Designing a species-selective lure based on microbial volatiles to target Lobesia botrana.

ABSTRACT: Sustainable, low impact control methods, including mating disruption and microbial insecticides against L. botrana have been available for decades. Yet, successful implementation has been restricted to only a few grapevine districts in the world. A limiting factor is the lack of a female attractant to either monitor or control the damaging sex. Volatile attractants for both female and male insects can be used to assess when L. botrana populations exceed economic thresholds, and to decrease the use of synthetic pesticides within both conventional and pheromone programs. Rather than using host-plant volatiles, which are readily masked by background volatiles released by the main crop, we tested the attractiveness of volatiles that signify microbial breakdown and more likely stand out against

SUBMITTER: Larsson Herrera S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7162901 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature