Field Evaluation of Selected Plant Volatiles and Conspecific Pheromones as Attractants for Agriotes obscurus and A. lineatus (Coleoptera: Elateridae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Sex pheromones are commonly used in traps to monitor populations and movements of male click beetles, but to date few attractants have been identified for females.
Wim van Herk +4 more
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Effectiveness of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) in Reducing Wireworm Damage in Potatoes [PDF]
InsectsWireworms are a major threat to potatoes. Agronomic prevention is always the first IPM strategy to be implemented. This work assesses whether a bioactive cover crop, sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), a tropical leguminous plant, reduces wireworm damage ...
Lorenzo Furlan +8 more
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Integrated Pest Management of Wireworms in Potatoes: Use of Tolerant Varieties to Implement Damage Prevention [PDF]
InsectsWireworms (Agriotes spp., Coleoptera, Elateridae) are a major threat to potatoes, as are the current commercial standards for assessing potato damage.
Furlan Lorenzo +5 more
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Managing Wireworms in Florida Sweet Potatoes
EDIS, 2021 This publication describes current methods for managing wireworms in sweet potato. Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, are the most damaging insect pests of those that infest the foliage and roots.
Robert Hochmuth +5 more
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Olfactory preference in chemical host plant recognition by male and female click beetles and its implications for pest management. [PDF]
Pest Manag SciClick beetle (Elateridae) olfactory preferences for plant volatiles, including those released by damaged plants, remain poorly understood. Olfactometer and electroantennography experiments revealed sex‐ and plant species‐specific olfactory preferences of Agriotes sputator beetles, with maturity influencing female responses.
Brunner M +6 more
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Characterisation of the bacteriomes harboured by major wireworm pest species in the Canadian Prairies. [PDF]
Insect Mol BiolThe bacteriomes of five of the most important agricultural pests in the Canadian Prairies were characterised. Wireworms have diverse and taxon‐rich bacterial communities, with different species having a distinct composition and a small number of genera predominating.
Drahun I +4 more
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Preventative insecticides reduce seedling injury, but do not increase yield in Bt and non-Bt corn grown in the mid-Atlantic. [PDF]
Pest Manag SciBacillus thuringiensis (Bt) traits, neonicotinoid seed treatments (NSTs), and in‐furrow pyrethroids (IFPs) can control insect pests of corn, but their target spectrum may be redundant and/or mismatch Mid‐Atlantic pest pressure. Across 9 site‐years insecticide treatments reduced pest damage and sometimes increased plant stand, but never improved yield ...
Cramer ME, Hamby KA.
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Insects, 2021 The attraction range of YATLORf pheromone traps to adults of four species of Agriotes (A. brevis, A. sordidus, A. litigiosus, and A. ustulatus) was studied to provide additional information about the most harmful Agriotes species in Europe.
Lorenzo Furlan +2 more
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Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2021 Wireworms are larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and are well known pests of economic importance. Knowing the species diversity in a particular area is important, as the ecological requirements and consequent management strategies of ...
Eva PRAPROTNIK +2 more
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Agronomy, 2023 The objective of our research was to test hyperspectral imaging as a method for early detection and discrimination of biotic and abiotic stress in maize.
Eva Praprotnik +10 more
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