DISRUPTION OF PHEROMONE COMMUNICATION WITH MICRO‐ENCAPSULATED ANTIPHEROMONES AGAINST ADOXOPHYES ORANA
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Vol. 20 (2) , 163-169
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1976.tb02629.x
Abstract
The antipheromone of the summer fruit tortrix moth, Adoxophyes orana F.v.R. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), a mixture of trans‐9 and trans‐11‐tetradecenyl acetate in the proportion 9: 1, has been formulated in microcapsules for spraying in a disruption experiment.Three sprays with 2 weeks interval have been applied against the second flight of A. orana during August and September 1974 in an unsprayed 0.2 hectare plot of an apple orchard.The fact that fewer moths have been caught in the monitoring sex pheromone traps in the treated area indicates that sufficient antipheromone was present in the orchard to cause disruption of the pheromone communication. The lower number of larvae of the next generation found in the treated area provides further support to favourable prospects for this pest control method.RÉSUMÉ: INTERRUPTION DE LA COMMUNICATION PAR PHÉROMONE, PAR EMPLOI D'ANTIPHÉROMONES SOUS FORME DE MICROCAPSULES, DANS LA LUTTE CONTRE ADOXOPHYES ORANAL'antiphéromone de la tordeuse du pommier, Adoxophyes orana, un mélange de trans‐9 et trans‐11 tetradecenyl acétate, dans une proportion 9: 1, a été formulée en microcapsules en vue d'un essai d'interruption de la reproduction.Pendant le deuxième vol de A. orana en août‐septembre, 3 pulvérisations ont été effectuées dans une partie d'un verger de pommiers de 0,2 ha.Dans la zône traitée, les captures très réduites dans les pièges à phéromone sexuelle indiquent qu'il y avait assez d'antiphéromone répandue dans le verger pour entraîner une interruption de la communication entre les sexes. Le fait que le nombre de chenilles de la génération suivante était également diminué dans la parcelle traitée, offre de bonnes perspectives pour cette méthode de lutte.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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