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Optimizing Generic Cerambycid Pheromone Lures for Australian Biosecurity and Biodiversity Monitoring

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Hayes, R.A., Griffiths, M. W., Nahrung, H.F., Arnold, P.A., Hanks, L.M. and Millar, J.G. (2016) Optimizing Generic Cerambycid Pheromone Lures for Australian Biosecurity and Biodiversity Monitoring. Journal of economic entomology, 109 (4). pp. 1741-1749. ISSN 0022-0493

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow100

Publisher URL: http://jee.oxfordjournals.org/content/jee/109/4/1741.full.pdf

Abstract

The cerambycid beetles comprise a diverse family that includes many economically important pests of living and dead trees. Pheromone lures have been developed for cerambycids in many parts of the world, but to date, have not been tested in Australia. In this study, we tested the efficacy of several pheromones, identified from North American and European species, as attractants for cerambycids at three sites in southeast Queensland, Australia. Over two field seasons, we trapped 863 individuals from 47 cerambycid species. In the first season, racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one was the most attractive compound among the eight pheromones tested. Subsequently, we aimed to optimize trapping success by combining this compound with other components. However, neither the addition of other pheromone components nor host plant volatiles improved the efficacy of 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one alone. We also tested a generic pheromone blend developed for North American cerambycids, and found that only the combination of this blend with host plant volatiles improved trapping success. The Australian cerambycid fauna is not well known, and effective lures for use in trapping beetles would greatly assist in the study of this important group. Effective semiochemical lures would also have implications for biosecurity through improved monitoring for invasive species.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Horticulture and Forestry Science
Keywords:Cerambycidae host plant volatile monitoring pheromone sampling
Subjects:Science > Entomology
Plant pests and diseases
Plant pests and diseases > Economic entomology
Forestry > Research. Experimentation
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