Pheromones in white pine cone beetle,Conophthorus coniperda (schwarz) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

1995 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Göran Birgersson ◽  
Gary L. Debarr ◽  
Peter de Groot ◽  
Mark J. Dalusky ◽  
Harold D. Pierce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Pine ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Conophthorus Coniperda

Field evaluation of host kairomones and pheromones for capture of Conophthorus coniperda (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
pp. 723-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Brauner ◽  
P. de Groot
Keyword(s):  
Field Evaluation ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Trap Catch ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Release Rates ◽  
Female Response ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Equivalent Efficacy ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
Conophthorus Coniperda

AbstractField studies were conducted to determine the attractiveness of monoterpenes and pheromones to the white pine cone beetle, Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz), the most destructive cone and seed pest of eastern white pine, Pinus strobus L. (Pinaceae). Limonene was identified as a new attractant that acts synergistically when added to the female-produced sex pheromone, pityol. Trap catches were higher with increasing release rates of S-(–)-limonene. The enantiomers of limonene showed equivalent efficacy on mean trap catch. (–)-β-Pinene was not attractive and may be repellent to both sexes, and (–)-α-pinene was shown to have no effect on female response when added to pityol or pityol + S-(–)-limonene. The pheromones trans-verbenol, trans-pinocarveol, and myrtenol were not attractive to C. coniperda.

Response of Pityophthorus puberulus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to pheromones and terpenes

2007 ◽  
Vol 139 (5) ◽  
pp. 742-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Brauner ◽  
Peter de Groot
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Pinus Strobus ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Host Recognition ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Eastern White Pine ◽  
Seed Orchards ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Conophthorus Coniperda

AbstractIn field studies conducted to improve trapping programs for the white pine cone beetle, Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz), a twig beetle, Pityophthorus puberulus (LeConte), a common associate of eastern white pine, Pinus strobus L. (Pinaceae), in seed orchards, was also captured. In these experiments, P. puberulus was attracted to traps containing the sex pheromone pityol with or without the monoterpenes (−)-α-pinene and (−)-β-pinene, but attraction to traps was inhibited when S-(−)-limonene was present. We speculate that limonene may play an important role in host recognition and suitability, by indicating a resource suitable for C. coniperda but unsuitable for P. puberulus.

RESPONSE OF CONE AND TWIG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) AND A PREDATOR (COLEOPTERA: CLERIDAE) TO PITYOL, CONOPHTHORIN, AND VERBENONE

2000 ◽  
Vol 132 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter de Groot ◽  
Gary L. DeBarr
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Thanasimus Dubius ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Pheromone Communication ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Potential Inhibitors ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
Conophthorus Coniperda

AbstractField studies were conducted in the United States and Canada to determine the response of the white pine cone beetle, Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz), and the red pine cone beetle, Conophthorus resinosae Hopkins, to two potential inhibitors, conophthorin and verbenone, of pheromone communication. Trap catches of male C. coniperda and C. resinosae were significantly reduced and generally declined with increasing concentrations of conophthorin in traps baited with the pityol, a female-produced pheromone. Verbenone did not significantly reduce trap catches of C. coniperda. Conophthorin, but not verbenone, significantly reduced cone attacks by C. coniperda when placed near cone clusters. The twig beetles, Pityophthorus cariniceps LeConte and Pityophthorus puberulus (LeConte), responded to traps with pityol and α-pinene baits alone or with conophthorin. Thanasimus dubius (F) (Coleoptera: Cleridae) was attracted to the pityol and α-pinene, but conophthorin had no effect on attraction of this generalist bark beetle predator. Verbenone significantly reduced trap catches of T. dubius in pityol-baited traps.

EVIDENCE FOR A FEMALE-PRODUCED PHEROMONE IN THE WHITE PINE CONE BEETLE, CONOPHTHORUS CONIPERDA (SCHWARZ), AND IN THE RED PINE CONE BEETLE, C. RESINOSAE HOPKINS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)

1991 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 1057-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. de Groot ◽  
G.L. DeBarr ◽  
G.O. Birgersson ◽  
H.D. Pierce ◽  
J.H. Borden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Red Pine ◽  
Host Volatiles ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Strong Response ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Laboratory Bioassays ◽  
Conophthorus Coniperda

AbstractEvidence for a female-produced sex pheromone in the white pine cone beetle, Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz), and the red pine cone beetle, C. resinosae Hopkins, was obtained from laboratory bioassays and field experiments conducted with C. coniperda beetles from Ontario and North Carolina. In an olfactometer, males from both species responded significantly more to volatiles from females than to volatiles from males or cones. Generally, females did not differ in their response to female-, male-, or cone-produced volatiles. Both sexes responded to host volatiles. The strong response by male C. coniperda to females was confirmed in field tests.

LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS OF THE WHITE PINE CONE BORER, EUCOSMA TOCULLIONANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

1998 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter de Groot
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Head Capsule ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
White Pine ◽  
The North ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pollen Release

AbstractThe life history of the white pine cone borer, Eucosma tocullionana Heinrich, was studied from 1992 to 1994 in an eastern white pine seed orchard in Ontario. Adults flew from late May to early July, and egg laying commenced in mid-June. Oviposition coincided with the onset of white pine pollen release. Eggs were laid singly or in clusters on cones, with most of the eggs laid on the basal third of the cone. Head capsule measurements indicated five instars. Larvae fed in cones from mid-June to the end of August. Mature larvae exited the cones and dropped to the ground to pupate. The insect is univoltine. Parasitism by the Hymenoptera, Trichogramma and Apanteles, accounted for 5% of the eggs and 1% of the larvae, respectively. About 40% of the larvae died from being entrapped in resin. There were no significant differences in attack rates by E. tocullionana within the tree except in the middle level, where the south quadrant had significantly higher rates than the north quadrant.

Association of western white pine cone crops with weather variables

1976 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Eis
Keyword(s):  
White Pine ◽  
Weather Variables ◽  
Weather Factors ◽  
Daily Temperature Range ◽  
Cone Production ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Western White Pine ◽  
Cone Development ◽  
Sunny Weather ◽  
One Year

Twenty-one-year records of western white pine cone counts were analyzed with seven meteorological variables to find if any combinations of available weather factors were associated with the induction of reproductive buds and successful development of the strobili. The weather in three periods before the physical initiation of the potentially reproductive cycle showed association with cone counts: (1) sunny weather in June, 39 months before cone maturation; (2) warm, sunny, dry weather in September and October, 36 and 35 months before cone maturation; and (3) warm, sunny, dry weather with wide daily temperature range in June and July, 27 and 26 months before cone maturation, appeared to promote differentiation of potentially reproductive buds. During and after the initiation of bud primordia, the weather in four periods appeared to be associated with cone production: (1) warm and possibly wet weather in August, September, and October, 25 to 23 months before cone maturation; (2) rain in the third quarter of July, 4 weeks after pollination and 14 months before cone maturation; (3) warm temperatures in September, October, and November, 12 to 10 months before cone maturation; and (4) sunny, warm, dry weather in May, 4 months before cone maturation, appeared to be beneficial to cone development.

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