Open AccessA Comparison of Pheromone and Blacklight Traps for Attracting Sugarcane Borer (Diatraea saccharalis (F.)) Adults from a Natural Population
Author(s) -
Rafael Pérez y Pérez,
S. D. Hensley
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v57i4.10731
Subject(s) - diatraea saccharalis , biology , population , pheromone , sex pheromone , botany , pest analysis , horticulture , demography , sociology
Comparison of traps baited with: (a) virgin females (pheromone), (b) blacklight lamps plus females entrapped from the natural population, and (c) virgin females (pheromone) and blackhght lamps plus females entrapped from the natural population, indicated no significant difference between the traps containing blacklight lamps plus females entrapped from the natural population and those traps containing blacklight lamps plus virgin females in catches of Diatraea saccharalis (F.) males from the natural population. Both types of traps, however, caught significantly more males than traps baited only with virgin females. Most of the female moths trapped were less than 2 days old and most had mated only once. The sex ratio of moths trapped was 1 female: 9.8 males.