Reduces Production of Floral-Units in the Next Growing Season
S. Tewari, J. P. Buonaccorsi, A. L. Averill
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Abstract

Cranberry tipworm, Dasineura oxycoccana Johnson (a gall-making fly), disrupts normal growth of cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) by injuring the apical meristem of shoots or uprights. The impact of larval feeding injury on reproductive parameters of cranberry was determined, from one growing season to next, at upright (Maine and Massachusetts, 2008–2009) and plot levels (Massachusetts, 2009–2010 and 2010–2011). We also estimated the proportions of uprights injured because of tipworm feeding at several cranberry production sites (Massachusetts and Maine) and the proportions of uprights that produced flowers and fruits in the next growing season. Tipworm-injured uprights tagged at the end of the growing season did not produce floral-units (following year) across sites in both Massachusetts and Maine. There was significant variation among the sampled sites in the proportions of tipworm-injured uprights and also in the proportions of uprights with flowers in the next growing season (Massachusetts and Maine). A trend was apparent wherein sites with higher tipworm injury levels had relatively lower flowering proportions in the next growing season. However, sites in Massachusetts did not differ in the proportions of uprights that set fruit and in a replicated study, significant reduction in tipworm injury at plot level (using insecticide) did not impact flower and fruit production in the next growing season.

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S. Tewari, J. P. Buonaccorsi, and A. L. Averill "Injury to Apical Meristem of Cranberry by Dasineura oxycoccana (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Reduces Production of Floral-Units in the Next Growing Season," Journal of Economic Entomology 105(4), 1366-1378, (1 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC11395
Received: 1 December 2011; Accepted: 1 June 2012; Published: 1 August 2012
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KEYWORDS
apical-meristem injury
cranberry
Dasineura oxycoccana
ERICACEAE
tipworm
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