BioOne.org will be down briefly for maintenance on 17 December 2024 between 18:00-22:00 Pacific Time US. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How to translate text using browser tools
17 August 2020 Can the Addition of Odor and Visual Targets Enhance Attraction of the Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) to Sticky Traps?
Arjun Khadka, Sandra A. Allan, Daniel Cho, Emma N. I. Weeks
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, negatively impacts the citrus industry as it transmits Candidatus Liberibacter spp., the causal agent of citrus greening. Monitoring D. citri population levels is critical for management of vectors and citrus greening and is usually through use of yellow sticky traps. In our study, use of odors, odor blends, and visual targets were evaluated to determine whether attraction to yellow sticky traps could be improved. Methyl salicylate consistently increased D. citri attraction to decoy yellow but not to other yellow or yellow/green traps. Addition of a visual target did not enhance attraction to sticky traps. While several chemical blends were evaluated, they did not increase psyllid attraction to decoy yellow traps.The increased attraction to traps with methyl salicylate is promising and may contribute to trapping efficiency under field conditions.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2020. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
Arjun Khadka, Sandra A. Allan, Daniel Cho, and Emma N. I. Weeks "Can the Addition of Odor and Visual Targets Enhance Attraction of the Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) to Sticky Traps?," Journal of Economic Entomology 113(5), 2563-2567, (17 August 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa184
Received: 29 May 2020; Accepted: 19 July 2020; Published: 17 August 2020
JOURNAL ARTICLE
5 PAGES

This article is only available to subscribers.
It is not available for individual sale.
+ SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

KEYWORDS
Huanglongbing
methyl salicylate
olfaction
surveillance
vision
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top