Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology (2009) 53, 173-180

Mayumi Teshiba, Nobutaka Shimizu, Nobuo Sawamura, Yutaka Narai, Hajime Sugie, Rikiya Sasaki, Jun Tabata and Takafumi Tsutsumi (2009)
[Use of a sex pheromone to disrupt the mating of Planococcus kraunhiae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)]
Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 53 (3), 173-180
Abstract: We demonstrated that a synthetic sex pheromone, 2-isopropyliden-5-methyl-4-hexen-1-yl butyrate, disrupted the mating of the Japanese mealybug Planococcus kraunhiae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). The synthetic pheromone was impregnated into grey rubber septa. In the presence of the synthetic pheromone, the copulation rates of reared P. kraunhiae were significantly decreased in a plastic case (diameter: 8 cm, height: 6 cm), an insect net cage (each side: 95 cm), and a small scale orchard (9 m²). In Japanese persimmon orchards (4~5 a), the dispersion of high concentrations of the synthetic sex pheromone disturbed male orientation, leading them towards the pheromone traps, and consequently reduced the number of females that copulated. In the persimmon orchard, mating disruption based on the synthetic pheromone successfully controlled the population density of P. kraunhiae in the next generation.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Planococcus kraunhiae	Persimmon (Diospyros)	Japan