The invasive spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), is a key insect pest of berries globally, causing lost revenues and increased production costs associated with applications of insecticides.The insecticides utilized are commonly broad-spectrum pyrethroids, organophosphates, or carbamates in conventionally managed fields and spinosad in organically managed fields. Adoption of more selective insecticides has been limited due to their lower residual activity, and the requirement that some must be ingested to be effective. We investigated the use of feeding stimulants for D. suzukii as a method to improve longevity and efficacy in a range of insecticides. In laboratory bioassays, sugar increased the efficacy of all chemical classes tested; however, the inclusion of yeast only showed a benefit with malathion. Feeding stimulants had a limited effect in some cases under field conditions. Similarly, infestation in field plots and a semifield bioassay showed no significant decreases in infestation with the inclusion of feeding stimulants for the insecticides tested in these trials. We discuss the implications of these findings for managing D. suzukii in fruit crops to help ensure the harvest of marketable fruit.
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22 May 2021
Field and Laboratory Testing of Feeding Stimulants to Enhance Insecticide Efficacy Against Spotted-Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)
Philip Fanning,
Srinivas Lanka,
Serhan Mermer,
Judith Collins,
Steven Van Timmeren,
Heather Andrews,
Stephen Hesler,
Gregory Loeb,
Francis Drummond,
Nik G. Wiman,
Vaughn Walton,
Ashfaq A. Sial,
Rufus Isaacs
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 114 • No. 4
August 2021
Vol. 114 • No. 4
August 2021
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invasive
IPM
phagostimulant
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