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Insects

Title:		"Sex Pheromone of Cocoa Pod Borer, Conopomorpha cramerella: Field Activity Evaluation of Pheromone Formulations in an Indonesia Plantation"
Author(s):		Niogret J; Ekayanti A; Zhang A;
Address:		"Mars Wrigley, Nguma-bada Campus, James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD 4878, Australia. Centre for Tropical Environmental & Sustainability Science, Nguma-bada Campus, James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD 4878, Australia. Mars Cocoa Research Centre, Mars Wrigley, Tarengge 92971, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA"
Journal Title:		Insects
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220722
Issue:		8
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/insects13080663
ISSN/ISBN:		2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The previously identified female sex pheromone of cocoa pod borer (CPB), Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), was re-evaluated for male attraction using six different pheromone formulations in Indonesian cocoa plantations. In a dose-response experiment, the 0.1 mg pheromone load was significantly more attractive to male CPB than the lower doses tested. Additionally, during the first four-week trapping period, USDA (Beltsville, MD, USA) lures containing 0.1 mg of synthetic pheromone blend exhibited significantly better attraction than the commercial lure obtained from Alpha Scents, Inc. (Canby, OR, USA) with the same pheromone load (0.1 mg). Although the 1.0 mg lure did not show any higher attraction than the 0.1 mg lure during the first month, it was significantly attractive for CPB males with the same weekly average capture efficacy for the whole twenty-seven weeks in field conditions in 2018. A long-life pheromone lure can be particularly useful in monitoring large-scale cocoa farms"
Keywords:		cocoa pod borer dose-response field evaluation longevity pheromone lure formulation;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINENiogret, Jerome Ekayanti, Arni Zhang, Aijun eng 58-3K95-6615-3-003/Mars - USDA CRADA/ Switzerland 2022/07/28 Insects. 2022 Jul 22; 13(8):663. doi: 10.3390/insects13080663"