Microbial control of potato tuber moth and other insect pests of potato
| Personnel: | Lerry Lacey |
| Cooperators: | David Horton, Lisa Neven, Tom Unruh, Phil Hamm, Andrew Jensen, Silvia Rondon, Roy Navarre, Steven Arthurs, Katarina Riga, William Snyder |
| Keywords: | potato tuber moth wireworms, Colorado potato beetle, entomopathogenic nematodes, granulovirus, formulation, potato |
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| Project description: | Objectives: to reduce or eliminate broad spectrum pesticide use in potato production Treatments: entomopathogenic nematodes, fungus, bacteria and virus Overview of methods: standard applicxation methods are used when possible. Formulation of virus and nematodes to improve efficacy Looking at control of oriental fruit moth. Fungal control with a biofumigant. |
| Outputs: | Lacey, L. A., D. R. Horton, R. L. Chauvin and J. M. Stocker. 1999. Comparative efficacy of Beauveria bassiana, Bacillus thuringiensis, and aldicarb for control of Colorado potato beetle in an irrigated desert agroecosystem and their effects on biodiversity. Entomol. Exp. Applic. 93: 189-200. Lacey. L. A. and D. R. Horton. 2000. The potential for insect pathogens as control agents of pest insects of potato. Proc. Wash. State Potato Conf. Trade Fair. pp.85-87. Lacey, L. A., D. Horton, T. R. Unruh, K. Pike and M. Marques. 2001. Control biológico de plagas de papas en Norte América. Proc. Wash. State Potato Conf. Trade Fair. Taller en Español sobre la produccion de papas. pp. 103-117. Also excerpted in English in Agrichemical & Environmental News. May 2001, 181: 3-8, and on the Agrichemical & Environmental News website (May 2001 edition) in English and Spanish at: http://www.tricity. wsu.edu/aenews. Goettel, M. S., L. A. Lacey, C. Noronha, and D. Hunt. 2002. Microbial control of insect pests of potato in Canada and the Western United States. Proceedings VIIIth Int. Colloq. Invertebr. Pathol. Microbial Contr., August 18-23, 2002, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. pp. 270-274. Lacey, L. A. 2002. Insect pests of potatoes in the Western Hemisphere and the potential for their control using entomopathogens. Proceedings VIIIth Int. Colloq. Invertebr. Pathol. Microbial Contr., August 18-23, 2002, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. pp. 256-260. Lacey, L. A., E. Riga, and W. Snyder. 2004. The potential for using insect specific pathogens for control of insect pests of potato in North America. Potato Progress. 4: 1-3. (Trade Journal). |
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| Institution: | USDA-ARS, WSU, OSU |
| State: | WA, OR |