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Development of a new shape of pheromone trap for the bean bug, Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae)

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Riptortus pedestris F. [=R. clavatus (Thunberg)] is one of the most serious pests affecting the cultivation of sweet persimmon, which is one of the most important export fruits in Korea. A pheromone-baited trap has been used in attempts to control this pest. In this study, the development of a more efficient pheromone-baited trap for R. pedestris was pursued by investigating three different shapes of traps: the fish trap, the pyramidal trap, and the symmetry trap. The fish trap, which is the only one commercially available, captured the lowest number of R. pedestris, and the pyramidal trap showed moderate capture efficacy. The symmetry trap captured significantly greater numbers of R. pedestris adults (ca. 6 and 28 times more than the pyramidal and fish trap, respectively). Significantly increased trapping efficacy of the symmetry trap would be useful for mass trapping of R. pedestris.

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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the paper. I am very grateful to S.-Y. Hong and J.-S. Yang for providing the sweet persimmon orchard for the field test. This work received financial support from the Rural Development Agency (PJ907109032011).

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    Present address: Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 program), Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinjudaero, Jinju, Gyeongsangnamdo, Republic of Korea

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  1. Pheromone Research Team, Korea Beneficial Insects Lab. Co. Ltd. (KBIL), 272 Changjeong-ri, Ip-myeon, Gokseong, Jeollanamdo, 516-942, Republic of Korea

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Kim, J. Development of a new shape of pheromone trap for the bean bug, Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae). Appl Entomol Zool 47, 153–156 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-012-0102-1

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