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12 December 2020 Limited Scope Risk Assessment for Nontarget Ground-Dwelling Arthropods From Systemic Insecticide Applications to Young Pines
V. C. Cassidy, E. P. McCarty, C. Asaro
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Abstract

The Nantucket pine tip moth (NPTM) [Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock)], a native regeneration pest on young loblolly pines (Pinus taeda L.), negatively impacts pine growth. An emerging management approach is to apply systemic insecticides to seedlings to reduce NPTM damage.These systemic insecticide applications generally occur once, perhaps twice, during the first few years of loblolly pine growth. However, these applications could lead to unintended environmental consequences to nontarget organisms.The purpose of this study was to assess potential nontarget effects from four systemic insecticide applications by assessing ground-dwelling arthropod trap catch, with a focus on collembolan trap catch and genera richness. Loblolly seedlings (24 seedlings per plot) at three sites in southeast Georgia were treated with either chlorantraniliprole, dinotefuran, fipronil, or imidacloprid or left untreated as a control. Arthropods were collected with pitfall traps that were deployed for 5 d in July, August, and September 2019, 7–9 mo after treatment. Ground-dwelling arthropod trap catch, arthropod order trap catch, collembolan trap catch, and collembolan genera richness did not vary among insecticide treatments and the untreated control in this mid-term insecticide risk assessment. While no significant effects of insecticide treatment were observed, ground-dwelling arthropod trap catch, collembolan trap catch, and collembolan genera richness differed among collection times.This study was the first of its kind in a young pine stand setting and is an important first step to understanding risk in these settings. Information on nontarget risks of management practices informs growers of the level of environmental risk associated with systemic insecticides.

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V. C. Cassidy, E. P. McCarty, and C. Asaro "Limited Scope Risk Assessment for Nontarget Ground-Dwelling Arthropods From Systemic Insecticide Applications to Young Pines," Environmental Entomology 50(2), 359-366, (12 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa163
Received: 23 August 2020; Accepted: 9 November 2020; Published: 12 December 2020
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KEYWORDS
collembolan
forest insect
nontarget
pine tip moth
regeneration pest
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