| Title: | Successful management of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in commercial apple orchards with an attract-and-kill strategy |
| Author(s): | Morrison WR; Blaauw BR; Short BD; Nielsen AL; Bergh JC; Krawczyk G; Park YL; Butler B; Khrimian A; Leskey TC; |
| Address: | "USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Center for Animal Health and Grain Research, Manhattan, KS, USA. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, WV, USA. Department of Entomology, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Rutgers University, Bridgeton, NJ, USA. Virginia Tech, Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Winchester, VA, USA. Department of Entomology, Fruit Research and Extension Center, Pennsylvania State University, Biglerville, PA, USA. Division of Plant & Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. Carroll County Cooperative Extension, University of Maryland, Westminster, MD, USA. USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD, USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1526-4998 (Electronic) 1526-498X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "BACKGROUND: Introduction of Halyomorpha halys (Stal) in the USA has disrupted many established integrated pest management programs for specialty crops, especially apple. While current management heavily relies on insecticides, one potential alternative tactic is attract-and-kill (AK), whereby large numbers of H. halys are attracted to and retained in a circumscribed area using attractive semiochemicals and removed from the foraging population with an insecticide. The goal of this study was to evaluate if AK implementation in commercial apple orchards can result in levels of H. halys damage that are equal to or less than those from grower standard management programs. RESULTS: Over 2 years at farms in five Mid-Atlantic USA states, we found that the use of AK resulted in 2-7 times less damage compared with grower standard plots, depending on year and period. At selected trees on which AK was implemented, over 10,000 H. halys individuals were killed in two growing seasons, and the use of AK reduced the crop area treated with insecticide against H. halys by 97%. Using AK had no impact on the natural enemy or secondary pest community over the same period. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the use of AK was effective at managing low to moderate H. halys populations in apple orchards, but must be optimized to increase economic feasibility for grower adoption. (c) 2018 Society of Chemical Industry" |
| Keywords: | Animals *Heteroptera/growth & development Insect Control/*methods *Insecticides Malus/growth & development Mid-Atlantic Region Nymph/growth & development *Pheromones Southeastern United States behaviorally-based management brown marmorated stink bug integ; |
| Notes: | "MedlineMorrison, William R 3rd Blaauw, Brett R Short, Brent D Nielsen, Anne L Bergh, James C Krawczyk, Greg Park, Yong-Lak Butler, Bryan Khrimian, Ashot Leskey, Tracy C eng LNE14-334/Northeast SARE/ England 2018/08/01 Pest Manag Sci. 2019 Jan; 75(1):104-114. doi: 10.1002/ps.5156. Epub 2018 Sep 21" |
