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1 June 2007 Reduced-risk Insecticides for Control of Grape Berry Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Conservation of Natural Enemies
Paul E. Jenkins, Rufus Isaacs
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A 3-yr field study was conducted at commercial grape (Vitis spp.) farms to evaluate insect management programs for control of the grape berry moth,Paralobesia viteana Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and conservation of natural enemies. At each farm, one vineyard received only reduced-risk insecticides for control of second and third generationP. viteana, whereas the comparison vineyard received conventional insecticides. Both vineyards received a conventional insecticide application for control of first generationP. viteana and other insect pests. Monitoring with pheromone traps showed no differences between programs in the total number of adult male moths trapped in vineyards, and oviposition byP. viteana was similar between the two programs in all 3 yr. During weekly samples of crop infestation, both programs had a similar percentage of clusters infested byP. viteana larvae. Berries infested byP. viteana were collected from vineyard borders during the second and thirdP. viteana generations and held under controlled conditions. In eight of the nine berry samples, survival of larvae was significantly lower in berries collected from vineyards managed under the reduced-risk insecticide program compared with the conventional program. Parasitism ofP. viteana larvae in these samples was not consistently different between the two insecticide programs over 3 yr, and similar captures of natural enemies were found on yellow sticky traps in the two programs throughout the study. Our results indicate that integrated pest management programs incorporating reduced-risk insecticides for control ofP. viteana can obtain similar or greater control ofP. viteana compared with programs based solely on conventional insecticides, but they may not lead to measurable long-term increases in parasitism ofP. viteana.

Paul E. Jenkins and Rufus Isaacs "Reduced-risk Insecticides for Control of Grape Berry Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Conservation of Natural Enemies," Journal of Economic Entomology 100(3), 855-865, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[855:RIFCOG]2.0.CO;2
Received: 12 July 2006; Accepted: 23 February 2007; Published: 1 June 2007
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KEYWORDS
Endopiza viteana
insect growth regulator
methoxyfenozide
Paralobesia viteana
spinosad
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