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CONELET ABORTION IN JACK PINE CAUSED BY PLATYLYGUS LURIDUS (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Aunu Rauf ,
R. A. Cecich  and
D. M. Benjamin
Aunu Rauf
Affiliation:
Fakultas Pertanian, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IFB), Bogor, Indonesia.
R. A. Cecich
Affiliation:
North Central Forest Experiment Station, Foreshy Sciences Laboratory, Rhinelander, Wisconsin 54501.
D. M. Benjamin
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706.
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Abstract

Conelet abortion in a jack pine, Pinus banksiana Lamb., seed orchard in Oneida County, Wisconsin was caused by Platylygus luridus (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) and ranged from 51% to 87% with the average 74.5% in 3 of 4 years. Adults preferred to feed on ovules in conelets and were 3 to 4 times more destructive than nymphs. When conelets were protected from this insect by coating the twig above and below the conelet with Tanglefoot®, abortion was below 11%. Other mirid adults including Phytocoris michiganae Knight, Pilophorus amoenus Uhler, Dichrooscytus suspectus Reuter, and Europiella n.sp. confined in cages with conelets did not induce abortion.

Résumé

Platylygus luridus (Reuter) (Hemiptera : Miridae), a causé l'avortement des cônelets dans une plantation de semis du pin Pinus banksiana Lamb, dans le comté d'Oneida au Wisconsin, avec un écart de 51 à 87 pourcent et une moyenne de 74.5 pourcent 3 ans sur 4. Les adultes ont montré une préférence pour les ovules des cônelets et étaient 3 à 4 fois plus dommageables que les larves. La protection des cônelets contre l'insecte à l'aide de "Tanglefoot®" appliqué sur la branchette au-dessus et en-dessous du cônelet a permis de réduire à 11 pourcent le taux d'avortement. L'avortement n'a pu être induit en confinant aux cônelets d'autres mirides adultes dont Phytocoris michiganae Knight, Pilophorus amoenus Uhler, Dichrooscytus suspectus Reuter et Europiella n.sp.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 116 , Issue 9 , September 1984 , pp. 1213 - 1218
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1984

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