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Similar worldwide patterns in the sex pheromone signal and response in the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2014

A.L. Knight*
Affiliation:
USDA, ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951, USA
W. Barros-Parada
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Talca, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile Millennium Nucleus in Molecular Ecology and Evolutionary Applications of Agroecosystems, Universidad de Talca, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile
D. Bosch
Affiliation:
UdL-IRTA, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain
L.A. Escudero-Colomar
Affiliation:
IRTA, Estació Experimental Mas Badia, 17134 La Tallada d'Empordà, Girona, Spain
E. Fuentes-Contreras
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Talca, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile Millennium Nucleus in Molecular Ecology and Evolutionary Applications of Agroecosystems, Universidad de Talca, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile
J. Hernández-Sánchez
Affiliation:
IHBI, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave/cnr. Blamey St, Kelvin Grove, QLD, 4059, Australia
C. Yung
Affiliation:
Department of Bioresource Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 760-749, Republic of Korea
Y. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Bioresource Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 760-749, Republic of Korea
O.B. Kovanci
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Uludag University, Gorukle Kampusu 16059 Bursa, Turkey
A. Levi
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain
P. Lo
Affiliation:
Plant and Food Research, Hawkes Bay, 4157 Havelock North, New Zealand
F. Molinari
Affiliation:
Entomology and Plant Pathology Institute, Catholic University of Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29100 Piacenza, Italy
J. Valls
Affiliation:
Biostatistics Unit. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida (HUAV), C/ Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain
C. Gemeno
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain
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*Author for correspondence Phone: (509) 454-6566 Fax: (509) 454-5646 E-mail: alan.knight@ars.usda.gov

Abstract

The response of Grapholita molesta (Busck) males to three-component sex pheromone blends containing a 100% ratio of the major sex pheromone component, (Z)-8-dodecenyl acetate and a 10% ratio of (Z)-8-dodecenol, but with varying ratios of (E)-8-dodecenyl acetate (0.4, 5.4, 10.4, 30.4, and 100.1% E-blends) was tested with populations in eight stone and pome fruit orchards in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Traps baited with the 5.4% E-blend caught significantly more males than traps with any other blend with all populations. Significantly more males were caught in traps baited with the 10.4% E-blend than in traps with the remaining blends, except with the 0.4% E-blend in Turkey. Significant differences in male moth catches occurred between the other blends with the 0.4>30.4% E-blend, and the 30.4>100.1% E-blend. Male moth catches with the 100.1% E-blend only differed from the hexane control in Chile. No apparent differences were noted to these blends in populations collected from pome or stone fruits. Flight tunnel assays to synthetic blends with a subset of populations were similar to the field results, but the breadth of the most attractive E-blends was wider. Flight tunnel assays also demonstrated a high level of male–female cross-attraction among field-collected populations. Female gland extracts from field-collected populations did not show any significant variation in their three-component blends. The only exceptions in these assays were that long-term laboratory populations were less responsive and attractive, and produced different blend ratios of the two minor components than recently collected field populations.

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