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1 April 2012 Comparative Mortality of Diapausing and Nondiapausing Larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Exposed to Monoterpenoids and Low Pressure
George N. Mbata, Marie J. Pascual-Villalobos, Mark E. Payton
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Monoterpenoids and low pressure have each been demonstrated to cause mortality of stored-product insect pests. The current report investigated the prospects of integrating the two methods in the management of diapausing and nondiapausing larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Hübner). In a separate experiment, the larvae were exposed to 35.5 mmHg in Erlenmeyer flasks at 19 and 28°C for times ranging from 30 min to 96 h. Another set of experiments was conducted to investigate the toxicity of exposing P. interpunctella larvae to monoterpenoids including E-anethole, estragole, S-carvone, linalool, L-fenchone, geraniol, γ-terpinene, and DL-camphor alone or in combination with low pressure (50 mmHg). Lethal times (LT) determined by subjecting time-mortality data to probit analyses were shortened to half when both diapausing and nondiapausing larvae were exposed to low pressure at 28°C compared with 19°C. Exposure of diapausing larvae to a monoterpenoid alone, with the exception of DL-camphor and estragole, at a concentration of 66.7 µl/1L of volume required >30 h to generate 99% mortality at 19.0 ± 0.8°C. However, the LT99 values for diapausing and nondiapausing larvae exposed to combinations of DL-camphor or estragole and low pressure were considerably shortened. Combinations involving the rest of the monoterpenoids investigated and low pressure did not generate LT99 that were shorter than those of the control, which was low pressure only. These results suggest that integrating low pressure with DL-camphor or estragole could be a new method for the control of diapausing larvae of P. interpunctella at cooler temperatures.

© 2012 Entomological Society of America
George N. Mbata, Marie J. Pascual-Villalobos, and Mark E. Payton "Comparative Mortality of Diapausing and Nondiapausing Larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Exposed to Monoterpenoids and Low Pressure," Journal of Economic Entomology 105(2), 679-685, (1 April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC11250
Received: 28 July 2011; Accepted: 4 November 2011; Published: 1 April 2012
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KEYWORDS
diapausing larvae
low pressure
methyl bromide alternative
monoterpenoid
Plodia interpunctella
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