| Mobile mating disruption of light-brown apple moths using pheromone-treated sterile Mediterranean fruit flies. | |
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PMID: 21480460 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Public opposition to aerial application of sex pheromone for mating disruption of light-brown apple moth (LBAM), Epiphyas postvittana (Walk.), in California stopped its further use in the ca $ 74 million eradication programme in 2008, underscoring the need for other eradication tactics. It is demonstrated that pheromone-treated sterile Mediterranean fruit flies (medflies), Ceratitis capitata Wied., can disrupt communication in male moths. RESULTS: Medflies topically dosed with moth pheromone (E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate showed a no observed effect level (NOEL) of ∼10 µg fly(-1) , with increasing toxicity from 30 to 100 µg fly(-1) . Greater potency and longevity of attraction and lower mortality were achieved using microencapsulated pheromone. Releases of 1000 pheromone-treated medflies ha(-1) prevented male moth catch to synthetic lures in treated 4 ha plots for 1 day in suburban Perth, Australia. Releases of ca 3000 pheromone-treated medflies ha(-1) disrupted catch to single female moths in delta traps, and to synthetic pheromone lures. Percentage disruption on the first four nights was 95, 91, 82 and 85%. CONCLUSIONS: Disruption of moth catch using pheromone-treated medflies is a novel development that, with future improvement, might provide a socially acceptable approach for application of the insect mating disruption technique to control invasive insects in urban environments. Adequacy of payload and other issues require resolution. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry. |
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David M Suckling; Bill Woods; Vanessa J Mitchell; Andrew Twidle; Ian Lacey; Eric B Jang; Andrew R Wallace |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-7 |
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Title: Pest management science Volume: - ISSN: 1526-4998 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-4-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100898744 Medline TA: Pest Manag Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry. |
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The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand. Max.Suckling@plantandfood.co.nz. |
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