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A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones
Since the first report in 1993 in Korea, the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, has been found in various crops throughout the country. Although more than 20 different chemical insecticides are registered to control this insect pest, its outbreaks seriously damage crop yields, especi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9956899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279646 |
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author | Kim, Chul-Young Khan, Falguni Kim, Yonggyun |
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description | Since the first report in 1993 in Korea, the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, has been found in various crops throughout the country. Although more than 20 different chemical insecticides are registered to control this insect pest, its outbreaks seriously damage crop yields, especially in greenhouses. This study developed a non-chemical technique to control F. occidentalis infesting hot peppers cultivated in greenhouses. The method was based on behavioral control using an alarm pheromone (“Push”) to prevent the entry of the thrips into greenhouses and an aggregation pheromone (“Pull”) for mass trapping inside the greenhouses. The greenhouse fences were treated with a wax formulation of the alarm pheromone and a yellow CAN trap covered with sticky material containing the aggregation pheromone was constructed and deployed inside the greenhouses. Field assay demonstrated the efficacy of the push-pull tactics by reducing thrips density in flowers of the hot peppers as well as in the monitoring traps. Especially, the enhanced mass trapping to the CAN trap compared to the conventional yellow sticky trap led to significant reduction in the thrips population. This novel push-pull technique would be applicable to effectively control F. occidentalis in field conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-99568992023-02-25 A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones Kim, Chul-Young Khan, Falguni Kim, Yonggyun PLoS One Research Article Since the first report in 1993 in Korea, the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, has been found in various crops throughout the country. Although more than 20 different chemical insecticides are registered to control this insect pest, its outbreaks seriously damage crop yields, especially in greenhouses. This study developed a non-chemical technique to control F. occidentalis infesting hot peppers cultivated in greenhouses. The method was based on behavioral control using an alarm pheromone (“Push”) to prevent the entry of the thrips into greenhouses and an aggregation pheromone (“Pull”) for mass trapping inside the greenhouses. The greenhouse fences were treated with a wax formulation of the alarm pheromone and a yellow CAN trap covered with sticky material containing the aggregation pheromone was constructed and deployed inside the greenhouses. Field assay demonstrated the efficacy of the push-pull tactics by reducing thrips density in flowers of the hot peppers as well as in the monitoring traps. Especially, the enhanced mass trapping to the CAN trap compared to the conventional yellow sticky trap led to significant reduction in the thrips population. This novel push-pull technique would be applicable to effectively control F. occidentalis in field conditions. Public Library of Science 2023-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9956899/ /pubmed/36827422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279646 Text en © 2023 Kim et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kim, Chul-Young Khan, Falguni Kim, Yonggyun A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones |
title | A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones |
title_full | A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones |
title_fullStr | A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones |
title_full_unstemmed | A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones |
title_short | A push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones |
title_sort | push-pull strategy to control the western flower thrips, frankliniella occidentalis, using alarm and aggregation pheromones |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9956899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279646 |
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