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1 April 2012 Evaluating Dispensers Loaded with Codlemone and Pear Ester for Disruption of Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Alan Knight, Douglas Light, Vincent Chebny
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Abstract

Polyvinyl chloride polymer (PVC) dispensers loaded with ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate (pear ester) plus the sex pheromone, (E,E) -8,10-dodecadien-1-ol (codlemone) of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), were compared with PVC dispensers and a commercial dispenser (Isomate-C Plus) loaded with codlemone. Evaluations were conducted in replicated plots (0.1–0.2 ha) in apple, Malus domestica (Borkhausen) during both generations of codling moth from 2007 to 2009. Dispensers were applied at 1,000 ha-1 Male captures in traps baited with virgin female moths and codlemone lures were recorded. Residual analysis of field-aged dispensers over both moth generations was conducted. Dispensers exhibited linear declines in release rates of both attractants, and pear ester was released at a significantly higher rate than codlemone during both time periods. The proportion of virgin female-baited traps catching males was significantly lower with combo dispenser TRE24 (45/110, mg codlemone/mg pear ester) during the second generation in 2007 and the combo dispensers TRE144 (45/75) and TRE145 (75/45) during the first generation in 2008 compared with Isomate-C Plus. Similarly, male catches in female-baited traps in plots treated with the combo dispensers TRE144 during the first generation in 2008 and TRE23 (75/110) during the second generation, in 2007 were significantly lower than in plots treated with Isomate-C Plus. No significant differences were found for male catches in codlemone-baited traps in plots treated with Isomate-C Plus and any of the combo dispensers. However, male catches were significantly lower in plots treated with Cidetrak CM (codlemone-only dispenser) than the combo TRE144 dispenser during both generations in 2009.

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Alan Knight, Douglas Light, and Vincent Chebny "Evaluating Dispensers Loaded with Codlemone and Pear Ester for Disruption of Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)," Environmental Entomology 41(2), 399-406, (1 April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/EN11309
Received: 30 November 2011; Accepted: 1 February 2012; Published: 1 April 2012
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KEYWORDS
apple
Cydia pomonella
mating disruption
monitoring
sex pheromone
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