A5039224300- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Plant and animal studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Plant Surface Properties and Treatments
- Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Virology and Viral Diseases
Tennessee State University
2016-2025
Agricultural Research Service
2010-2022
Morton Plant Mease
2020
Otis (United States)
2005-2015
Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory
2009
University of Florida
2001
Auburn University
2001
DTE Energy (United States)
1958
Ford Motor Company (France)
1958
Edison (Italy)
1958
Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) and crassiusculus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are two of the most damaging nonnative ambrosia beetle pests in ornamental plant nurseries.Adult females tunnel into stems branches host plants to create galleries with brood chambers.Hosts infected symbiotic Ambrosiella spp.fungi that serve as food for larvae adults.Plants can also become secondary opportunistic pathogens, including Fusarium spp.Both X. have broad ranges, infestations...
Abstract We provide an overview of both traditional and innovative control tools for management three Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), invasive species with a history damage in forests, nurseries, orchards urban areas. compactus , X. crassiusculus germanus are native to Asia, currently established several countries around the globe. Adult females bore galleries into plant xylem inoculating mutualistic fungi that serve as food source developing progeny....
Ambrosia beetles can be important pests of nursery production. The are difficult to control with insecticides, requiring that pesticides closely timed before tree attack, applied repeatedly, or have long residual activity. goal this project was improve management decisions for ambrosia beetle in nurseries. This study used ethanol-baited traps, field observations attacks, and emergence cages over galleries determine the following: (1) composition fauna middle Tennessee, (2) species...
The key to an effective pest management program for the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera Buprestidae), is a survey equipped with tools detecting and delimiting populations. We studied effects of trap design, color, placement on efficacy sticky traps capturing borer. There were significant differences in catch along transect gradient from wooded open field conditions, most beetles being caught edge, or fields, 15-25 m outside (Fraxinus spp. L.) (Oleaceae) woodlot....
Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) is a key pest of ornamental nursery trees. Ethanol the most attractive semiochemical known for X. , and its emission from trees represents primary host‐selection cue. production induced by variety abiotic biotic stressors, which could thereby predispose to attack ethanol‐responsive ambrosia beetles. To better understand behaviour within nurseries, series experiments examined influence flood‐stress on attractiveness susceptibility flowering dogwood Cornus...
Abstract Ethanol-baited bottle traps were used to monitor spring flight activity of the ambrosia beetles Xylosandrus crassiusculus and germanus in Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia. The deployed at three different heights determine if height influenced captures. X. was captured all states, while TN VA only. Traps 0.5 m above ground more than 1.7 or 3.0 m. In VA, first occurred from mid-March early April. OH, mid-April. Analysis attacks by on Cornus florida revealed that 90% main trunk within 1 (3...
Journal Article Optimizing Ethanol-Baited Traps for Monitoring Damaging Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Ornamental Nurseries Get access Michael E. Reding, Reding 1 1Corresponding author: USDA-ARS, Horticultural Insects Research Laboratory, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 (e-mail: mike.reding@ars.usda.gov). Search other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Peter B. Schultz, Schultz Christopher M. Ranger, Ranger Jason Oliver of...
Field-based trapping experiments were conducted in Ohio 2003, 2004, and 2008 to determine the influence of (−)-α-pinene on attraction exotic native ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) ethanol-baited traps. In 2003 we determined effect adding an ultrahigh release lure (UHR; 2 g/d at 20°C) traps baited with ethanol UHR (0.39 g/d). Fewer Anisandrus (Xyleborus) sayi (Hopkins) Xyleborinus saxeseni (Ratzeburg) collected 2004 from plus compared UHR. (−)-α-Pinene also reduced...
Views Icon Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Get Permissions Cite Search Site Citation Joseph A. Francese, Victor C. Mastro, Jason B. Oliver, David R. Lance, Nadeer Youssef, Stephen G. Lavallee; Evaluation of Colors for Trapping Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal Entomological Science 1 January 2005; 40 (1): 93–95. doi: https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-40.1.93 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero)...
Journal Article Monitoring Attack and Flight Activity of Xylosandrus spp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): The Influence Temperature on Get access Michael E. Reding, Reding 1Horticultural Insects Research Group, U.S. Department Agriculture-Agricultural Service, Ohio Agricultural Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. 2Corresponding author, e-mail: mike.reding@ars.usda.gov. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Christopher...
Exotic ambrosia beetles are damaging pests in ornamental tree nurseries North America. The species Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motshulsky) and germanus (Blandford) especially problematic. Management of these relies on preventive treatments insecticides. However, field tests recommended materials nursery trees have been limited because unreliable attacks by experimental trees. Ethanol-injection was used to induce colonization evaluate insecticides botanical formulations for preventing beetles....
Journal Article Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Responses to Volatile Emissions Associated With Ethanol-Injected Magnolia virginiana Get access Christopher M. Ranger, Ranger 3 1USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Application Technology Unit, Horticultural Insects Laboratory, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691.2Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Agricultural and Development Center, 44691. 3Corresponding author, e-mail: christopher.ranger@ars.usda.gov. Search...
Abstract Multiple pathogens have been identified in red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta Buren) native and introduced ranges, but infecting black richteri Forel) or S. × hybrids are less studied. Pathogens like Kneallhazia solenopsae (Knell, Allen & Hazard) Solenopsis virus 3 (SINV-3) negatively impact colony growth survival offer augmentative biocontrol potential. The objective of this work was to determine the geography phenology K. solenopsae, SINV-1, SINV-2, SINV-3 within...
Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are critical pests of ornamental nursery trees, which attracted to ethanol-emitting stressed trees. The limited efficacy traditional insecticides for their control calls alternative management strategies, such as semiochemical repellents. This study assessed the multiple experimental repellent formulations across field and semi-field trials determine potential reducing ambrosia beetle captures attacks under different environmental...
Abstract Two trials evaluated insecticides for flatheaded borer control and effect on red maple (Acer rubrum L.) cultivar growth over 4 years. Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier) was the only species reared from damaged maples during study. Soil-applied systemic (acephate, imidacloprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, thiamethoxam) trunk-applied contact (chlorpyrifos bifenthrin) were tested. In 2005 trial, a one-time drench of Allectus (imidacloprid + or Discus cyfluthrin) provided 2 to years...
Ethanol acts as an attractant that aids Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) in locating living but weakened hosts. Electroantennogram (EAG) and field trapping experiments were conducted with conophthorin other selected semiochemicals function important olfactory cues for various ambrosia beetles to characterize their effect on the attraction of X. ethanol assess whether EAG responses provide indication behavioural activity. Thus, hypothesized enhance (i.e. conophthorin), reduce terpinolene,...
We examined the extent to which verbenone, a bark beetle antiaggregation pheromone, interrupted semiochemical-based attraction of ambrosia beetles. Field trapping studies conducted in Ohio showed that verbenone dispenser with release rate 50 mg/d at 25°C reduced Anisandrus sayi Hopkins, Euwallacea validus (Eichhoff), Hypothenemus dissimilis (Zimmermann), Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford), and Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg) ethanol-baited traps. A attached ethanol-injected Magnolia...
Abstract Non‐native ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), especially Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff), crassiusculus (Motschulsky) and germanus (Blandford), are destructive wood‐boring pests of trees in ornamental nurseries tree fruit orchards. Previous studies have demonstrated the adults repelled by verbenone strongly attracted to ethanol. We tested a “push–pull” semiochemical strategy Ohio, Virginia Mississippi using emitters “push” away from vulnerable ethanol lures “pull” them...
Imported fire ants (Solenopsis spp.; Hymenoptera: Formicidae) occupy 54 counties (~5.4 million ha) in Tennessee. To better understand the ant species distribution Tennessee, state was divided into 16.1 × km grids, and a single colony sampled for cuticular hydrocarbon venom alkaloid analyses within each grid. A total of 387 samples processed from which 9 (2.3%), 167 (43.2%), 211 (54.5%) were identified as red invicta Buren), black richteri Forel), or hybrid (S. S. richteri) imported ants,...
Some exotic ambrosia beetles are damaging pests in ornamental nurseries. Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) is the most problematic beetle Ohio Movement of X. nurseries has not been characterized, and knowledge lacking on whether infestations originate from within or surrounding habitats. Flight activity was monitored adjacent wooded areas to determine source infesting nurseries, characterize their movement Ethanol-baited bottle traps were positioned commercial at various distances nursery...
The majority of wood-boring ambrosia beetles are strongly attracted to ethanol, a behavior which could be exploited for management within ornamental nurseries. A series experiments was conducted determine if ethanol-based interception techniques reduce beetle pest pressure. In two experiments, trap trees injected with high dose ethanol were positioned either adjacent or 10-15 m from low (simulating mildly stressed tree) the high-dose draw attacks away immediately nursery trees....
Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) pose a significant challenge to producers of ornamental nursery stock. Conventional insecticides are commonly used for management purposes, but plant-derived essential oils also may discourage ambrosia from initiating attacks. To identify promising commercially available products, field-based efficacy trials were conducted in Ohio 2009 and 2010 with the following products: Armorex (Soil Technologies), Cinnacure (Proguard, Inc.),...
Numerous field studies were conducted in commercial nurseries Tennessee from 1996 through 1999 to evaluate chemical and biological treatments, application timing rates, method of for control early instars Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman. Insecticide treatments included bifenthrin, bendiocarb, chlorpyrifos, carbaryl, fipronil, halofenozide, imidacloprid, permethrin, tefluthrin, thiamethoxam, trichlorfon. Biological entomopathogenic nematodes (Heterorhabditis bacteriophora HP88 or H....