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Pest Manag Sci

Title:		Pest management programmes in vineyards using male mating disruption
Author(s):		Harari AR; Zahavi T; Gordon D; Anshelevich L; Harel M; Ovadia S; Dunkelblum E;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, the Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel. aharari@volcani.agri.gov.il"
Journal Title:		Pest Manag Sci
Year:		2007
Volume:		63
Issue:		8
Page Number:		769 - 775
DOI:		10.1002/ps.1365
ISSN/ISBN:		1526-498X (Print) 1526-498X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Israeli vine growers have been reluctant to adopt the mating disruption technique for control of the European vine moth, Lobesia botrana Den. & Schiff. Since the chemically controlled honeydew moth, Cryptoblabes gnidiella Mill., coexists with the European vine moth, growers have maintained that the use of mating disruption would fail to bring about a significant reduction in pesticide use. In this study, the efficacy of mating disruption techniques against C. gnidiella was tested, as well as the effect of these methods on pesticide use and damage to clusters when the method was employed against both of the pests in wine grapes. Comparisons were made between plots treated with (1) L. botrana mating disruption pheromone, (2) L. botrana and C. gnidiella mating disruption pheromones and (3) control plots. A significant difference in the number of clusters infested with the developmental stages of the moths was seen between pheromone-treated plots and controls, while no such difference was observed between plots treated with one versus two pheromones. A similar pattern was observed in the number of insecticide applications; the greatest number of applications was used in control plots, followed by plots treated with L. botrana mating disruption pheromone and by plots treated with pheromones against both pests, in which no pesticides were applied"
Keywords:		"Animals Female Fruit/parasitology Male Moths/*physiology Pest Control, Biological/*methods Population Density Quality Control Sex Attractants/*physiology/standards Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology Vitis/*parasitology;"
Notes:		"MedlineHarari, Ally R Zahavi, Tirtza Gordon, Dvora Anshelevich, Leonid Harel, Miriam Ovadia, Shmulik Dunkelblum, Ezra eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2007/05/25 Pest Manag Sci. 2007 Aug; 63(8):769-75. doi: 10.1002/ps.1365"