Title: | Research on the practical parameters of sex pheromone traps for the oriental fruit moth |
Author(s): | Zhao ZG; Rong EH; Li SC; Zhang LJ; Kong WN; Hu RS; Zhang JT; Ma RY; |
Address: | "College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1526-4998 (Electronic) 1526-498X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "BACKGROUND: The oriental fruit moth (OFM) is a worldwide fruit-boring insect pest. In China, OFM monitoring traps use a sex pheromone lure, but their overall design is varied. As such, there is a critical need to develop a standardised OFM trap design. In this field study, ten different trap shapes in varying combinations of colours and sizes (such as trap length and surface area) were examined. RESULTS: The results showed that there was no significant difference in the trapping efficiency between eight colours. The ship-shaped trap could kill more OFM in a short period, whereas the automatic watering basin trap could be more effective in the long run. The optimal trapping diameter of the basin trap was 25 cm. The trapping efficiency of triangle traps with diameters of less than 10 cm was better than that of triangle traps with diameters of over 30 cm. The trapping number of pasteboard traps obviously declined when the surface area increased, and the pasteboard trap with a single board possessed excellent trapping efficiency. CONCLUSION: The results provide useful information for the design of standardised sex pheromone traps for monitoring as well as trapping of OFM in the field" |
Keywords: | Animals China Fruit/*parasitology Insect Control/instrumentation/*methods Moths/*drug effects/physiology Plant Diseases/*parasitology Sex Attractants/*pharmacology monitoring and mass trapping oriental fruit moth parameters of traps sex pheromone trap; |
Notes: | "MedlineZhao, Zhi-guo Rong, Er-hua Li, Sheng-Cai Zhang, Li-jun Kong, Wei-na Hu, Rong-shan Zhang, Jin-tong Ma, Rui-yan eng Evaluation Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2013/06/12 Pest Manag Sci. 2013 Oct; 69(10):1181-6. doi: 10.1002/ps.3592. Epub 2013 Jul 15" |