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CONTROL OF HYLOBIUS CONGENER DALLE TORRE, SHENKLING, AND MARSHALL (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) USING ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D.C. Eidt ,
S. Zervos ,
A.E. Pye  and
J.R. Finney-Crawley
D.C. Eidt
Affiliation:
Canadian Forest Service - Maritimes, Natural Resources Canada, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5P7
S. Zervos
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
A.E. Pye
Affiliation:
BioLogic Biocontrol Products, Willow Hill, Pennsylvania, USA 17271
J.R. Finney-Crawley
Affiliation:
Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X9
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Abstract

Damage by Hylobius congener, the seedling debarking weevil, to newly planted conifer seedlings was reduced to tolerable levels by treating the roots of the seedlings with the nematode Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser) before planting. A practical treatment method was to apply a suspension of infective juveniles (IJs) in water to seedlings in multipots with a watering can. An application rate of 300 000 IJs per seedling is recommended. The plantation should be at least 500 m from recent clearcuts and the entire plantation should be treated to avoid negation of treatment effects by invading uninfected weevils. It is suggested that a similar method may also be effective against other species of weevils that damage conifers near the soil surface.

Résumé

Les dommages causés par le charançon Hylobius congener à des jeunes pousses de conifères ont pu être réduits jusqu’à des niveaux acceptables par exposition des racines des jeunes plants au nématode Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser) avant leur repiquage. La méthode la plus pratique est d’arroser les jeunes plants dans des plateaux à semis au moyen d’une suspension aqueuse de nématodes juvéniles infectieux préparée dans un arrosoir. La dose recommandée est de 300 000 juvéniles infectieux par jeune plant. La plantation doit être à au moins 500 m de zones de coupe à blanc récente et toute la plantation doit être traitée pour éviter qu’il n’y ait annihilation des effets du traitement par invasion de charançons sains. Nous croyons que cette méthode pourrait s’appliquer à d’autres espèces de charançons qui endommagent les conifères près de la surface du sol.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 127 , Issue 3 , June 1995 , pp. 431 - 438
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1995

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