Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations

Megaplatypus mutatus (= Platypus mutatus) (Chapuis) is an ambrosia beetle native to South America that attacks live trees, mining deeply into the xylem through large tunnels. This activity weakens the structural integrity of the tree, causing severe stem-breakage and mortality. Attacks are initiated...

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Autores principales: Carmarán, Cecilia C., González Audino, Paola Andrea
Publicado: 2017
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spelling paper:paper_01674366_v91_n3_p415_CerianiNakamurakare2023-06-08T15:16:21Z Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations Carmarán, Cecilia C. González Audino, Paola Andrea Ambrosia beetle Controlled release Pheromone Sulcatol Sulcatone Wax dispenser beetle biological control deciduous forest deciduous tree mate attraction mating disruption mortality organic compound plantation forestry sex pheromone wax xylem Europe South America Corylus Platypodini Platypus (beetle) Populus Megaplatypus mutatus (= Platypus mutatus) (Chapuis) is an ambrosia beetle native to South America that attacks live trees, mining deeply into the xylem through large tunnels. This activity weakens the structural integrity of the tree, causing severe stem-breakage and mortality. Attacks are initiated by pioneer males that select a host tree and build short nuptial galleries, to which they attract females using a sexual pheromone. Previously, we showed the potential for the strategy of pheromone-mediated mating disruption of M. mutatus in commercial poplar and hazelnut plantations in South America and Europe using polyethylene reservoir dispensers for pheromones. In the present work we replaced the polymeric reservoir dispensers by monolithic dispensers made by dispersion of the pheromone in natural waxes and the addition of kaolin and we found that: prior to pheromone deployment, the mean number of galleries per tree did not differ significantly between the control and treated plots and the same was observed after the mating disruption treatment for the control plot but not for treated plots, where the mean number of galleries were reduced. These findings confirm that mating disruption is a viable tool for management of M. mutatus in poplar plantations. Using natural wax dispensers has obvious advantages from an environmental point of view. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Fil:Carmaran, C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Gonzalez-Audino, P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01674366_v91_n3_p415_CerianiNakamurakare http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01674366_v91_n3_p415_CerianiNakamurakare
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topic Ambrosia beetle
Controlled release
Pheromone
Sulcatol
Sulcatone
Wax dispenser
beetle
biological control
deciduous forest
deciduous tree
mate attraction
mating disruption
mortality
organic compound
plantation forestry
sex pheromone
wax
xylem
Europe
South America
Corylus
Platypodini
Platypus (beetle)
Populus
spellingShingle Ambrosia beetle
Controlled release
Pheromone
Sulcatol
Sulcatone
Wax dispenser
beetle
biological control
deciduous forest
deciduous tree
mate attraction
mating disruption
mortality
organic compound
plantation forestry
sex pheromone
wax
xylem
Europe
South America
Corylus
Platypodini
Platypus (beetle)
Populus
Carmarán, Cecilia C.
González Audino, Paola Andrea
Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations
topic_facet Ambrosia beetle
Controlled release
Pheromone
Sulcatol
Sulcatone
Wax dispenser
beetle
biological control
deciduous forest
deciduous tree
mate attraction
mating disruption
mortality
organic compound
plantation forestry
sex pheromone
wax
xylem
Europe
South America
Corylus
Platypodini
Platypus (beetle)
Populus
description Megaplatypus mutatus (= Platypus mutatus) (Chapuis) is an ambrosia beetle native to South America that attacks live trees, mining deeply into the xylem through large tunnels. This activity weakens the structural integrity of the tree, causing severe stem-breakage and mortality. Attacks are initiated by pioneer males that select a host tree and build short nuptial galleries, to which they attract females using a sexual pheromone. Previously, we showed the potential for the strategy of pheromone-mediated mating disruption of M. mutatus in commercial poplar and hazelnut plantations in South America and Europe using polyethylene reservoir dispensers for pheromones. In the present work we replaced the polymeric reservoir dispensers by monolithic dispensers made by dispersion of the pheromone in natural waxes and the addition of kaolin and we found that: prior to pheromone deployment, the mean number of galleries per tree did not differ significantly between the control and treated plots and the same was observed after the mating disruption treatment for the control plot but not for treated plots, where the mean number of galleries were reduced. These findings confirm that mating disruption is a viable tool for management of M. mutatus in poplar plantations. Using natural wax dispensers has obvious advantages from an environmental point of view. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
author Carmarán, Cecilia C.
González Audino, Paola Andrea
author_facet Carmarán, Cecilia C.
González Audino, Paola Andrea
author_sort Carmarán, Cecilia C.
title Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations
title_short Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations
title_full Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations
title_fullStr Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations
title_full_unstemmed Development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle Megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (Populus spp) plantations
title_sort development of natural waxes dispensers for pheromones and use in mating disruption of the ambrosia beetle megaplatypus mutatus in poplar (populus spp) plantations
publishDate 2017
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01674366_v91_n3_p415_CerianiNakamurakare
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