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1 August 2014 Seasonal Monitoring for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in California Commercial Raspberries
K. A. Hamby, M. P. Bolda, M. E. Sheehan, F. G. Zalom
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Abstract

Native to Southeast Asia, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) prefer to oviposit on ripe fruit and have become an important pest of California raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.) since their detection in Santa Cruz County, CA, in 2008. Preliminary management guidelines included D. suzukii monitoring recommendations, though there was little available information on seasonal occurrence and potential lures for use in raspberries. To address this issue, we trapped adult D. suzukii weekly for 2 yr (including both spring and fall harvests) in multiple raspberry varieties using apple cider vinegar and a yeast-sugar-water mixture as liquid lures, and measured fruit infestation when commercially ripe fruit were available. D. suzukii pressure as measured by larval infestation and adult trap captures was higher during the fall raspberry harvest season. The yeast lure captured significantly more D. suzukii during the fall harvest than the apple cider vinegar, and while both lures tended to capture more females than males, this varied by month of the year and was more pronounced for the yeast lure. Trap captures from each lure correlated well to one another, and often exhibited significant correlation to larval infestation. However, during all seasons and under both conventional and organic management, worrisome outliers were present (high larval infestation with low trap captures) that call into question the reliability of using the systems presented here as a basis for management decisions at this time.

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K. A. Hamby, M. P. Bolda, M. E. Sheehan, and F. G. Zalom "Seasonal Monitoring for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in California Commercial Raspberries," Environmental Entomology 43(4), 1008-1018, (1 August 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/EN13245
Received: 28 August 2013; Accepted: 1 April 2014; Published: 1 August 2014
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KEYWORDS
apple cider vinegar
phenology
sex ratio
spotted wing drosophila
yeast-sugar-water
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