Female age as a factor determining the patterns of tree canopy utilisation by the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lux, Sławomir A.; Michalska, Katarzyna; Wnuk, Andrzej; Paliczuk, Dorota; Vogt, Heidrun; Hernik, Tiffany; Studnicki, Marcin
• Is Part Of: International journal of pest management. Volume 63:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 371
• Page End: 381
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Lifetime behaviour -- age-dependant -- tree canopy -- plant volatiles -- R. cerasi -- IPM; Pests -- Control -- Periodicals; Agricultural pests -- Periodicals; Plant diseases -- Periodicals; Pesticides -- Periodicals; 632.9
• DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2016.1277802
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0967-0874

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi is a univoltine, oligophagous pest of cultivated sweet cherries. The pest is closely associated with the canopy of its host tree, and its on-farm behaviour and mobility are determined by the crop structure and spatial arrangement of the farm. However, in spite of its relevance to integrated pest management, little is known about the within-canopy behaviour of R. cerasi, or the role of host and non-host canopy traits in local pest translocations. This paper reports the results of our exploratory studies, which reveal the modulating role of female age on various aspects of R. cerasi on-farm behaviour, such as diurnal and lifetime patterns of canopy utilisation and within-canopy activity, the propensity to undertake local explorative errands and the response to volatiles emanating from host and non-host canopies. The potential implications of our findings on the development of site-optimised IPM and/or pest-resilient agro-landscapes were also discussed.