Control of Eucosma sonomana by Mating Disruption With Synthetic Sex Attractant12

1 April 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 75 (2) , 315-318
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/75.2.315

Abstract

Synthetic pheromone, when applied by air in ConRel® fibers or Hercon® flakes at 10 to 20 g of AI/ha, reduced damage to pines caused by larvae of a pine shoot borer, Eucosma sonomana Kearfott, by 76 to 88%. Lesser dosages of 0.2 to 2 g/ha were less effective.

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MATING DISRUPTION WITH SYNTHETIC SEX ATTRACTANTS CONTROLS DAMAGE BY EUCOSMA SONOMANA (LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE, OLETHREUTINAE) IN PINUS PONDEROSA PLANTATIONS: I. MANUALLY APPLIED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE FORMULATION
The Canadian Entomologist, 1980