Evaluating trap crop methodologies for ambrosia beetle management in nurseries

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Grand Exhibit Hall (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Peter B. Schultz , Hampton Roads Agric. Res. and Ext. Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Beach, VA

Jason Oliver , Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center, Tennessee State University, McMinnville, TN

Christopher Ranger , Application Technology Research Unit, USDA - ARS, Wooster, OH

Michael E. Reding , Application Technology Research Unit, USDA - ARS, Wooster, OH

Six commercially grown tree species, 5 ethanol concentrations, injected trees, injected tree bolts and ethanol-baited traps were compared to develop a protocol for optimizing a trap cropping system to reduce ambrosia beetle damage in commercial nurseries. Injected trees had the highest level of infestation, and show promise as a trap crop.

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