Field Trials with the Sex Pheromone of the Potato Tuberworm
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 11 (2) , 367-370
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/11.2.367
Abstract
Two formulations of potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea òperculella (Zeller), sex pheromone, trans -4, cis -7-tridecadien-1-ol-acetate (PTM 1) and PTM 1 + trans -4, cis -7, cis -10, tridecatrien-1-ol acetate (PTM 2) were tested in the field during 1980 and 1981 in Lima, Peru. Mixtures of PTM 1 + PTM 2 were more attractive than PTM 1 alone. Tuber damage of potato clone DTO 33 was related to trap catches. Fields with low moth populations during winter plantings of 1980 did not sustain economic damage. When moth populations were high during summer plantings of 1980, potato clone DTO 33 sustained 42% tuber damage.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Seasonal Patterns of Potato Tuberworm Moth Abundance as Determined by Pheromone Trapping 1Environmental Entomology, 1979
- Evaluation of Survey Trapping Techniques for Potato Tuberworm Moths with Chemical Baited Traps1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1976