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Coston DJ, Clark SJ, Breeze TD, Field LM, Potts SG, Cook SM. Quantifying the impact of Psylliodes chrysocephala injury on the productivity of oilseed rape. Pest Manag Sci 2024; 80:2383-2392. [PMID: 37899495 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Current European Union and United Kingdom legislation prohibits the use of neonicotinoid insecticidal seed treatments in oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus). This ban, and the reduction in efficacy of pyrethroid insecticide sprays due to resistance, has exacerbated pest pressure from the cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) in winter OSR. We quantified the direct impact of P. chrysocephala injury on the productivity of OSR. Leaf area was removed from young plants to simulate differing intensities of adult feeding injury alone or in combination with varying larval infestation levels. RESULTS OSR can compensate for up to 90% leaf area loss at early growth stages, with no meaningful effect on yield. Significant impacts were observed with high infestations of more than five larvae per plant; plants were shorter, produced fewer flowers and pods, with fewer seeds per pod which had lower oil content and higher glucosinolate content. Such effects were not recorded when five larvae or fewer were present. CONCLUSION These data confirm the yield-limiting potential of the larval stages of P. chrysocephala but suggest that the current action thresholds which trigger insecticide application for both adult and larval stages (25% leaf area loss and five larvae/plant, respectively) are potentially too low as they are below the physiological injury level where plants can fully compensate for damage. Further research in field conditions is needed to define physiological thresholds more accurately as disparity may result in insecticide applications that are unnecessary to protect yield and may in turn exacerbate the development and spread of insecticide resistance in P. chrysocephala. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Duncan J Coston
- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK
- Rothamsted Research, Hertfordshire, UK
- ADAS Boxworth, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK
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- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK
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Forbanka DN, Stemele MA, Heshula LUNP, Dzemo WD, Kotey DA, Taruvinga A, Tshivhandekano PG. Distribution and fixed-precision sampling plans for diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), on winter-spring cabbage. J Econ Entomol 2023; 116:1551-1559. [PMID: 37598309 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella L.) is the most destructive insect pest on cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.). Infestation by this pest usually results in the indiscriminate use of insecticides by farmers due to a lack of sampling plans for this pest. Sampling plans for P. xylostella management decisions on winter-spring cabbage in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa were developed, through population monitoring that comprised weekly counts of immature stages of P. xylostella on 60 plants for 11 wk each during the winter and spring seasons. The mean density-variance relationship was used to describe the distribution of the pest, and number of infested plants was used to develop a fixed-precision sampling plan. All plant growth stages preceding maturation were vulnerable to P. xylostella damage resulting in yield losses. A high aggregation of P. xylostella on cabbage was observed in spring than in winter. The average sample number to estimate P. xylostella density within a 15% standard error of the mean was 35 plants. Furthermore, the estimated plant proportion action threshold (AT) was 51% with density action thresholds of 0.50 and 0.80 for spring and winter, respectively. Fitting P. xylostella cumulative counts in the winter and spring sampling plans resulted in 100% and 45% reduction in insecticide treatments. The similarity of sample size and ATs between both seasons provides evidence that a single sampling plan is practical for all cabbage growing seasons. The similarity of the estimated ATs to those acceptable in established integrated pest management programs indicates reliability.
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- Derick Nomuh Forbanka
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5117, South Africa
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- CSIR-Plant Genetic Resources Research Institute, P.O. Box 7, Bunso Eastern Region, Ghana
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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Schug H, Reisig D, Huseth A, Thrash B, Vann R. Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Thresholds and Yield Compensation Between Soybeans with Determinate and Indeterminate Growth Habits. J Econ Entomol 2022; 115:1564-1570. [PMID: 35980366 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toac119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an important row crop in the United States and Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) is one of the most serious insect pests in this system. Economic thresholds for H. zea were developed from soybean varieties with determinate growth habits. However, southern USA farmers have recently planted more soybeans varieties with indeterminate growth habits. Trials were conducted with two determinate and two indeterminate varieties within the same relative maturity group. Levels were compared among groups with differing H. zea pressure (low, medium, high, naturally infested) and manipulated using insecticides. Our objectives were to evaluate yield compensation differences among determinate and indeterminate varieties at these different H. zea pressures and to see if the existing economic threshold should be adjusted between growth habits. Since H. zea larval populations varied across trials, we compared trials with low populations, high populations, and no population. Generally, larval counts did not differ among varieties. We found no yield differences among varieties or between growth habits, regardless of H. zea pressure. In the high population tests, yield was highest in the low population plots, but there was no compensation by the plant in yield components except in number of pods with one seed. In contrast, yield components varied widely across varieties, but these differences were independent of H. zea pressure. These results suggest the economic threshold can be used for determinate and indeterminate growth habits, but more research is needed to confirm this with a larger selection of varieties, planting dates, and maturity groups.
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- Hayden Schug
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center, 207 Research Station Road, Plymouth, NC 27962, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center, 207 Research Station Road, Plymouth, NC 27962, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7630, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, 2001 Highway 70 East, Lonoke, AR 72086, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7620, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Schutze IX, Naranjo SE, Yamamoto PT. Impact of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on Soybean Yield and Quality Under Field Conditions. J Econ Entomol 2022; 115:757-766. [PMID: 35323936 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toac026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a key insect pest in soybean fields in Brazil but data are lacking on the relationship between pest abundance and crop yield and quality. Controlled infestation studies were conducted on caged soybean plants in the field over a two year period at two sites in Brazil. Differences in temperature in the two years affected population growth of B. tabaci, reaching 413 nymphs per leaflet in the first year, and 179 the second year even when the average temperature was 3ºC higher. Higher temperatures promoted a shorter lifecycle and nearly one more generation. Yield was affected with losses up to 500 kg/ha in 2017/2018 and 1,147 kg/ha in 2018/2019. A decrease in the weight of a thousand grains of 18 and 33 g was observed in the first and second year, respectively. No significant differences were observed in grain germination, but estimated losses in protein content were up to 440 kg/ha at the highest infestation level. Pest density and yield data were used to estimate economic injury levels (EILs). EILs ranged from 2.5 to 25.67 nymphs per leaflet and 0.17-1.79 adults per leaflet over a range of control costs, soybean production values, and control efficacies. These results should provide data useful toward development of pest management decision making tools.
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- Inana X Schutze
- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, 13418-900, 11 Pádua Dias Avenue, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, 21881 North Cardon Lane, Maricopa, AZ 85138, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, 13418-900, 11 Pádua Dias Avenue, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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Harrington K, Carrière Y, Mostafa AM. Re-evaluating the Economic Injury Level for Alfalfa Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Control in Low Desert Irrigated Alfalfa. J Econ Entomol 2021; 114:1173-1179. [PMID: 33900397 PMCID: PMC8195532 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toab070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) dominates cropping systems in the Western United States and is first in terms of acreage planted in Arizona. The alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gylenhall) and/or Hypera brunneipennis (Boheman), respectively, is the most destructive pest in terms of yield loss in low desert-grown alfalfa hay. The current economic threshold of 15-20 larvae per sweep, established in California in 1975, is currently not suitable or adopted by growers in the western U.S. low desert. Here, we conducted 4 yr of field trials to re-evaluate this economic threshold. Supporting observations of agricultural growers and professionals in the region, our results indicate that the economic threshold established in 1975 is too high. Specifically, one to three large larvae often cause a significant decrease in yield justifying weevil control based on current hay prices and costs of insecticide application. These results are discussed in the context of sustainable alfalfa production in the western U.S. low desert.
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- K Harrington
- Department of Field Crops Integrated Pest Management, University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Field Crops Integrated Pest Management, University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Corresponding author, e-mail:
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Bryant TB, Dorman SJ, Reisig DD, Dillard D, Schürch R, Taylor SV. Reevaluating the Economic Injury Level for Brown Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) at Various Growth Stages of Maize. J Econ Entomol 2020; 113:2250-2258. [PMID: 32840569 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toaa173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Economic yield loss and reduction in grain quality from brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say), feeding injury in early and late stages of maize, Zea mays (Poales: Poaceae, Linnaeus), development was assessed in Virginia and North Carolina in 2018 and 2019. Varying levels of stink bug infestations were introduced to seedling maize (V2-early stage), and a range of late-stages of maize, including 1) the last stage of vegetative development (V12/V14), 2) prior to tasseling, 3) at tasseling (VT), and 4) across all tested late growth stages. Euschistus servus infestation levels included 33, 67, and 100% of maize seedlings, and 25, 50, 100, and 200% of plants during later stages. Infestations were maintained on seedling maize for 7 d, and 8 or 16 d in reproductive stages. Infestation level in seedling maize had an impact on grain yield. Infestation level and growth stage both had an impact on grain yield in reproductive maize. The percentage of discolored kernels was also affected by infestation level, but not growth stage. Regression analysis between grain yield and infestation level indicated that the average economic injury level is 7% in seedling maize (7 bugs/100 plants) and 12% (12 bugs/100 plants) from the last vegetative stages (V12/V14) through pollination (VT). The economic injury level in the late vegetative stages is only applicable when infestations are present for an extended period of time (16 d), emphasizing the need for continued scouting of maize throughout the season to make informed management decisions.
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- Tim B Bryant
- Virginia Tech, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Suffolk, VA
- Clemson University, PeeDee Research and Education Center, Florence, SC
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- Virginia Tech, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Suffolk, VA
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- North Carolina State University, Vernon James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth, NC
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- North Carolina State University, Vernon James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth, NC
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- Virginia Tech, Department of Entomology, Blacksburg, VA
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- Virginia Tech, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Suffolk, VA
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Karlsson Green K, Stenberg JA, Lankinen Å. Making sense of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the light of evolution. Evol Appl 2020; 13:1791-1805. [PMID: 32908586 PMCID: PMC7463341 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach to combat pests (including herbivores, pathogens, and weeds) using a combination of preventive and curative actions, and only applying synthetic pesticides when there is an urgent need. Just as the recent recognition that an evolutionary perspective is useful in medicine to understand and predict interactions between hosts, diseases, and medical treatments, we argue that it is crucial to integrate an evolutionary framework in IPM to develop efficient and reliable crop protection strategies that do not lead to resistance development in herbivores, pathogens, and weeds. Such a framework would not only delay resistance evolution in pests, but also optimize each element of the management and increase the synergies between them. Here, we outline key areas within IPM that would especially benefit from a thorough evolutionary understanding. In addition, we discuss the difficulties and advantages of enhancing communication among research communities rooted in different biological disciplines and between researchers and society. Furthermore, we present suggestions that could advance implementation of evolutionary principles in IPM and thus contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture that is resilient to current and emerging pests.
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- Kristina Karlsson Green
- Department of Plant Protection BiologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesAlnarpSweden
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- Department of Plant Protection BiologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesAlnarpSweden
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- Department of Plant Protection BiologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesAlnarpSweden
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Knutson AE, Mitchell F. Economic Injury Level for Bermudagrass Stem Maggot (Diptera: Muscidae) in Bermudagrass Forage Production in Texas. J Econ Entomol 2019; 112:2215-2221. [PMID: 31214703 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toz153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The bermudagrass stem maggot, Atherigona reversura Villeneuve (Diptera: Muscidae), was first reported damaging bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers grown for forage in 2010 in the southeastern United States. Injury results from individual larvae feeding internally on the vascular tissue just above the terminal node of the grass stem. Injury slows plant growth and reduces forage accumulation. To address the need for economic guidelines to manage this new pest, the relationship between the percent of stems damaged by bermudagrass stem maggot and forage yield was measured in commercial bermudagrass hay fields in northcentral Texas. Yield loss was estimated to be 9.97 kg/ha (8.90 lbs /acre) for each percentage of stems with bermudagrass stem maggot damage. This relationship was used to calculate economic injury levels for a range of hay market values and control costs. The impact of stem damage on protein content, energy, and digestibility of bermudagrass hay was also investigated. Although there was a significant trend for declining forage quality with increasing stem damage, stem damage explained very little of the model's variability.
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- Allen E Knutson
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Stephenville, TX
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Gordy JW, Brewer MJ, Bowling RD, Buntin GD, Seiter NJ, Kerns DL, Reay-Jones FPF, Way MO. Development of Economic Thresholds for Sugarcane Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Susceptible Grain Sorghum Hybrids. J Econ Entomol 2019; 112:1251-1259. [PMID: 30816948 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toz028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari Zehtner (Hemiptera: Aphididae), outbreaks on grain sorghum were first detected in the United States in 2013. The spread of sugarcane aphid across the sorghum-producing regions of North America necessitated increased insecticide use to mitigate economic loss. A field experiment to develop economic thresholds for sugarcane aphid was conducted 15 times across seven locations across the southern United States during 3 yr (2014-2016). Grain sorghum hybrids were evaluated by measuring yield in response to a range of aphid infestations. Yield-aphid population density relationships were described by linear function, which facilitated calculating economic injury levels and economic thresholds. The slopes of the yield-aphid density regressions were significant, negative, and relatively stable across locations, years, and agronomic conditions. The relationships aggregated into two groups, populations that exhibited relatively slow and fast population growth, and common economic injury levels were determined using control costs and market values of grain. Average economic injury levels of 37 and 102 aphids per leaf were most applicable to the two groupings of sorghum/aphid relationships and aphid population growth. Using field-based sugarcane aphid population doubling time estimated from weekly observations of aphid densities, economic thresholds were calculated, ranging from 19 to 132 aphids per leaf across the 15 locations-years. Without site-specific knowledge of a slow-growing aphid population and given cost and market price variability of the system, a 40 aphid per leaf threshold is most prudent to use across the range of hybrid, environmental, and market conditions experienced in this study.
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- John W Gordy
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, TAMU, College Station, TX
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Corpus Christi, TX
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, W. Peabody Drive, Urbana, IL
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, TAMU, College Station, TX
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Beaumont, TX
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de O Lima CH, Sarmento RA, Pereira PS, Ribeiro AV, Souza DJ, Picanço MC. Economic injury levels and sequential sampling plans for control decision-making systems of Bemisia tabaci biotype B adults in watermelon crops. Pest Manag Sci 2019; 75:998-1005. [PMID: 30204285 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Decision-making systems are essential parts of integrated pest management programs. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a major pest of many crops, including watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), the second most consumed fruit worldwide. However, there are still no studies on decision-making systems for B. tabaci on this crop. Thus, we aim to determine a decision-making system to control B. tabaci biotype B on watermelon crops. RESULTS The highest densities of B. tabaci biotype B reduced the yield of watermelon crops by up to 56%. Watermelon plants were more susceptible to the pest at the vegetative stage than at the reproductive stage. The economic injury levels of B. tabaci biotype B when watermelon prices were low, average, and high were respectively, 0.52, 0.21 and 0.13 adults leaf-1 at the vegetative stage, and 1.69, 0.69 and 0.44 adults leaf-1 at the reproductive stage. The sequential plans reached the same decisions as the conventional plan, and reduced the time and cost of sampling by up to 92.68%. CONCLUSION The decision-making systems determined in this study enable an expedited and proper decision to be made for controlling B. tabaci, biotype B and can be used in different price situations for watermelon and in crops at different phenological stages. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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Carrière Y, Antilla L, Liesner L, Tabashnik BE. Large-Scale Evaluation of Association Between Pheromone Trap Captures and Cotton Boll Infestation for Pink Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). J Econ Entomol 2017; 110:1345-1350. [PMID: 28334341 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Although transgenic cotton producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a cornerstone for pink bollworm control in some countries, integrated pest management remains important for bolstering sustainability of Bt cotton and is critical for controlling pink bollworm where Bt cotton is not available or where this pest has evolved resistance to Bt cotton. Here, we used data on moth captures in gossyplure-baited pheromone traps and boll infestations for 163 Bt and 152 non-Bt cotton fields from Arizona to evaluate accuracy of chemical control decisions relying on moth trapping data and capacity of Bt cotton to suppress survival of offspring produced by moths. Assuming an economic injury level of 12% boll infestation, the accuracy of decisions based on moth captures corresponding to economic thresholds of 6%, 8%, and 10% boll infestation increased from 44.7% to 67.1%. The association between moth captures and boll infestation was positive and significant for non-Bt cotton fields but was not significant for Bt cotton fields. Although chemical control decisions based on trapping data were only moderately accurate, pheromone traps could still be valuable for determining when moth populations are high enough to trigger boll sampling to more rigorously evaluate the need for insecticide sprays.
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- Yves Carrière
- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 ( ; )
- Corresponding author, e-mail:
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- Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council, Phoenix, AZ 85040 (; )
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- Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council, Phoenix, AZ 85040 (; )
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (; )
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Tuan SJ, Lee CC, Tang LC, Saska P. Economic Injury Level and Demography-Based Control Timing Projection of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at Different Growth Stages of Arachis hypogaea. J Econ Entomol 2017; 110:755-762. [PMID: 28334106 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Spodoptera litura (F.), one of the most devastating pests in many Asian countries, is normally controlled by relying on chemical insecticides. To encourage an integrated pest management approach, we determined the economic injury level (EIL) for S. litura on peanut, Arachis hypogaea L., by larval infestation with late instars at different crop growth stages. The cumulative consumption rate of the fifth- and sixth-instars was used as the relative unit for the "Spodoptera injury equivalent" (SIE). The yield of marketable pods significantly decreased from 6.19 to 1.63 g.plant-1 as larval infestation intensity increased throughout the entire cropping season. When supplemented with timely applications of the insecticide, indoxacarb, an oxadiazine insecticide, the EIL values obtained in the larval infestation trial ranged from 3.26 to 13.47 SIE per 20 plants depending on the timing of initial infestation. The economic threshold (ET) for late instars, i.e., multiplying the EIL by 0.75, could not be utilized as a control timing index for the outbreak of injurious larvae population because of the time-lag. When the occurrence of natural mortality in the egg to pupal stage was considered, the ETs were adjusted to reflect the average survivorship. ETs of 27.3, 55.9, 51.3, and 112.6 eggs.m-2 were recommended at the early vegetative growth, blooming/pegging, pod-setting, and pod-filling stages, respectively, for initiating control measures. By simulating the pest population with the program, Timing-MSChart, we integrated the stage-specific EILs and ETs with the life-table data of S. litura on peanut and then proposed a demography-based control timing.
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- Shu-Jen Tuan
- Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China (; ; )
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- Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China (; ; )
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- Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China (; ; )
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- Faculty of Crop Research Institute, Department of Ecology, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, Prague 6 - Suchdol 165 21, Czech Republic ( )
- Group Functional Diversity of Invertebrates and Plants in Agroecosystems, Crop Research Institute, Drnovsk_ 507, Prague 6 - Ruzyn_ 161 06, Czech Republic
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Haviland DR, Rill SM, Morse JG. Impact of Citrus Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on the Growth and Productivity of Southern Highbush Blueberries in California. J Econ Entomol 2016; 109:2454-2462. [PMID: 27707946 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Citrus thrips, Scirtothrips citri (Moulton), is a foliage-feeding pest of blueberries in the San Joaquin Valley of California. We conducted a 4-yr field study to determine the type and amount of damage caused by this species. Using pesticides, we established gradients of citrus thrips in commercial blueberry fields near Richgrove, CA, in the fall of 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2014. Thrips densities were evaluated weekly for ∼1 mo to determine cumulative thrips-days and correlate levels with the average length of new growth. During all four years of the study, there were significant negative correlations between thrips-days and shoot length (for every 100 thrips-days over a period of 4-5 wk there were reductions in the length of new shoot growth of 0.41 to 2.45 cm, 6.4-10.3%). During the spring following each trial, we evaluated the impact of thrips-days on blueberry yield and quality. During the 2006 trial, there was a significant negative correlation between thrips-days and yield as well as the number of berries per plant, but no yield effect was observed in the other three years of the study. No impacts on fruit quality were found any year. A discussion of the complexity of economic injury levels in blueberries is provided, especially considering that the cost of spraying for citrus thrips (estimated at US$150/ha) is almost irrelevant given crop values often in excess of US$100,000/ha.
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- David R Haviland
- University of California Cooperative Extension, Kern County, 1031 South Mount Vernon, Bakersfield, CA 93307 (; )
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- University of California Cooperative Extension, Kern County, 1031 South Mount Vernon, Bakersfield, CA 93307 (; )
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- Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, 3401 Watkins Dr., Riverside, CA 92521
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Adams BP, Cook DR, Catchot AL, Gore J, Musser F, Stewart SD, Kerns DL, Lorenz GM, Irby JT, Golden B. Evaluation of Corn Earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) , Economic Injury Levels in Mid-South Reproductive Stage Soybean. J Econ Entomol 2016; 109:1161-1166. [PMID: 27063843 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Field experiments were conducted in Starkville and Stoneville, MS; Marianna, AR; Winnsboro, LA; and Jackson, TN, during 2012 and 2014 to evaluate the relationship of corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), larval density and yield and the relationship between the percentage of damaged pods and yield in Mid-South soybean systems. Corn earworm moths were infested into field cages at R2 for 5-11 d to achieve a range of larval densities within each plot. Larval density was estimated at 14 d after infestation. Total pods and damaged pods were determined at 19 days after infestation to obtain the percentage of damaged pods. Plots were harvested at the end of each growing season and yield recorded. Data were subjected to regression analysis, and the relationship between larval density and yield and the relationship between the percentage of damaged pods and yield both can be described by a linear relationship. Each increase of one larvae per row-m resulted in a yield loss of 45.4 kg/ha. Similarly, each increase of 1% damaged pods resulted in a yield loss of 29.4 kg/ha. From these data, economic injury levels were developed for a range of crop values and control costs. These data suggest that current corn earworm threshold use in the Mid-South should be reduced.
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Haviland DR, Beede RH, Daane KM. Crop Loss Relationships and Economic Injury Levels for Ferrisia gilli (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Infesting Pistachio in California. J Econ Entomol 2015; 108:2683-2690. [PMID: 26470369 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Ferrisia gilli Gullan (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a new pest in California pistachios, Pistacea vera L. We conducted a 3-yr field study to determine the type and amount of damage caused by F. gilli. Using pesticides, we established gradients of F. gilli densities in a commercial pistachio orchard near Tipton, CA, from 2005 to 2007. Each year, mealybug densities on pistachio clusters were recorded from May through September and cumulative mealybug-days were determined. At harvest time, nut yield per tree (5% dried weight) was determined, and subsamples of nuts were evaluated for market quality. Linear regression analysis of cumulative mealybug-days against fruit yield and nut quality measurements showed no relationships in 2005 and 2006, when mealybug densities were moderate. However, in 2007, when mealybug densities were very high, there was a negative correlation with yield (for every 1,000 mealybug-days, there was a decrease in total dry weight per tree of 0.105 kg) and percentage of split unstained nuts (for every 1,000 mealybug-days, there was a decrease in the percentage of split unstained of 0.560%), and a positive correlation between the percentage of closed kernel and closed blank nuts (for every 1,000 mealybug-days, there is an increase in the percentage of closed kernel and closed blank of 0.176 and 0.283%, respectively). The data were used to determine economic injury levels, showing that for each mealybug per cluster in May there was a 4.73% reduction in crop value associated with quality and a 0.866 kg reduction in yield per tree (4.75%).
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- David R Haviland
- University of California Cooperative Extension, Kern County, 1031 South Mount Vernon, Bakersfield, CA 93307.
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- University of California Cooperative Extension, Kings County, 680 Campus Drive, Suite A, Hanford, CA 93230
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
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Chasen EM, Undersander DJ, Cullen EM. Revisiting the Economic Injury Level and Economic Threshold Model for Potato Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Alfalfa. J Econ Entomol 2015; 108:1748-1756. [PMID: 26470316 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The economic injury level for potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae (Harris), in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) was developed over 30 yr ago. In response to increasing market value of alfalfa, farmers and consultants are interested in reducing the economic threshold for potato leafhopper in alfalfa. To address this question, caged field trials were established on two consecutive potato leafhopper susceptible crops in 2013. Field cages were infested with a range of potato leafhopper densities to create a linear regression of alfalfa yield response. The slopes, or yield loss per insect, for the linear regressions of both trials were used to calculate an economic injury level for a range of current alfalfa market values and control costs. This yield-loss relationship is the first quantification that could be used to help assess whether the economic threshold should be lowered, given the increased market value of alfalfa.
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- Elissa M Chasen
- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706.
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706. Department of Plant Science, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768
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