Biocontrol Science and Technology (2006) 16, 919-927

David Maxwell Suckling, Andrew Robert Gibb, Tracy Johnson and David Robert Hall (2006)
Examination of sex attractants for monitoring weed biological control agents in Hawaii
Biocontrol Science and Technology 16 (9), 919-927
Abstract: The identification of sex attractants was undertaken for potential use in the study of two biological control agents against Rubus spp. in Hawaii. Attractants for Croesia zimmermani (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Schreckensteinia festaliella (Lepidoptera: Heliodinidae) were developed by field screening a variety of putative lures in sticky traps, based on attractants for congeneric species. Croesia zimmermani was most attracted to E11-tetradecen-1-ol and E11-tetradecenal, while S. festaliella was attracted to (10,12)-(E,E)-hexadecadienal alone. Development of monitoring systems based on sex attractants can enable better evaluation of biocontrol programmes, and provide cost-effective information on presence/absence, density, phenology, synchrony with the host, dispersal rate and other useful parameters.
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Database assignments for author(s): David Maxwell Suckling, David Robert Hall, Andrew R. Gibb

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rubus argutus (weed)		U.S.A. (Hawaii)
Croesia zimmermani (weed bioagent)	Rubus argutus (weed)		U.S.A. (Hawaii)
Schreckensteinia festaliella (weed bioagent)			U.S.A. (Hawaii)