To assess the potential to suppress Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann; Diptera:Tephritidae), via mass trapping withTrimedlure (TML), we compared fly catch (as catch per trap per time period) provided by either a novel, solid, triple-lure dispenser withTML, methyl eugenol (ME), and raspberry ketone (RK) (TMR) or solidTML plugs, both without insecticides, in addition to Biolure bait stations. Work was done in a coffee plantation that had a dense C. capitata population. Three treatments were compared: 1) TMR or TML (50 traps per ha), 2) Biolure (50 traps per ha), 3) TML (25 per ha) orTMR (25 per ha) + Biolure (25 per ha), and 4) an untreated control. During coffee season, based on C. capitata captures (mean flies per trap per wk) inside plastic McPhail traps, all treatments were significantly different than the control: Biolure (9.57) = TMR (11.28) = Biolure +TMR (13.50) < Control (36.06 flies/trap/ wk). During non-coffee season, all treatments were significantly different than the control andTML was significantly lower than Biolure (wax matrix bait stations): TML (0.95) < Biolure (1.43) = Biolure +TML (1.77) < Control (2.81 flies/trap/wk). Surprisingly, captures were not lower in plots treated with combinations of Biolure + TMR or TML, compared to individual plots with Biolure orTML orTMR alone. Mass trapping with eitherTML orTMR dispensers deserves further study as a component of Integrated Pest Management programs for C. capitata in Hawaii and may have global potential for management of C. capitata.
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23 November 2017
Suppression of Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) With Trimedlure and Biolure Dispensers in Coffea arabica (Gentianales: Rubiaceae) in Hawaii
Roger I. Vargas,
Steven K. Souder,
Pedro Rendon,
Bruce Mackey
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Ceratitis capitata
fruit flies
integrated pest management
male annihilation
male lures