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23 May 2017 Sex Pheromone Dosages and Release Point Densities for Mating Disruption of Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in NE China Corn Fields
Ri-zhao Chen, Chung-kuang Jow, Michael G. Klein, Yu-di Jia, Da-yu Zhang, Lan-bing Li
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Mating disruption of Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) with its sex pheromone has not been commonly used in NE China due to a lack of information about optimal sex pheromone dosages and the density of release points required in the field. During 2014–2016, first, the two active pheromone ingredients were evaluated in the laboratory alone at ca. 2.5–5.0 mg, or in combination at 0.2–6.0 mg, to disrupt male O. furnacalis mating behaviors. Then, mating disruption areas, with radii of <8.0 m, were determined with those same dosages in corn, an orchard, and soybean fields by comparing male captures in sentinel traps in the control plots with those in corresponding disruption treatments. Finally, 6.0 (F30) and 0.2 mg (Fs) dosages were used in fields at 20–640 and 200–6,400 release points/ha. We found that ≥6.0 mg of the binary pheromone mixture, or ca. 5.0 mg of either of the two single components, completely disrupted mating behaviors, and F30 of the binary mixture provided a 200-m2 disruption area, with at least 50% capture reductions. At a density of 60–640 and 600–6,400 points/ha in a corn field, F30 and Fs dosages provided >90% mating disruption, leaf protection, and ear protection. The dispenser densities and inverse male catches in traps tended to follow a noncompetitive mechanism of mating disruption. Since 85% disruption of mating with 200–400 0.02 mg release points/ha was obtained, that level is recommended as the choice in future NE China O. furnacalis IPM programs.

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Ri-zhao Chen, Chung-kuang Jow, Michael G. Klein, Yu-di Jia, Da-yu Zhang, and Lan-bing Li "Sex Pheromone Dosages and Release Point Densities for Mating Disruption of Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in NE China Corn Fields," Environmental Entomology 46(4), 916-925, (23 May 2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx098
Received: 27 January 2017; Accepted: 4 May 2017; Published: 23 May 2017
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KEYWORDS
corn protection
male inhibition
mating behavior
Ostrinia furnacalis
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