Open AccessSusceptibility of Hazelnut Cultivars to Filbertworm, Cydia latiferreana
Author(s) -
Ute Chambers,
Vaughn M. Walton,
Shawn A. Mehlenbacher
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
hortscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2327-9834
pISSN - 0018-5345
DOI - 10.21273/hortsci.46.10.1377
Subject(s) - infestation , cultivar , tortricidae , germplasm , horticulture , biology , lepidoptera genitalia , pest analysis , botany , agronomy
Filbertworm, Cydia latiferreana (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is a key insect pest of hazelnuts in North America. Susceptibility to filbertworm was determined in 25 hazelnut cultivars represented by 44 trees at the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, OR. In addition, shell thickness of 17 of the cultivars was measured at the thinnest and thickest points of the basal scar as well as at the side of the shell wall. Filbertworm infestation, which ranged from 2% to 89% per tree, as well as shell thickness varied significantly among the cultivars. Filbertworm infestation significantly increased with decreasing shell thickness at the basal scar, where filbertworm larvae typically penetrate the nut. The cultivar Siciliana had the overall thickest shells and lowest filbertworm infestation (6% ± 2% average for the cultivar), whereas ‘Frango 2’, ‘Casina’, and ‘Daviana’ had the thinnest shells and 76%, 55%, and 82% infested nuts, respectively. Nut infestation was not correlated with the thickness of the side wall. Our data suggest that a thicker basal scar in hazelnut cultivars contributes to resistance against filbertworm infestation.