Three large-scale mating disruption (MD) trials were conducted from 2001 to 2004 in an organic citrus orchard in inland southeastern Australia to evaluate the effectiveness of the MD dispenser Isomate LBAM Plus in controlling lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker), in citrus. At the application rate of 364–728 dispensers per ha, the dispensers reduced pheromone trapping of E. postvittana to almost undetectable levels for ≈6 mo in the treated area. During this period, most sentinel females in the treated area failed to mate. Infestation by E. postvittana in the treated area was reduced by >50%. If distributed in citrus orchards in late winter (August), the dispensers can be expected to remain effective until next February in southeastern Australia, covering the period when most fruit scarring caused by its larvae occurs.
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1 April 2006
Evaluation of Mating Disruption for Control of Lightbrown Apple Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Citrus
Jianhua Mo,
Michelle Glover,
Scott Munro,
G. Andrew C. Beattie
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 99 • No. 2
April 2006
Vol. 99 • No. 2
April 2006
citrus
Epiphyas postvittana
orange
pheromone