Abstract
Spotted (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardii) and striped (Acalymma vittatum) cucumber beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are serious pests of field-grown cucurbits in most areas of the United States where these crops are grown. This study aimed at quantifying, using a comparative approach, the behavioral response of A. vittatum and D. u. howardii to visual and olfactory cues associated with different trap types. In a first field study, Pherocon corn rootworm (CRW) traps baited with a 5-component floral-based lure (= AgBio lure) captured significantly more A. vittatum than traps baited with any other commercial lure. When used in combination with yellow sticky cards, the AgBio lure outperformed the other lures except for the Trécé lure TRE8274. Subsequent tests revealed that the response of both cucumber beetle species to the AgBio lure was positively associated with increases in the amount of lure used. In the last series of tests that involved color discrimination by the beetles, traps constructed using 3.8-liter jugs painted yellow outperformed the CRW trap. Results from on-farm research, conducted at a commercial vegetable farm, confirmed the beetles' visual preference for yellow, and also revealed an excellent performance of the mass trapping system, which kept cucumber beetle densities in the cash crop below economic thresholds. Combined findings indicate that the mass trapping system developed can be implemented as part of a broader IPM program aimed at managing cucumber beetles.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
AgBio-baited traps captured significantly more A. vittatum than traps with other commercial lures.
- Taxon
- Cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- AgBio luree0
- Interactor
- A. vittatum
Acalymma vittatume0pest - Outcome
- captured significantly more A. vittatume0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- any other commercial luree0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Pherocon corn rootworm (CRW) traps baited with a 5-component floral-based lure (= AgBio lure) captured significantly more A. vittatum than traps baited with any other commercial lure”
t0“Cucumber Beetles”
Claim · model-written summary
With yellow cards, AgBio outperformed other lures except Trécé TRE8274.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- AgBio luree0
- Interactor
- cucumber beetle speciese1pest
- Outcome
- outperformed the other lurese0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Comparator
- other lures except for the Trécé lure TRE8274e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“When used in combination with yellow sticky cards, the AgBio lure outperformed the other lures except for the Trécé lure TRE8274”
t0“Cucumber Beetles”
e1“both cucumber beetle species”
Claim · model-written summary
Both beetle species responded more to larger amounts of AgBio lure.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- AgBio luree0
- Interactor
- cucumber beetle speciese0pest
- Outcome
- response of both cucumber beetle speciese0
- Direction
- positively associatede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“response of both cucumber beetle species to the AgBio lure was positively associated with increases in the amount of lure used”
t0“Cucumber Beetles”
Claim · model-written summary
Yellow jug traps outperformed CRW traps.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- traps constructed using 3.8-liter jugs painted yellowe0
- Interactor
- beetlesColeopterae1pest
- Outcome
- outperformed the CRW trape0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Comparator
- CRW trape0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“traps constructed using 3.8-liter jugs painted yellow outperformed the CRW trap”
t0“Cucumber Beetles”
e1“color discrimination by the beetles”
Claim · model-written summary
On-farm research confirmed cucumber beetles preferred yellow.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Interactor
- beetlesColeopterae0pest
- Outcome
- beetles' visual preference for yellowe0
- Setting
- commercial vegetable farme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Results from on-farm research, conducted at a commercial vegetable farm, confirmed the beetles' visual preference for yellow”
t0“Cucumber Beetles”
Claim · model-written summary
Mass trapping kept cucumber beetle density in the cash crop below economic thresholds.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- mass trapping systeme0
- Interactor
- cucumber beetlee0pest
- Outcome
- cucumber beetle densities in the cash crope0
- Direction
- belowe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mass trapping system, which kept cucumber beetle densities in the cash crop below economic thresholds”
t0“Cucumber Beetles”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend including the mass trapping system in cucumber beetle IPM.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Interactor
- cucumber beetlese0pest
- Outcome
- implemented as part of a broader IPM program aimed at managing cucumber beetlese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mass trapping system developed can be implemented as part of a broader IPM program aimed at managing cucumber beetles”
t0“Cucumber Beetles”
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