WHITE PINE WEEVIL, PISSODES STROBI (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE), ATTACK ON VARIOUS CONIFERS IN NEW YORK

1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (12) ◽  
pp. 1637-1640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Phillips ◽  
Gerald N. Lanier
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Pinus Strobus ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Conifer Species ◽  
Brood Production ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevils ◽  
Native Host ◽  
White Pine Weevil

AbstractField studies were conducted in which adult white pine weevils, Pissodes strobi (Peck), were confined on the leaders of six different conifer species and various parameters of weevil attack were recorded. Eastern white pine, Pinus strobus, the preferred native host, was the most susceptible to attack and the most suitable for brood production. All white pine leaders on which 3 or 6 male–female pairs of weevils were confined were killed, and mean numbers of emerging brood adults per leader were 26.0 and 37.3, respectively. Some leaders of the other species of pine and of spruce, Picea spp., were also killed, but brood production from them was very low. White spruce, P. glauca, leaders proved to be the least suitable for production of brood because no adult progeny emerged, even from leaders that had been killed.

RESISTANCE AGAINST WHITE PINE WEEVIL: EFFECTS ON WEEVIL REPRODUCTION AND HOST FINDING

1998 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.S. Sahota ◽  
J.F. Manville ◽  
F.G. Peet ◽  
E.E. White ◽  
A.I. Ibaraki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Development ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
Tree Breeding ◽  
Host Finding ◽  
Picea Sitchensis ◽  
Ovarian Maturation ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevils ◽  
White Pine Weevil

AbstractFeeding on leaders of resistant Sitka spruce trees, Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr., Led to ovarian regression in white pine weevils, Pissodes strobi Peck., that contained already mature eggs at the time of caging on leaders. Such feeding also led to inhibition or a virtual blockage of ovarian development in weevils that did not contain already mature eggs at the time of caging. Ovarian maturation in such weevils was restored by application of juvenile hormone to female weevils. Effects of three levels of resistance were consistent within the experiments and with the field performance of the tested clones. These results indicate that the effects of resistance were postingestive, i.e., resistance was a form of antibiosis. How antibiosis can cause the weevils to concentrate oviposition on susceptible trees is discussed. Results also provide a means of selecting and ranking resistance of individual spruce trees for tree breeding and reforestation.

Oviposition biology of Pissodes strobi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on white pine (Pinaceae) under laboratory conditions

2001 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Trudel ◽  
Robert Lavallée ◽  
Éric Bauce
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Oviposition Period ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Female Fecundity ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
Pine Weevils ◽  
Old Females ◽  
White Pine Weevil

AbstractStudies were conducted to document the oviposition biology of female white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi Peck. Data were recorded on female fecundity and daily feeding and oviposition activities. In addition, we compared fecundity of 1- and 2-year-old females. Female white pine weevils laid a mean ± SE total number of 132.3 ± 7.5 eggs (range 40–344 eggs) during an average oviposition period of 5.8 ± 0.4 weeks. It is during the first 5 weeks that white pine weevils lay the most eggs, with an egg-laying peak in the second week of the oviposition period. For a few females, egg production did not cease until the 22nd week. There was no difference between the number of eggs laid in the photophase and in the scotophase, but higher numbers of feeding punctures were observed during the night than during the day. The oviposition and feeding results for 2-year-old female white pine weevils were similar to those for 1-year-old females. This information contributes to the management of white pine weevils by providing a better understanding of some of the mechanisms of its population dynamics.

Zones de Vulnérabilité du Pin Blanc à la Rouille Vésiculeuse au Québec

1986 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Lavallée
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Pinus Strobus ◽  
Cronartium Ribicola ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
Blister Rust ◽  
White Pine Weevil

Analysis of relevant data for the last 11 years improved the precision of zoning for white pine vulnerability to blister rust in Quebec. The validity of the existing approach for the area under study was confirmed. White pine located in zones 1 and 2 usually indicated less than 15% stem infections by the blister rust. Distribution of the white pine weevil damage in the zones is presented. Key words: Pinus strobus L., Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fisher, Pissodes strobi Peck, blister rust vulnerability.

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN RESISTANCE TO WHITE PINE WEEVIL (PISSODES STROBI) (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) BY EASTERN WHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS)

1973 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Pinus Strobus ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Eastern White Pine ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
White Pine Weevil

AbstractWeevil damage on 12 sources of eastern white pine was measured. Differences between sources at age 13 were significant, but all sources were heavily weeviled. It is doubtful that sources resistant to the white pine weevil will be located.

The Effect of Light and Temperature on the Behaviour of Adults of the White Pine Weevil, Pissodes strobi Peck.

1959 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
Variable Weather ◽  
Measurable Factors ◽  
White Pine Weevil

This study was undertaken as part of an investigation of the physical and biological requirements of the white pine weevil Pissodes strobi Peck. The broad aspects of the main problem will be given in a later paper and it need only be mentioned here that the immediate objective was to define the requirements of the weevil in terms of measurable factors of the environment. During the field studies, observed variations in behaviour between individual weevils within the limits of a single habitat indicated the need for additional studies that would permit analysis of behaviour in relation to previous conditioning. The responses of the adult weevils to diffuse and discrete light sources, and the effect of temperature on these responses, were investigated in conjunction with field studies of behavioural changes during relatively stable and variable weather conditions, in an attempt to explain observed weevil movements.

scholarly journals Genetically based resistance to the white pine weevil in jack pine and eastern white pine

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 775-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Verrez ◽  
Dan Quiring ◽  
Thibaut Leinekugel Le Cocq ◽  
Greg Adams ◽  
Yill Sung Park
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Banksiana ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Jack Pine ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
Tree Resistance ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
White Pine Weevil

White pine weevil (Pissodes strobi Peck) damage was evaluated in one white pine (Pinus strobus L.) and four jack pine(Pinus banksiana Lamb) half-sib family test sites to determine the role of tree genotype in resistance to the weevil. Halfsibfamily explained a significant proportion of the variation in weevil attack at all sites. Estimates of family (0.16-0.54)and individual (0.09-0.24) heritabilities of jack pine resistance to white pine weevil were moderate. Estimates of family(0.37) and individual (0.22) heritability of resistance of white pine to the weevil were also moderate when the percentageof test trees damaged by the weevil was relatively low, but were insignificant four years later when more than three-quartersof trees were damaged. Significant positive correlations between mean tree height and mean incidence of trees damagedby the weevil were observed for four of seven site-years but relationships were weak, suggesting that any cost, withrespect to height growth, to breeding weevil resistant trees may be small.Key words: Pinus, Pissodes strobi, trade-offs, tree improvement, tree resistance, white pine weevil.

Life Tables of the White Pine Weevil, Pissodes strobi , 1 in Central Maine 2

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne N. Dixon ◽  
Mark W. Houseweart
Keyword(s):  
Life Tables ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
White Pine Weevil

Relationship between cortical resin acids and resistance of Sitka spruce to the white pine weevil

1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Tomlin ◽  
John H. Borden ◽  
Harold D. Pierce Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Resin Acid ◽  
Sitka Spruce ◽  
Canonical Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Picea Sitchensis ◽  
Resin Acids ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Pissodes Strobi ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
White Pine Weevil

Cortical resin acids were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively among 10 provenances and 11 genotypes of Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis Bong (Carr.), putatively resistant to the white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi (Peck), and compared with susceptible trees. Trees in 5 of the 11 resistant genotypes had significantly greater amounts of cortical resin acid than susceptible trees. Of seven individual acids analyzed, pimaric, isopimaric, levopimaric, dehydroabietic, abietic, and neoabietic acid, but not palustric acid, were found in significantly greater amounts in trees from resistant than susceptible provenances. Eighteen percent of the variation in resin acid content could be accounted for by variation in the capacity of cortical resin ducts, indicating that the other 82% of variation is a result of differences in resin acid concentration in the resin. Trees with very high resin acid levels may have a greater capacity for resinosis than susceptible trees, may deter feeding, or may produce resin that is toxic to eggs and larvae. Canonical discriminant analysis revealed that several resistant clones, particularly two from the Kitwanga provenance, could be distinguished from others on the basis of their resin acid profiles. Because it separated trees on the basis of genotype, but not according to degree of resistance, canonical discriminant analysis may be more useful in "chemotyping" trees than in screening for resistance. Keywords: Picea, cortex, resin acids, Pissodes strobi, resistance.

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