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Field monitoring of onion maggot ( Delia antiqua ) fly through improved trapping
Author(s) -
Willett Denis S.,
Filgueiras Camila C.,
Nyrop Jan P.,
Nault Brian A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0931-2048
DOI - 10.1111/jen.12740
Subject(s) - biology , pest analysis , integrated pest management , maggot , trapping , horticulture , toxicology , agroforestry , agronomy , ecology
Onion maggot ( Delia antiqua ) is an economically important pest of Allium crops in temperate regions throughout the world. Management of this pest is necessary to achieve economic returns and depends on insecticide regimes and cultural management. Current cultural management especially altering planting date, field location and crop rotation depend on monitoring. We evaluated the effect of shape, size, colour and chemical attractants on trap catch of field populations of adult D. antiqua flies in upstate New York. White, large diameter, spherical traps in conjunction with Delia Lure attractant performed the best in attracting and catching D. antiqua adults. These results suggest an improved means of attracting and capturing D. antiqua populations which could be useful in monitoring efforts and development of attract and kill strategies for pest control.