Volume 58 Number 3 Article 20
Year 2004 Month 7
Title: Cherry in Rearing Diet Affects Development of Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Authors: J.D. Hansen, S.R. Drake and M.L. Heidt
Abstract:
The development of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) was compared
on artificial diets that contained different proportions (from 0 to 50%) of fruit pulp from either 'Bing' or
'Chelan' cultivars of cherry, Prunus avium L. Frequency of adult emergence was inversely related to the
proportion of cherry in the diet and the emergence rate was different for each cultivar.
Fresh weights of
adult females were not different across diet types, but fresh weights of adult males declined with increasing
amount of cherry in the diet.
Results suggest that cherry fruits contain chemicals that interfere with codling
moth survival and development.
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