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28 January 2021 Control of Leiodes cinnamomeus (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) in Cultivated Black Truffle Orchards by Kairomone-Based Mass Trapping
Vicente Navarro-Llopis, Borja López, Jaime Primo, María Martín-Santafé, Sandra Vacas
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The monoculture situation of truffle cultivation is favoring the appearance of pests that would not be economically important in naturally balanced forest ecosystems. The most prominent of them is the European truffle beetle Leiodes cinnamomeus (Panzer) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), for which there are no effective control methods capable of reducing its populations. The potential of the mass trapping technique against this beetle, based on adapted pitfall traps and the semiochemical methyl disulfide as an attractant, is explored in the present work. Two trap densities (40 and 80 traps/ha) were tested in 2-yr field trials carried out in the region of Teruel (Spain) with black truffle cultivation tradition. Kairomone dispensers were placed in the field immediately before adult outbreak and remained active there throughout the season. The efficacy of each treatment was measured according to the reduction in beetle populations and the damaged truffles in the center of the treated areas. The results showed that both trapping densities reduced adult populations (mean 57% catch reduction), but 80 traps/ha were needed to significantly lower damage parameters (>40% reduction), percentage of attacked truffles and number of galleries/g truffle. The cost effectiveness of these treatments and possible improvements are discussed.

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Vicente Navarro-Llopis, Borja López, Jaime Primo, María Martín-Santafé, and Sandra Vacas "Control of Leiodes cinnamomeus (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) in Cultivated Black Truffle Orchards by Kairomone-Based Mass Trapping," Journal of Economic Entomology 114(2), 801-810, (28 January 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa317
Received: 14 July 2020; Accepted: 16 December 2020; Published: 28 January 2021
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IPM
kairomone
truffle beetle
Tuber melanosporum
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