Journal of Economic Entomology (2000) 93, 1329-1337
Chang-Chi Chu, Paul J. Pinter Jr., Thomas J. Henneberry, Kai Umeda, Eric T. Natwick, Yuan-An Wei, V.R. Reddy and Mohan Shrepatis (2000)
Use of CC traps with different trap base colors for silverleaf whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), and leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)
Journal of Economic Entomology 93 (4), 1329-1337
Abstract: During 1996, 1997, and 1999, studies were conducted in cotton, sugar beets, alfalfa, yardlong bean, and peanut fields to compare insect catches in CC traps equipped with different trap base colors. The studies were conducted in southwestern United States, China, and India. The nine colors, white, rum, red, yellow, lime green, spring green, woodland green (dark green), true blue, and black, varied in spectral reflectance in the visible (400–700 nm) and near-infrared (700–1050 nm) portions of spectrum. Lime green, yellow, and spring green were the three most attractive trap base colors for silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii Bellows and Perring, and leafhopper, Empoasca spp. adults. The three trap base colors were moderately high in the green, yellow, and orange spectral regions (490–600 nm), resembling the spectral reflectance curve of the abaxial (underleaf) surfaces of green cotton leaves. True blue and white were the most attractive trap base colors for western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), adults. The true blue and white trap bases were moderately high in the blue spectral region (400–480 nm).
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Database assignments for author(s): Chang Chi Chu, Eric T. Natwick
Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
surveys/sampling/distribution
Pest and/or beneficial records:
| Beneficial | Pest/Disease/Weed | Crop/Product | Country | Quarant.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1 | ||||
| Empoasca (genus) | ||||
| Frankliniella occidentalis |
