Hostname: page-component-7479d7b7d-c9gpj Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-09T17:18:11.907Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

MONITORING THE BLUEBERRY MAGGOT, RHAGOLETIS MENDAX (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE), WITH PHEROCON® AM TRAPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. W. Wood ,
L. M. Crozier  and
W. T. A. Neilson
G. W. Wood
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 427
L. M. Crozier
Affiliation:
N.S. Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5E3
W. T. A. Neilson
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 1J5
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

The blueberry maggot, Rhagoletis mendax Curran, is the most important insect pest of lowbush blueberries. Concern for maggot does not generally result from direct crop losses, but from its presence in harvested fruit which can affect marketability.

Fortunately, the blueberry maggot is not a problem in all lowbush blueberry areas (Wood 1979), but where it does occur, producers are advised to apply one or two sprays annually. General recommendations often result in the unnecessary use of insecticides, especially in years when populations are at low levels because of natural control and management practices. Such misuse could be prevented if monitoring techniques were developed that provide information on seasonal adult prevalence.

Type
Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 115 , Issue 2 , February 1983 , pp. 219 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Brown, H. L. and Ismail, A. A.. 1981. 1980 blueberry integrated pest management program. Coop. ext. Serv. Bull. 639. 19 pp. University of Maine at Orono.Google Scholar
Leeper, J. R. 1978. Using sticky traps to monitor fruit flies in apple and cherry orchards. N.Y. St. agric. Exp. Stn Bull. 70. Geneva, N.Y.Google Scholar
Neilson, W. T. A., Rivard, I., Trottier, R., and Whitman, R. J.. 1976. Pherocon AM standard traps and their use to determine spray dates for control of the apple maggot. J. econ. Ent. 69: 527–532.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Prokopy, R. J. and Coli, W. M.. 1978. Selective traps for monitoring Rhagoletis mendax flies. Prot. Ecol. 1: 45–53.Google Scholar
Wood, G. W. 1978. Timing insecticide applications for blueberry maggot. pp. 101–103in Can. Dep. Agric. Res. Stn., Fredericton, N.B., Research Summary.Google Scholar
Wood, G. W. 1979. Insects. Can. Dep. Agric. Publ. 1477. pp. 20–28.Google Scholar