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EARLY GROUND APPLICATION OF ACEPHATE FOR CONTROL OF THE WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE) ON DOUGLAS-FIR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. Wayne Brewer  and
J. O’Neal
J. Wayne Brewer
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Entomology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
J. O’Neal
Affiliation:
U. S. Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Abstract

The insecticide acephate (0.5-dimethyl acetyl phosphoramidothioate) was applied at 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 lb A.I./gal (.058, 0.118, 0.179 kg/l.) in aqueous solution to individual Douglas-fir trees infested with western spruce budworm, Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman, larvae in central Washington using hand held ground application equipment. Application was made when larvae were in the needle mining – bud mining stage at rates ranging from 2.58 to 5.10 gal/acre (3.97 to 7.84 l./ha). For all three concentrations, mortality of larvae inside needles was 94–98% after 1 day compared with a check mortality of 18% and larval mortality inside buds was 99% after 1 day compared with 23% for the check. Regression analyses indicated that defoliation was positively correlated with the number of needles mined the current year and per cent punctured buds, and negatively correlated with larval mortality inside both needles and buds. The data suggest that when applied at the rates used, acephate has some type of systemic action and can provide foliage protection during the year of application.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 9 , September 1977 , pp. 1153 - 1158
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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