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Pest Manag Sci

Title:		Mobile mating disruption of light-brown apple moths using pheromone-treated sterile Mediterranean fruit flies
Author(s):		Suckling DM; Woods B; Mitchell VJ; Twidle A; Lacey I; Jang EB; Wallace AR;
Address:		"The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand. Max.Suckling@plantandfood.co.nz"
Journal Title:		Pest Manag Sci
Year:		2011
Volume:		20110407
Issue:		8
Page Number:		1004 - 1014
DOI:		10.1002/ps.2150
ISSN/ISBN:		1526-4998 (Electronic) 1526-498X (Linking)
Abstract:		"BACKGROUND: Public opposition to aerial application of sex pheromone for mating disruption of light-brown apple moth (LBAM), Epiphyas postvittana (Walk.), in California stopped its further use in the ca $74 million eradication programme in 2008, underscoring the need for other eradication tactics. It is demonstrated that pheromone-treated sterile Mediterranean fruit flies (medflies), Ceratitis capitata Wied., can disrupt communication in male moths. RESULTS: Medflies topically dosed with moth pheromone (E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate showed a no observed effect level (NOEL) of ~10 microg fly(-1) , with increasing toxicity from 30 to 100 microg fly(-1) . Greater potency and longevity of attraction and lower mortality were achieved using microencapsulated pheromone. Releases of 1000 pheromone-treated medflies ha(-1) prevented male moth catch to synthetic lures in treated 4 ha plots for 1 day in suburban Perth, Australia. Releases of ca 3000 pheromone-treated medflies ha(-1) disrupted catch to single female moths in delta traps, and to synthetic pheromone lures. Percentage disruption on the first four nights was 95, 91, 82 and 85%. CONCLUSIONS: Disruption of moth catch using pheromone-treated medflies is a novel development that, with future improvement, might provide a socially acceptable approach for application of the insect mating disruption technique to control invasive insects in urban environments. Adequacy of payload and other issues require resolution"
Keywords:		"Animals *Ceratitis capitata Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated/*administration & dosage/standards Female Male *Moths No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level Pest Control, Biological/*methods Sex Attractants/*administration & dosage/standards;"
Notes:		"MedlineSuckling, David M Woods, Bill Mitchell, Vanessa J Twidle, Andrew Lacey, Ian Jang, Eric B Wallace, Andrew R eng England 2011/04/12 Pest Manag Sci. 2011 Aug; 67(8):1004-14. doi: 10.1002/ps.2150. Epub 2011 Apr 7"