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Potential of Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser) as a biological control agent against potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) by Jun-jie YAN, Shovon Chandra SARKAR, Rui-xia MENG, Stuart REITZ, Yu-lin GAO
Published 2020-02-01The entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae, was evaluated for control of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, under laboratory conditions. We evaluated different concentrations of S. carpocapsae for control of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th instar P. operculella. The median lethal concentr...
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Optimization of the sex pheromone-based method for trapping field populations of Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) in South China by Jun-jie YAN, Xiang-dong MEI, Jia-wen FENG, Zhi-xu LIN, Stuart REITZ, Rui-xia MENG, Yu-lin GAO
Published 2021-10-01Despite the identification of the potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) sex pheromone, no effective application based on this pheromone has yet been developed and evaluated. This study investigated the effect of pheromone lures, trap densities, heights of trap deployment, and pheromone...
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