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D0625 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 Schultz , Hampton Roads Agricricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Beach, VA
Jason B. Oliver , College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Sciences, Tennessee State University, McMinnville, TN
Christopher Ranger , Horticultural Insects Research Lab, USDA - ARS, Wooster, OH
Michael E. Reding , Horticultural Insects Research Lab, 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.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.50082

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