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1 February 2013 Control of Key Pecan Insect Pests using Biorational Pesticides
David I. Shapiro-Ilan, Ted E. Cottrell, Mark A. Jackson, Bruce W. Wood
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Keypecan insect pests include the black pecan aphid, Melanocallis caryaefoliae (Davis), pecan weevil, Curculio caryae (Horn), and stinkbugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Alternative control tactics are needed for management of these pests in organic and conventional systems. Our objective was to evaluate the potential utility of several alternative insecticides including three plant extract formulations, eucalyptus extract, citrus extract-8.92%, and citrus extract-19.4%, and two microbial insecticides, Chromobacterium subtsugae (Martin et al.) and Isaria fumosorosea (Wize). In the laboratory, eucalyptus extract, citrus extract-8.92%, citrus extract-19.4%, and C. subtsugae caused M. caryaefoliae mortality (mortality was reached ≈78, 83, and 96%, respectively). In field tests, combined applications of I. fumosorosea with eucalyptus extract were synergistic and caused up to 82% mortality in M. caryaefoliae. In laboratory assays focusing on C. caryae suppression, C. subtsugae reduced feeding and oviposition damage, eucalyptus extract and citrus extract-19.4% were ineffective, and antagonism was observed when citrus extract-19.4% was combined with the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser). In field tests, C. subtsugae reduced C. caryae damage by 55% within the first 3 d, and caused 74.5% corrected mortality within 7 d posttreatment. In the laboratory, C. subtsugae and eucalyptus extract did not cause mortality in the brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say). Applications of C. subtsugae for suppression of C. caryae, and eucalyptus extract plus I. fumosorosea for control of M. caryaefoliae show promise as alternative insecticides and should be evaluated further.

David I. Shapiro-Ilan, Ted E. Cottrell, Mark A. Jackson, and Bruce W. Wood "Control of Key Pecan Insect Pests using Biorational Pesticides," Journal of Economic Entomology 106(1), 257-266, (1 February 2013). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC12302
Received: 30 July 2012; Accepted: 1 October 2012; Published: 1 February 2013
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KEYWORDS
aphid
biorational
Chromobacterium subtsugae
Curculio caryae
Grandevo
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