The Canadian Entomologist (2000) 132, 649-653

D.P.W. Huber, J.H. Borden, N.L. Jeans-Williams and R. Gries (2000)
Differential bioactivity of conophthorin on four species of North American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
The Canadian Entomologist 132 (5), 649-653
Abstract: The angiosperm bark volatile, conophthorin, was tested at release rates of 3.0 and 0.3 mg/24 h against the Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins, the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kirby), the pine engraver, Ips pint (Say), and the western balsam bark beetle, Dryocoetes confusus Swaine (all Coleoptera: Scolytidae). The responses of D. pseudotsugae, I. pini, and (in one of two experiments) female D. confusus to attractant-baited traps were disrupted by conophthorin in a dose-dependent manner. Dendroctonus rufipennis was not disrupted by conophthorin. Our results extend the repellent bioactivity of conophthorin to Ips DeGeer spp. and confirm earlier experiments with D. pseudotsugae. Conophthorin may have some utility in protecting susceptible timber from bark beetle attack.
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Database assignments for author(s): Dezene P.W. Huber, John H. Borden

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Ips pini
	Dendroctonus rufipennis
	Dendroctonus pseudotsugae
	Dryocoetes confusus