英文摘要 |
"The carambola fruit borer (CFB), Eucosma notanthes Meyrick, is the key pest attacking carambola fruits in Taiwan. Assessment of the effects of using sex pheromone for monitoring, mass trapping, and mating disruption of CFB was studied in the carambola orchards. Monitoring tests were conducted at Yuan-lin and Cho-lan areas from 1990 to 1992. The occurrence of CFB in these two areas was similar, showing lower population density from April to June. The population density in Cho-lan was significantly lower than that in Yuan-lin. Mass trapping was conducted at Guo-xing, Nan-tou county from 1993 to 1997. The density of CFB declined to 1.0-4.5 insects/trap/week when 40-80 traps/ha were used. The population density of CFB was reduced by 75.4-89.4% compared to untreated orchards, and the fruit damage was only 1.9%. There was no difference in the effectiveness of mating disruptants formulated with Z8-12:Ac from different sources. In order to control CFB by mating disruption, a 5- hectare orchard at Cho-lan was treated with 53.28 g/ha of Z8-12:Ac disruptants for 5 months during 1996-97. Percent inhibition of male attraction reached 100%. The mating inhibition in the cage experiment and in the tethered females testing in the carambola orchards was 89.4 and 97.4%, respectively. The fruit damage was reduced by 71% as compared to conventional chemical control." |