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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 339-351 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of applied entomology |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
Abstract
Monitoring of pest presence and population development in the crop during the season is essential for integrated pest management. Although many tools, for instance coloured sticky traps, have been developed, the full advantage of available information is rarely taken into account in decision-making. The reasons behind include high workload in practice but also the poorly studied relationships between trap catches and populations in the crop. Here, we investigate whether commercially available coloured sticky traps can be used as tool to monitor population densities of a pest–predator system in glasshouse tomato. The response of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Hemiptera, Miridae) to blue and yellow sticky traps was tested in laboratory and glasshouse experiments. The results indicate that M. pygmaeus can be monitored equally well with both trap colours. The number of trapped insects showed good correlation with the population densities on the crop. Under growing conditions, more M. pygmaeus were trapped on blue compared with yellow sticky traps. However, due to the known preference of Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae), yellow traps should be used for a combined pest–predator monitoring.
Keywords
- Aleyrodidae, Macrolophus pygmaeus, Miridae, multipurpose, population development, Trialeurodes vaporariorum
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Insect Science
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In: Journal of applied entomology, Vol. 141, No. 5, 06.2017, p. 339-351.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sticky trap monitoring of a pest–predator system in glasshouse tomato crops
T2 - are available trap colours sufficient?
AU - Böckmann, E.
AU - Meyhöfer, R.
N1 - Funding information: Many thanks to Anton Sartisohn who carried out part of the experiments analysed for this study. We thank also Martin Hommes for the possibility to use glasshouse space at the Julius-Kühn Institute Braunschweig (Germany) and the team of gardeners and Kerstin Koenneke for maintenance of the tomato glasshouse cultures and assistance in the experiments. The project ‘Gezonde Kas – Gesundes Gewächshaus’ (www.gezondekas.eu) is co-financed within the framework of the INTERREG IV A-programme Deutschland-Nederland by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Ministerie van Economische Zaken (NL), the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr (D), the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Bauen, Wohnen und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (D), the Provinicie Drenthe (NL), the Provincie Limburg (NL), the Provincie Gelderland (NL) and the Provincie Groningen (NL). It is accompanied by the programme management of the Euregio Rhein-Waal.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Monitoring of pest presence and population development in the crop during the season is essential for integrated pest management. Although many tools, for instance coloured sticky traps, have been developed, the full advantage of available information is rarely taken into account in decision-making. The reasons behind include high workload in practice but also the poorly studied relationships between trap catches and populations in the crop. Here, we investigate whether commercially available coloured sticky traps can be used as tool to monitor population densities of a pest–predator system in glasshouse tomato. The response of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Hemiptera, Miridae) to blue and yellow sticky traps was tested in laboratory and glasshouse experiments. The results indicate that M. pygmaeus can be monitored equally well with both trap colours. The number of trapped insects showed good correlation with the population densities on the crop. Under growing conditions, more M. pygmaeus were trapped on blue compared with yellow sticky traps. However, due to the known preference of Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae), yellow traps should be used for a combined pest–predator monitoring.
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KW - Aleyrodidae
KW - Macrolophus pygmaeus
KW - Miridae
KW - multipurpose
KW - population development
KW - Trialeurodes vaporariorum
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DO - 10.1111/jen.12338
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JO - Journal of applied entomology
JF - Journal of applied entomology
SN - 0931-2048
IS - 5
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