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Mating Disruption of the Olive Moth Prays oleae (Bernard) in Olive Groves Using Aerosol Dispensers
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Facultad/Centro
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Título de la revista
Insects
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12
Cita Bibliográfica
Ortiz, A., Porras, A., Marti, J., Tudela, A., Rodríguez-González, Á., & Sambado, P. (2021). Mating disruption of the olive moth prays oleae (Bernard) in olive groves using aerosol dispensers. Insects, 12(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/INSECTS12121113
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MDPI
Fecha
2021
Resumen
[EN] The olive moth (OM), Prays oleae (Bern.) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), is a major olive
grove pest worldwide; however, until now, very few studies have investigated the effectiveness
of mating disruption (MD) techniques against this pest. Experiments were carried out for two
successive years (2019 and 2020) in three different olive groves in Andalucía (Southern Spain) to
evaluate mating disruption’s efficacy in controlling the OM from the first to the third generation. The
effectiveness of MD formulations against the three generations of OM was assessed by determining
the percentage of infested olive fruits, the reduction of pheromone trap catches, and the number
of affected inflorescences in both MD-treated and untreated control olive groves. The number of
release points (one or two aerosol devices per ha) was also evaluated. In all years and trials, the
mean number of males caught in traps placed in the MD-treated plots was significantly lower than
untreated sites. Mating disruption registered a high suppression of male captures (>75%) in treated
plots for two consecutive seasons. Concerning infested olive fruits, substantial reductions (about
80%) were observed in the MD plots of locations B and C, and a reduction of about 40% was detected
in location A, compared to the control plot. Results showed that the installation of two aerosol
devices/ha reduced fruit damage below 20% of infested olive fruits except for one site where a
reduction of about 71% in the MD plot was recorded in 2019. Although few significant differences
were associated with OM male catches and infested olive fruits between plots treated with one
aerosol/ha and two aerosols/ha in most of the comparisons, significant differences in the number of
olive inflorescences infested by P. oleae were found, suggesting a similar performance between the
two tested aerosol densities. Results of two-year field trials in Andalucía demonstrated the potential
of Mister P X841 aerosol devices as an effective tool for controlling the olive moth, P. oleae.
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