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1 December 2002 Evaluation of Preventive Treatments in Low-Density Gypsy Moth Populations Using Pheromone Traps
Alexei A. Sharov, Donna Leonard, Andrew M. Liebhold, Nicholas S. Clemens
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Pheromone traps can be used for evaluating the success of treatments that are applied to either eradicate or delay the growth of isolated low-density populations of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.). We developed an index of treatment success, T, that measures the reduction in moth counts in the block treated adjusted by the change in moth counts in the reference area around it. This index was used to analyze the effectiveness of treatments that were conducted as part of the USDA Forest Service Slow-the-Spread of the gypsy moth project from 1993 to 2001. Out of 556 treatments that were applied during this period, 266 (188,064 ha) were selected for the analysis based on several criteria. They included 173 blocks treated with Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) variety kurstaki and 93 blocks treated with racemic disparlure. Analysis using general linear models indicated that disparlure treatments were significantly more effective than B. thuringiensis treatments in reducing moth captures. The frequency of repeated treatments in the same area was higher after B. thuringiensis than after disparlure applications. Treatments were more successful if the pretreatment moth counts outside of the block treated were low compared with moth counts inside the block.

Alexei A. Sharov, Donna Leonard, Andrew M. Liebhold, and Nicholas S. Clemens "Evaluation of Preventive Treatments in Low-Density Gypsy Moth Populations Using Pheromone Traps," Journal of Economic Entomology 95(6), 1205-1215, (1 December 2002). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-95.6.1205
Received: 9 January 2002; Accepted: 1 August 2002; Published: 1 December 2002
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KEYWORDS
Bacillus thuringiensis
disparlure
eradication
gypsy moth
mating disruption
pheromone traps
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