Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools
Leaf-cutting ants (LCAs) cause significant damage to forest plantations and are mainly managed by broad-spectrum synthetic insecticides. In Patagonia, Pinus ponderosa (Pinales: Pinaceae) (Douglas 1836) and Pinus contorta (Pinales: Pinaceae) (Dluglas 1838) are the predominant pine species in forest p...
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| author | Alma, Andrea Marina Fernández, Patricia Serra, María Noel Villacide, Jose Maria Buteler, Micaela |
| author_browse | Alma, Andrea Marina Buteler, Micaela Fernández, Patricia Serra, María Noel Villacide, Jose Maria |
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| description | Leaf-cutting ants (LCAs) cause significant damage to forest plantations and are mainly managed by broad-spectrum synthetic insecticides. In Patagonia, Pinus ponderosa (Pinales: Pinaceae) (Douglas 1836) and Pinus contorta (Pinales: Pinaceae) (Dluglas 1838) are the predominant pine species in forest plantations. Previous research has shown that dehydrated citrus pulp is an LCAs attractant, and tea tree essential oil acts as an LCAs repellent. We evaluated the use of dehydrated citrus pulp and tea tree oil to manage LCAs behaviour in a push–pull setting, using mixed pine species in small plot fields, to reduce the LCA Acromyrmex lobicornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Emery, 1888) damage in young P. ponderosa plants. We combined the treatment with attractant and repellent in a mono-specific plantation design (three ponderosa plants surrounded with pulp and three sprayed with tea tree extract) or mixed plantation designs (three contorta plants with pulp and three ponderosa plants with tea tree). The combination of both mono-specific and mixed plantations with push–pull stimuli delayed discovery and decreased the damage in pines sprayed with the repellent. Mono-specific as well as mixed species designs were equally effective, reducing ant damage and increasing ~50% the survival probability of P. ponderosa when push–pull stimuli were applied. The use of a push–pull strategy with plant-based compounds provides potential as a management tool that reduces and delays LCA damage in pine trees. |
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| spelling | INTA162082023-12-13T13:16:59Z Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools Alma, Andrea Marina Fernández, Patricia Serra, María Noel Villacide, Jose Maria Buteler, Micaela Acromyrmex Plagas de Plantas Pinus ponderosa Daños Gestión de Plagas Hormigas Plant Pests Damage Pest Management Ants Acromyrmex lobicornis Leaf-cutting ants (LCAs) cause significant damage to forest plantations and are mainly managed by broad-spectrum synthetic insecticides. In Patagonia, Pinus ponderosa (Pinales: Pinaceae) (Douglas 1836) and Pinus contorta (Pinales: Pinaceae) (Dluglas 1838) are the predominant pine species in forest plantations. Previous research has shown that dehydrated citrus pulp is an LCAs attractant, and tea tree essential oil acts as an LCAs repellent. We evaluated the use of dehydrated citrus pulp and tea tree oil to manage LCAs behaviour in a push–pull setting, using mixed pine species in small plot fields, to reduce the LCA Acromyrmex lobicornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Emery, 1888) damage in young P. ponderosa plants. We combined the treatment with attractant and repellent in a mono-specific plantation design (three ponderosa plants surrounded with pulp and three sprayed with tea tree extract) or mixed plantation designs (three contorta plants with pulp and three ponderosa plants with tea tree). The combination of both mono-specific and mixed plantations with push–pull stimuli delayed discovery and decreased the damage in pines sprayed with the repellent. Mono-specific as well as mixed species designs were equally effective, reducing ant damage and increasing ~50% the survival probability of P. ponderosa when push–pull stimuli were applied. The use of a push–pull strategy with plant-based compounds provides potential as a management tool that reduces and delays LCA damage in pine trees. EEA Bariloche Fil: Alma, Andrea Marina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Hormigas; Argentina Fil: Alma, Andrea Marina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Hormigas; Argentina Fil: Fernández, Patricia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Orgánica; Argentina Fil: Fernández, Patricia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnicas; Argentina Fil: Serra, María Noel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Serra, María Noel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Villacide, Jose Maria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Villacide, Jose Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Buteler, Micaela. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Hormigas; Argentina Fil: Buteler, Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Hormigas; Argentina 2023-12-13T13:10:16Z 2023-12-13T13:10:16Z 2023-11 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16208 https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/afe.12607 1461-9555 1461-9563 https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12607 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PD-E1-I600-001, Bioecología y estrategias de manejo de organismos perjudiciales y benéficos en escenarios de intensificación sustentable de cultivos info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Agricultural and Forest Entomology : 1-9 (First published: 23 November 2023) |
| spellingShingle | Acromyrmex Plagas de Plantas Pinus ponderosa Daños Gestión de Plagas Hormigas Plant Pests Damage Pest Management Ants Acromyrmex lobicornis Alma, Andrea Marina Fernández, Patricia Serra, María Noel Villacide, Jose Maria Buteler, Micaela Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools |
| title | Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools |
| title_full | Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools |
| title_fullStr | Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools |
| title_short | Damage reduction of Acromyrmex lobicornis in Pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push–pull tools |
| title_sort | damage reduction of acromyrmex lobicornis in pinus ponderosa using mixed pine species in combination with push pull tools |
| topic | Acromyrmex Plagas de Plantas Pinus ponderosa Daños Gestión de Plagas Hormigas Plant Pests Damage Pest Management Ants Acromyrmex lobicornis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16208 https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/afe.12607 https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12607 |
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