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Suppression of the Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Population on Pears in Southern Oregon through Mating Disruption with Sex Pheromone

Authors: Moffitt, H. R.; Westigard, P. H.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 77, Number 6, December 1984 , pp. 1513-1519(7)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

When broadcast applications of the sex pheromone (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-ol were made over a 2-year period in pear orchards for suppression of Cydia pomonella (L.) in southern Oregon, communication between the sexes, subsequent mating, and reproduction, as indicated by the degree of damage to the fruit, were significantly reduced. When applied three to five times per season to orchards with initially low population levels, the pheromone precluded response of males to pheromone-baited traps for 16 weeks and gave ca. 90% control as compared to the untreated controls. Little or no control was achieved where initial C. pomonella population levels were high.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1984-12-01

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  • Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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