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1 June 2007 Impact of Trap Architecture, Adjacent Habitats, Abiotic Factors, and Host Plant Phenology on Captures of Plum Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Adults
Gérald Lafleur, Gérald Chouinard, Charles Vincent, Daniel Cormier
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Abstract

Pyramid traps, 2.44 m and 3.66 m in height, were compared with standard-sized pyramid traps, 1.22 m in height, to assess the impact of trap architecture on captures of adult plum curculio,Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in two apple (Malus spp.) orchards and a blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) planting. The effects of adjacent habitat (organic orchard versus wooded areas), abiotic factors, and phenological stages of apple also were assessed to determine whether these variables influenced trap captures. Standard-sized pyramidal traps captured significantly more adults than larger trap variants. In the apple orchards, most adults (70–80%) were captured before petal fall with the exception of blocks adjacent to the organic orchard (25%). Significantly more adults were captured along the edge of an apple orchard (managed using an integrated pest management strategy) facing an organic apple orchard (76%) than along the edge facing wooded areas (24%). There was a significant positive correlation between daily trap captures and mean daily temperatures before petal fall in apple orchards.

Gérald Lafleur, Gérald Chouinard, Charles Vincent, and Daniel Cormier "Impact of Trap Architecture, Adjacent Habitats, Abiotic Factors, and Host Plant Phenology on Captures of Plum Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Adults," Journal of Economic Entomology 100(3), 737-744, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[737:IOTAAH]2.0.CO;2
Received: 14 July 2006; Accepted: 4 January 2007; Published: 1 June 2007
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KEYWORDS
apple
Conotrachelus nenuphar
highbush blueberry
traps
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