| Title: | Mating Disruption of the Olive Moth Prays oleae (Bernard) in Olive Groves Using Aerosol Dispensers |
| Author(s): | Ortiz A; Porras A; Marti J; Tudela A; Rodriguez-Gonzalez A; Sambado P; |
| Address: | "Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, EPS Linares, University of Jaen, Avda, Universidad, 23700 Linares, Spain. Biogard, CBC Iberia, Avinguda Diagonal, 605, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. Bioensayos y Experiencias Agricolas S.L, 23001 Jaen, Spain. Instituto de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Biodiversidad, Escuela de Ingenieria Agraria y Forestal (EIAF), Universidad de Leon, Avenida de Portugal 41, 24071 Leon, Spain" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The olive moth (OM), Prays oleae (Bern.) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), is a major olive grove pest worldwide; however, until now, very few studies have investigated the effectiveness of mating disruption (MD) techniques against this pest. Experiments were carried out for two successive years (2019 and 2020) in three different olive groves in Andalucia (Southern Spain) to evaluate mating disruption's efficacy in controlling the OM from the first to the third generation. The effectiveness of MD formulations against the three generations of OM was assessed by determining the percentage of infested olive fruits, the reduction of pheromone trap catches, and the number of affected inflorescences in both MD-treated and untreated control olive groves. The number of release points (one or two aerosol devices per ha) was also evaluated. In all years and trials, the mean number of males caught in traps placed in the MD-treated plots was significantly lower than untreated sites. Mating disruption registered a high suppression of male captures (>75%) in treated plots for two consecutive seasons. Concerning infested olive fruits, substantial reductions (about 80%) were observed in the MD plots of locations B and C, and a reduction of about 40% was detected in location A, compared to the control plot. Results showed that the installation of two aerosol devices/ha reduced fruit damage below 20% of infested olive fruits except for one site where a reduction of about 71% in the MD plot was recorded in 2019. Although few significant differences were associated with OM male catches and infested olive fruits between plots treated with one aerosol/ha and two aerosols/ha in most of the comparisons, significant differences in the number of olive inflorescences infested by P. oleae were found, suggesting a similar performance between the two tested aerosol densities. Results of two-year field trials in Andalucia demonstrated the potential of Mister P X841 aerosol devices as an effective tool for controlling the olive moth, P. oleae" |
| Keywords: | aerosol devices insect sex pheromones integrated pest management olive pest; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEOrtiz, Antonio Porras, Andres Marti, Jordi Tudela, Antonio Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Alvaro Sambado, Paolo eng Switzerland 2021/12/24 Insects. 2021 Dec 13; 12(12):1113. doi: 10.3390/insects12121113" |
