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Title:		"Fermenting Bread Dough as a Cheap, Effective, Nontoxic, and Generic Attractant for Pest Snails and Slugs"
Author(s):		Veasey R; Cordoba M; Colton A; Fujimoto L; Dodge C; Foley I; Adams G; Anderson T; Merenz R; Hara A; Roda A; Millar J; Mc Donnell R;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Services, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720, USA. Montana Department of Agriculture, University or Institute, Helena, MT 59601, USA. USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Billings, MT 59102, USA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture, Miami, FL 33158, USA"
Journal Title:		Insects
Year:		2021
Volume:		20210407
Issue:		4
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/insects12040328
ISSN/ISBN:		2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Invasive slugs and snails are among the most damaging pests of agriculture in temperate and tropical regions of the world. Control options, however, are limited and there is a heavy reliance on chemical molluscicides of variable efficacy. There is an ongoing need to improve management methods. Here, we show that a simple fermenting bread dough formulation (flour, water, and yeast) was effective in attracting pest mollusk species in laboratory tests, and in multiple replicated field trials in Hawaii, Oregon, and Montana. The dough attracted substantially more terrestrial pest gastropods, including invasive species of major economic importance such as Cornu aspersum, Deroceras reticulatum, Ambigolimax valentianus, Xerolenta obvia, Lissachatina fulica, and Parmarion martensi, than water controls. The dough remained attractive for at least 8 days and was significantly more attractive than a widely used metaldehyde-based bait, Deadline((R)) M-Ps. Thus, fermenting bread dough represents a nontoxic, generic, and effective tool to aid in managing pest gastropod infestations, either using baited traps or in attract-and-kill approaches. Given its simplicity, low cost, and the ready availability of its ingredients, the dough also has potential to be used in developing countries where access to commercial molluscicide baits is limited by cost"
Keywords:		bread dough fermentation invasive species lure pest management slugs snails terrestrial gastropods;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEVeasey, Robin Cordoba, Maria Colton, Andrew Fujimoto, Leonard Dodge, Christine Foley, Ian Adams, Gary Anderson, Taelor Merenz, Richard Hara, Arnold Roda, Amy Millar, Jocelyn Mc Donnell, Rory eng AP17PPQST00C076, AP17PPQST00C077, AP16PPQST81300528CA, AP17PPQST00C025, AP17PPQST00C027/U.S. Department of Agriculture/ Switzerland 2021/05/01 Insects. 2021 Apr 7; 12(4):328. doi: 10.3390/insects12040328"