Laboratory and field evaluation of insecticides for the control of Aeolesthes sarta Solsky (Col.: Cerambycidae)

Mazaheri, Afsaneh; Khajehali, Jahangir; Marzieh, Kashkouli; Hatami, Bijan

doi:10.48311/jcp.2015.1211

Laboratory and field evaluation of insecticides for the control of Aeolesthes sarta Solsky (Col.: Cerambycidae)

Authors

Afsaneh Mazaheri

Jahangir Khajehali

Kashkouli Marzieh

Bijan Hatami

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

10.48311/jcp.2015.1211

Abstract

Laboratory and field experiments were conducted to determine the efficacy of some insecticides on the control of Sarta longhorned beetle, Aeolesthes sarta Solsky adults and larvae. In the laboratory, three pairs of mated and non-oviposited adults were released on the logs of field elm, Ulmus minor Mill that had been treated with chlorpyrifos, carbaryl, permethrin or imidacloprid. In the field experiments, artificially infested U. minor var. umbraculifera Rehd trees were treated by imidacloprid and oxydemeton-methyl through soil and trunk injection. In the laboratory test the best results were obtained from imidacloprid and permethrin applications, because of occurrence of high adult mortality after short period and also preventing egg laying. Despite a few eggs that were laid on the chlorpyrifos treated logs, there were no living larvae in the sprayed logs. Results of the field tests showed that the number of living larvae did not differ significantly between oxydemeton-methyl and control treatment, however, imidacloprid injection was effective in controlling this pest.

Keywords

bark spray

Cerambycidae

Sarta longhorned beetle

injection

urban pests