Comparison of Mating Disruption and Insecticide Application for Control of Peachtree Borer and Lesser Peachtree Borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in Peach
| dc.contributor.author | Frank, Daniel L. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Starcher, Stephen | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Chandran, Rakesh S. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Entomology | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-28T12:40:31Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-28T12:40:31Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-09-25 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2020-09-25T13:30:53Z | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The peachtree borer, <i>Synanthedon exitiosa</i>, and lesser peachtree borer, <i>S. pictipes</i>, are economically important indirect pests of peach in West Virginia. The purpose of this 3-year study was to compare the efficacy of mating disruption and post-harvest trunk sprays of chlorpyrifos insecticide for control of this pest complex in a commercial peach orchard. Overall, Isomate PTB-Dual disruption dispensers applied at a rate of 371/ha significantly disrupted the male mate-finding behavior of <i>S. exitiosa</i> and <i>S. pictipes</i>. In addition, the infestation of peach trees by <i>S. exitiosa</i> larvae did not vary significantly between mating disruption and insecticide treated plots. Hot-spot maps of <i>S. exitiosa</i> infestation showed significant spatial clusters of infestation predominately near the perimeter of all orchard plots, or where trees were missing within and/or between rows. The generation of standard deviational ellipses revelated that the location of <i>S. exitiosa</i> infestations in orchard plots remained relatively constant between years, and were generally oriented in a north and easterly direction, which coincided with the prevailing wind direction. Although our data indicated that mating disruption can provide growers with an effective non-chemical alternative to chlorpyrifos trunk sprays, several variables may affect its long-term success in West Virginia peach orchards; most notably the presence of high population densities, problems with maintaining adequate pheromone coverage, and the need for area-wide implementation. | en |
| dc.description.version | Published version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Frank, D.L.; Starcher, S.; Chandran, R.S. Comparison of Mating Disruption and Insecticide Application for Control of Peachtree Borer and Lesser Peachtree Borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in Peach. Insects 2020, 11, 658. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11100658 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100081 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Integrated Pest Management | en |
| dc.subject | behavioral control | en |
| dc.subject | pheromone | en |
| dc.subject | Synanthedon exitiosa | en |
| dc.subject | Synanthedon pictipes | en |
| dc.title | Comparison of Mating Disruption and Insecticide Application for Control of Peachtree Borer and Lesser Peachtree Borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in Peach | en |
| dc.title.serial | Insects | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | StillImage | en |