Factors influencing the pheromone trap catch of Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in storage

Mohamadi, Masume; Nematollahi, Mohammad Reza; Khajehali, Jahangir

doi:10.48311/jcp.2020.1461

Factors influencing the pheromone trap catch of Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in storage

https://doi.org/10.48311/jcp.2020.1461

Volume 9, Issue 1
March 2020

Pages 81-88

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

M. Mohamadi ¹

M. R. Nematollahi ²

J. Khajehali ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

² Plant Protection Research Department, Isfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

Potato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimaea operculella (Lep.: Gelechiidae) is a serious pest of potato, Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae). To study factors influencing capture of male PTM by pheromone traps, two sets of experiments were conducted in a split-plot factorial design. In the first experiment, four factors were studied: potato cultivar (Agria, Marfona, Jelly, Arinda, Santea and Sabalan), storage type (cold and conventional), trap shape (funnel and delta) and trap color (white and green). Significant differences were found among storage types and potato cultivars. Total moth catches were eight times higher in conventional storage than that of cold storage. Agria and Marfona cultivars had the highest capture, while Arinda and Sabalan cultivars had the lowest. There were no significant differences between trap shapes and trap colors. Results showed that trap catches in different cultivars were affected by storage conditions. In cold storages the highest and lowest captures were 7.00 and 5.58 moth/trap/week, whereas in conventional storages the highest and lowest captures were 59.9 and 42.3. The second experiment was aimed to assess the effect of cellulose mulch on the capturing of PTM in conventional storages containing Agria. Results showed that pheromone traps in control (no-mulch) treatments caught three times more PTM than the mulched treatments. It is concluded that lower numbers of PTM were caught in potatoes held in cold storages than that of conventional storages. Otherwise, in conventional storages, cellulose mulch can be applied to reduce PTM population density.

Keywords

potato tuber moth

storage type

trap shape

trap color

mulch

20.1001.1.22519041.2020.9.1.4.1

Al-Ali, A. S., Al-Neamy, I. K. and Abbas, S. A. 1975. Observations on the biology of the potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Iraq. Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Entomologie, 79: 345–351.
Arnone, S., Musmeci, S., Bacchetta, L., Cordischi, N., Pucci, E., Cristofaro, M. and Sonino, A. 1998. Research in Solanum spp. as sources of resistance to the potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller). Potato Research, 41: 39–49.
Arthurs, S. P., Lacey, L. A., de la Rosa, F. 2008 Evaluation of a granulovirus (PoGV) and Bacillus thuringiensis sub sp. kurstaki for control of the potato tuberworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in stored tubers. Journal of Economic Entomology, 101: 1540–1546.
Das, G. P. 1995. Plants used in controlling the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller). Crop Protection, 14: 631-636.
Eltawil, M. A., Samuel, D. K. and Singhal, O. P. 2006. Potato storage technology and store design aspects. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal.
Fadli, H. A., Al-Salih, G. A. W. and Abdul-Masih, A. E. 1974 A survey of the potato tuber moth in Iraq. Journal in Iraqi Agriculture, 29: 35–37.
Fenemore, P. G. 1988 Host-plant location and selection by adult potato moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): a review. Journal of Insect Physiology, 34: 175–7.
Gavis, S., Coll, M. and Dori, I. 2000 Population biology of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in two potato cropping systems in Israel. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 90: 309-315.
Haines, C. P. 1977. The potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller): a bibliography of recent literature and a review of its biology and control on potatoes in the field and in store. Rep. tropical Products Institute, G112 3: 15.
Hanafi, A. 1999. Integrated pest management of potato tuber moth in field and storage. Journal of Potato Research, 42: 373-380.
Keasar, T., Kalish, A., Becher, O. and Steinberg, S. 2005. Spatial and temporal dynamics of potato tuberworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) infestation in field-stored potatoes. Journal of Economic Entomology, 98: 222-228.
Khanjani, M. 2012. Vegetable Pests in Iran. 5th ed. Bu-Ali Sina University Press. Hamedan, Iran. 465 pp.
Kroschel, J. and Sporleder, M. 2006. Ecological approaches to integrated pest management of potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Proceeding of the 45th Annual Washington State Potato Conference, Moses Lake, USA. Pp: 89-94.
Kroschel, J. and Zegarra, O. 2013. Attract‐and‐kill as a new strategy for the management of the potato tuber moths Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) and Symmetrischema tangolias (Gyen) in potato: evaluation of its efficacy under potato field and storage conditions. Pest Management Science, 69: 1205-1215.
Lall, L. 1988. Potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), in north eastern hills region and a simple method for its control. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 58:130-132.
Moharrami poor, S., Bagheri Zenoz, A., Shojai, M. and Esmaili, M. 1991. An investigation on the bioecology of potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lep.: Gelechiidae) in Karaj. Proceedings of the 10th Plant Protection Congress of Iran. Kerman, Iran. P 67.
Persoons, C. G., Voerman, S., Verwiel, P. E. G., Ritter, F. G., Nooijen, W. J. and Minks, A. K. 1976. Sex pheromone of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimea operculella: isolation, identification and field evaluation. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 20: 289-300.
Raman, K. V. 1982. Field trials with sex pheromone of potato tuber moth. Environmental Entomology, 11: 367-370.
Raman, K. V. 1984. Evaluation of a synthetic sex pheromone funnel trap for potato tuber worm moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechidae). Environmental Entomology, 13: 61-64.
Raman, K. V. 1988. Control of potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella with sex pheromones in Peru. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, 21: 85-99.
Raman, K. V., Booth, R. H. and Palacios, M. 1987. Control of potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) in rustic potato stores. Tropical Science, 27: 175–194.
Rondon, S. I., DeBano, S. J., Clough, G. H., Hamm, P. H. and Jensen, A. 2008. Occurrence of the potato tuber moth in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington. In: Kroschel, J. and Lacey, L. (Ed.). Integrated Pest Management for the Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella Zeller – a Potato Pest of Global Importance. Weikersheim (Germany), Margraf Publishers. Pp: 9–13.
Rondon, S. I. 2010. The potato tuberworm: a literature review of its biology, ecology, and control. American Journal of Potato Research, 87: 149-166.
Rondon, S. I., Debano, S. J., Clough, J. H., Hamm, P. B., Jensen, A., Schreiber, A., Alvarez, J. M., Thornton, M., Barbour, J. and Dogramaci, M. 2007. Biology and management of the potato tuber worm in the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Extension Service.
Rothschild, G. H. L. 1986. The potato moth: an adaptable pest of short term cropping systems. In: Kitching, R. L. (Ed.). The Ecology of Exotic Plants and Animals. Pp: 144–62.
Saour, G. 2004. Efficacy assessment of some Trichogramma species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in controlling the potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella Zell. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Journal of Pest Science, 77: 229-234.
Saour, G., Aldaoude, A. and Ismail, H. 2012. Evaluation of potato tuber moth mortality following postharvest cold storage of potatoes. Crop Protection, 38:44-48.
Sowokinos, J. R., Shock, C., Stieber, T. D. and Eldredge, E. P. 2000. Compositional and enzymatic changes associated with sugar defect in Russet Burbank potatoes. American Journal of Potato Research, 77: 47-56.
Sporleder, M., Kroschel, J., Quispe, M. R. G. and Lagnaoui, A. 2004. A temperature-based simulation model for the potato tuberworm Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Environmental Entomology, 33: 477–486.
Sporleder, M., Simon, R., Juarez, H. and Kroschel, J. 2008. Regional and seasonal forecasting of the potato tuber moth using a temperature driven phenology model linked with geographic information systems. In: Kroschel, J. and Lacey, L. (Ed.). Integrated Pest Management for the Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella Zeller- a Potato Pest of Global Importance. Weikersheim (Germany), Margraf Publishers. Pp: 15-30.
Yathom, S. 1986. Phenology of the potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella), a pest of potatoes and processing tomatoes in Israel. Phytoparasitica, 17: 313–318.

XML

PDF 346.26 K