Management of insect pests using semiochemical traps

TY - GEN

T1 - Management of insect pests using semiochemical traps

AU - Baroffio, C. A.

AU - Guibert, V.

AU - Richoz, P.

AU - Rogivue, A.

AU - Borg-Karlsson, A. K.

AU - Cross, J.

AU - Fountain, M.

AU - Hall, D.

AU - Ralle, B.

AU - Sigsgaard, Lene

AU - Trandem, N.

AU - Wibe, A.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - In the absence of effective control measures, the strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi) (SBW) and the raspberry beetle (Byturus tomentosus) (RB) cause large (10 - >80%) losses in yield and quality in organically grown raspberry. Attractive lures for both pests were combined into a single multitrap for the economical management of both of these pests at the same time. This is one of the first approaches to pest management of non-lepidopteran insect pests of horticultural crops using semiochemicals in the EU, and probably the first to target multiple species from different insect orders. The aim is to develop optimized lures and cost-effective trap designs for mass trapping and to determine the optimum density and spatial and temporal patterns of deployment of the traps for controlling these pests by mass trapping. The combination between an aggregation pheromone that attracts Anthonomus rubi and a raspberry flower volatile that attracts Byturus tomentosus seems to be the best combination.

AB - In the absence of effective control measures, the strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi) (SBW) and the raspberry beetle (Byturus tomentosus) (RB) cause large (10 - >80%) losses in yield and quality in organically grown raspberry. Attractive lures for both pests were combined into a single multitrap for the economical management of both of these pests at the same time. This is one of the first approaches to pest management of non-lepidopteran insect pests of horticultural crops using semiochemicals in the EU, and probably the first to target multiple species from different insect orders. The aim is to develop optimized lures and cost-effective trap designs for mass trapping and to determine the optimum density and spatial and temporal patterns of deployment of the traps for controlling these pests by mass trapping. The combination between an aggregation pheromone that attracts Anthonomus rubi and a raspberry flower volatile that attracts Byturus tomentosus seems to be the best combination.

KW - Anthonomus rubi

KW - Byturus tomentosus

KW - Raspberry

KW - Semiochemical trap

U2 - 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1137.17

DO - 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1137.17

M3 - Conference article

AN - SCOPUS:84984939467

SN - 0567-7572

VL - 1137

SP - 121

EP - 127

JO - Acta Horticulturae

JF - Acta Horticulturae

T2 - International Symposium on Innovation in Integrated and Organic Horticulture 2015

Y2 - 8 June 2015 through 12 June 2015

ER -