Open AccessControlling Banded Ash Clearwing Moth Borer Using Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Author(s) -
Stanton Gill,
John Davidson,
Wanda MacLachian,
Will Potts
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.1994.027
Subject(s) - sprayer , entomopathogenic nematode , horticulture , biology , nematode , larva , heterorhabditis bacteriophora , veterinary medicine , toxicology , agronomy , botany , pest analysis , biological pest control , ecology , medicine
The banded ash clearwing moth, Podosesia aureocincta, in 24 green ash growing in a nursery were treated with the nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae (strain 25) at two different rates. Eight infested green ash were controls in the field trial. Nematodes were applied in July using a backpack sprayer. Applications of entomopathogenic nematodes significantly reduced the number of living larvae associated with the plants.