An auto-contamination trap-strips system for biological control of Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), an invasive pest in China

Autor: Huan Zhang, Fei Lv, Zhang Jihong, Qilian Qin, Xiaojun Guo, Huifang Liu, Liu Bingxiang, Zhi-gang Wang, Yongguo Bi, Yanni Zhao
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Pest Management. 64:230-235
ISSN: 1366-5863
0967-0874
DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2017.1384966
Popis: The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), is a major invasive pest in China, where it seriously threatens fruit and ornamental trees and windbreak systems. An auto-contamination trap-strips system was designed to disseminate Beauveria bassiana for biological control. The standard trap consisted of a yellow or green trap with a width no larger than 30 cm and with B. bassiana inside it. Therefore, the trap-strips provided an appropriate microenvironment for the fall webworm to pupate, and an acceptable humidity for B. bassiana to infect and reproduce. The average infection rates of the trap-strips systems were more than 90%. The present study demonstrated a practical application of how physical and biological control of this pest can be conducted efficiently and economically.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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