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Title: Suppression of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae), on solanaceous crops with a copper-based fungicide

Abstract

Field experiments were carried out to determine if a copper-based fungicide known to deter feeding by the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), in the laboratory, could suppress the growth of L. decemlineata populations in the field when used regularly for plant disease protection on tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants. Larval densities on plants treated with a fungicide formulated with copper hydroxide (Cu(OH)/sub 2/) were between 44 and 100% lower than on untreated control plants or plants treated with a more commonly used fungicide, mancozeb. The greatest reductions occurred on tomatoes, the least suitable host of the three for L. decemlineata growth and survival.

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Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven
OSTI Identifier:
5775125
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: Environ. Entomol.; (United States); Journal Volume: 13:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ANIMAL GROWTH; INHIBITION; COPPER; TOXICITY; BEETLES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CROPS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUNGICIDES; LARVAE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; COLEOPTERA; DATA; ELEMENTS; GROWTH; INFORMATION; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; NUMERICAL DATA; PESTICIDES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; 560304* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987)

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Hare, J.D. Suppression of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae), on solanaceous crops with a copper-based fungicide. United States: N. p., 1984. Web. doi:10.1093/ee/13.4.1010.
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Hare, J.D. Suppression of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae), on solanaceous crops with a copper-based fungicide. United States. doi:10.1093/ee/13.4.1010.
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Hare, J.D. Wed . "Suppression of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae), on solanaceous crops with a copper-based fungicide". United States. doi:10.1093/ee/13.4.1010.
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@article{osti_5775125,
title = {Suppression of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae), on solanaceous crops with a copper-based fungicide},
author = {Hare, J.D.},
abstractNote = {Field experiments were carried out to determine if a copper-based fungicide known to deter feeding by the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), in the laboratory, could suppress the growth of L. decemlineata populations in the field when used regularly for plant disease protection on tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants. Larval densities on plants treated with a fungicide formulated with copper hydroxide (Cu(OH)/sub 2/) were between 44 and 100% lower than on untreated control plants or plants treated with a more commonly used fungicide, mancozeb. The greatest reductions occurred on tomatoes, the least suitable host of the three for L. decemlineata growth and survival.},
doi = {10.1093/ee/13.4.1010},
journal = {Environ. Entomol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 13:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984},
month = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984}
}
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DOI:  10.1093/ee/13.4.1010
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