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Effect of Potting Media Components on the Persistence of Metarhizium anisopliae for Black Vine Weevil Management
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Metarhizium anisopliae for Black Vine Weevil Control in Container-Grown Nursery Stock
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Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae as a Curative Application for Black Vine Weevil Infesting Container-Grown Nursery Crops
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Revisiting Monitoring Strategies for Root Weevil Management Improvement in Nurseries
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Relationship of Black Vine Weevil Egg Density and Damage to Two Cranberry Cultivars
Black vine weevil (BVW), Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Fabricius), is a serious pest of cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. Larvae feed undetected within the soil and cause damage to roots and underground vines. We correlated damage caused by feeding larvae from known BVW egg densities. Two cultivars of potted cranberry vines, ‘Stevens’ and ‘McFarlin’, were inoculated with 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 eggs per pot. Root damage and canopy health were assessed. ‘Stevens’ exceeded ‘McFarlin’ in dry shoot weight, total shoot length, total leaf area, and dry root weight before egg treatments. Damage to underground vines increased with increasing egg density and more damage was found in ‘Stevens’ than ‘McFarlin’ at the highest egg densities. In August, plant water use and total shoot length in ‘McFarlin’ were significantly greater in plants treated with 0–5 eggs per pot compared with plants treated with 40–80 eggs per pot. The effect on total shoot length was more pronounced in October. ‘Stevens’ showed no response to increasing BVW density for up to 24 weeks. Destructive measurements showed decreased root weight in ‘McFarlin’ but not ‘Stevens’. Both cultivars showed a similar decrease in dry shoot weight, total shoot length, and percent green leaf area with increasing BVW egg density. Root damage increased as BVW egg density increased and this damage resulted in reduced plant water use for ‘McFarlin’. Reduced shoot growth and leaf area was recorded for both cultivars, although these effects were more apparent in ‘McFarlin’ and at an earlier stage than in ‘Stevens’.This is a scanned version of a published article. The original can be found at: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/.Keywords: Pacific Northwest, Vaccinium macrocarpon, ‘McFarlin’, Root damage, ‘Stevens’, Leaf area, Otiorhynchus sulcatu
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Potential Monitoring Strategies for Improving Root Weevil Management in Nursery and Small Fruit Crops
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