| Title: | Pyridine compounds increase thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) trap capture in an onion crop |
| Author(s): | Davidson MM; Butler RC; Teulon DA; |
| Address: | "New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand. davidsonm@crop.cri.nz" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-0493 (Print) 0022-0493 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The effect of the thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) lures ethyl isonicotinate, methyl isonicotinate, and ethyl nicotinate on numbers of thrips captured in white water traps in an onion (Allium spp.) crop, in New Zealand, was examined. Female onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (69.0%), and Thrips obscuratus Crawford (27.8%) (males and females) were the most common species found in traps in the onion crop. Ethyl isonicotinate, methyl isonicotinate, and ethyl nicotinate caught 18, 12, and 4x more onion thrips, respectively, than controls (no-lure). In contrast, traps with ethyl isonicotinate set up in a grass field at the same time as the onion crop trial caught 84x more onion thrips than traps without this lure. For T. obscuratus, traps with ethyl isonicotinate, methyl isonicotinate, and ethyl nicotinate caught 10, 13, and 12x more thrips, respectively, than controls in the onion crop" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Female Insect Control/*methods Insecta/*drug effects Male *Onions Pheromones/*pharmacology Pyridines/*pharmacology;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineDavidson, M M Butler, R C Teulon, D A J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2009/09/10 J Econ Entomol. 2009 Aug; 102(4):1468-71. doi: 10.1603/029.102.0410" |
