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Effect of kaolin particle film treatment on winterform oviposition of the pear psyllaCacopsylla pyri

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Laboratory and field experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of kaolin particle film on winterform oviposition of the pear psyllacacopsyllapyri (L.) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). Kaolin particle film (kpf) treatment significantly reduced winterform oviposition rates in both choice and no-choice tests in the laboratory. In choice tests, overwintered females laid 11 times more eggs on water-treated dormant shoots than on shoots treated with particle film, within 21 days after treatment. In no-choice tests, kpf treatment also significantly reduced egg numbers compared with water-treated controls. The results of field trials carried out in southwestern Turkey (Antalya) during the late winter — early spring of 2004 and 2005 showed very good efficacy of kpf treatment in comparison with water-treated control. Kpf treatment (just before egg laying, during the dormant-postdormant period) delayed egg-laying activity in overwintered females for up to 3 weeks from the beginning of the experiment and continued to suppress oviposition significantly in comparison with watertreated control up to 4 weeks. Our overall results suggest that kpf treatment may be useful in pear psylla management programs by decreasing winterform oviposition, particularly in conjunction with other control tactics.

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture. Plant Protection Department, Akdeniz University, 07070, Antalya, Turkey

    F. Erler

  2. Faculty of Arts and Science, Biology Department, Akdeniz University, 07058, Antalya, Turkey

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Erler, F., Cetin, H. Effect of kaolin particle film treatment on winterform oviposition of the pear psyllaCacopsylla pyri . Phytoparasitica 35, 466–473 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03020605

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