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In temperate regions, mirids may be occasional pests of vineyards where risk-averse growers use control measures. In that context, an optimal sampling scheme would allow determination of risk at minimal cost. A model driven by the accumulation of degree-days (DD) was developed to predict cumulative total captures of mirid nymphs (mainly the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois)) at 5%, 50%, and 95%. The model was based on 23 data sets collected over 4 years in three vineyards in southern Quebec. Lower and optimum temperatures for development were set at 10o and 32°C, based on experimental results and previous studies. Cumulative total captures at 5%, 50%, and 95% levels occurred, respectively, at 229, 331, and 479 DD for the first generation and 630, 806, and 1000 DD for the second generation. Paired t-tests and the forecasting efficiencies confirmed the reliability of the predictive model. The model indicated that monitoring for mirid nymphs of cool-climate in vineyards should be initiated at 200 and 500 DD calculated from 1 March for the first and second generations, respectively. Using the same lower and optimum temperatures for the development of mirids, another degree-day model was developed to predict grapevine phenological stages in relation to the modified Eichhorn-Lorenz system. Superimposing the mirid model over the grapevine model allows relating mirid total captures to grapevine phenological stages, and thus optimizing resources to monitor mirid populations in cool-climate vineyards.
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We express our gratitude to the late Victor Dietrich, and to Christiane Jooss and Charles-Henri de Coussergues, the owners of the vineyards I, II and III. Julie Bellemare and Martin Trudeau are thanked for technical help in the field. We thank Jacques Lasnier for input in logistics, and Danielle Choquette for preparing the figures. Michael Schwartz (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa) is thanked for insights on mirid systematics. The project was financed by the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Matching Investment Initiative (MII 97–5735) granted to the research team.
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Bostanian, N.J., Bourgeois, G., Plouffe, D. et al. Modeling phytophagous mirid nymphs in cool-climate vineyards. Phytoparasitica 42, 13–22 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-013-0332-y
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