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Environ Entomol

Title:		Effect of dose and trap type on captures of striped and spotted cucumber beetles using synthetic vittatalactone
Author(s):		Pasteur K; Haber AI; Weber DC;
Address:		"Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA"
Journal Title:		Environ Entomol
Year:		2023
Volume:		20230803
Issue:
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.1093/ee/nvad075
ISSN/ISBN:		1938-2936 (Electronic) 0046-225X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum (F.) and spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber) are key pests of cucurbits. Pesticide applications directed against cucumber beetles can jeopardize bee pollination which is essential to crop yield. Alternative selective tactics, including behavioral control for managing cucumber beetles, are needed in order to improve pest management. The striped cucumber beetle pheromone vittatalactone is attractive to both male and female adults, and also to spotted cucumber beetles. We tested the response of both species to different doses of synthetic vittatalactone, and to different trap types, in field trapping experiments in Maryland. Both species showed strong dose-response in May-June and October 2020. Among 12 trap types tested during a 2-wk experiment in June, using 1 mg mixed vittatalactone, sticky panel traps caught the most of each species, with vittatalactone-baited traps exceeding unbaited traps by >8 fold for striped and >2 fold for spotted, and with significant response to yellow versus clear color absent in striped, but strong in spotted. Among nonsticky traps, those with yellow or yellow-green exceeded those without these colors for both beetle species, and a ground-placed boll weevil trap captured the most striped cucumber beetles. Bucket-style traps caught excessive nontarget bumblebees (Bombus spp.) if yellow, and a few beetles, if all green. Results allow field monitoring with a choice of sticky or nonsticky traps and suggested lure loading of 1 mg mixed vittatalactone, containing ~90 mug active isomer. These findings contribute to the development of multispecies behavioral monitoring and control as a component of cucurbit IPM"
Keywords:		chemical ecology dose-response monitoring pheromone trap;
Notes:		"PublisherPasteur, Kayla Haber, Ariela I Weber, Donald C eng England 2023/08/04 Environ Entomol. 2023 Aug 3:nvad075. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvad075"