Management Strategies of Aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) As Vectors of Pepper Viruses in Western Massachusetts
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University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1988 Management strategies of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) as vectors of pepper viruses in western Massachusetts. Dario Corredor University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Corredor, Dario, "Management strategies of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) as vectors of pepper viruses in western Massachusetts." (1988). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 5636. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/5636 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AS VECTORS OF PEPPER VIRUSES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS A Dissertation Presented by Dario Corredor Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May 1988 Entomology c Copyright by Dario Corredor 1988 All Rights Reserved MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AS VECTORS OF PEPPER VIRUSES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS A Dissertation Presented by Dario Corredor David N. Ferro, Chairman of Committee To Consuelo, Paula and Anamaria whose love and support helped me through all these years. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT S I thank my friend and major advisor David N. Ferro for his advice, support and patience while I was a graduate student. I also want to thank Drs. Ronald J. Prokopy and George N. Agrios for their advice in designing the experiments and for reviewing the dissertation. I especially want to thank the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Agronomia, Bogota, for supporting me during my graduate studies. V ABSTRACT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AS VECTORS OF PEPPER VIRUSES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS MAY 1988 DARIO CORREDOR, B.S., UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA M.S., WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Directed by: Professor David N. Ferro Potential aphid vectors of nonpersistent viruses of green pepper Capsicum annuum L. were monitored by the use of color traps at the University of Massachusetts Research Farm at Sunderland, MA. Yellow pan traps were used to determine the main species landing on green pepper plants. Nonpersistent viruses are mainly vectored in peppers by two colonizing species of aphids, the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas). Foliage mimic traps (peak reflectance of 14% at 550 nm) were used to monitor the number of alate aphids landing in pepper plots. It appears that initial spread of pepper viruses could be by non-colonizing species, such as Cavariella sp. and Capitophorus eleagni (Del Guercio) as the colonizing aphid species were in low numbers at this time. Reflective mulch alone or in combination with a highly refined summer oil may reduce the spread of viruses when compared to oil alone or the control. The number of alighting aphids was lower in mulch treatments in 1982 but not in 1981. The yield of marketable fruit was highest for the mulch treatments. Yellow, ermine lime ceramic tile and green foliage mimic traps were compared. The mean number of aphids caught increased as the trapping surface increased for yellow and foliage mimic traps. Trap background significantly influenced the number of aphids caught per trap. When yellow or foliage mimic traps were placed over reflective mulch, virtually no aphids were trapped. Yellow traps placed over soil background, caught more potato aphid than when placed over a given foliage mimic background. When the foliage mimic traps were placed over soil and foliage mimic background, there was no difference in the number of green peach aphid and potato aphid caught. Higher numbers of miscellaneous aphids were trapped over soil. V i I TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . v ABSTRACT.vi LIST OF TABLES.ix LIST OF FIGURES. x Chapter I. INTRODUCTION . 1 II. YELLOW PAN TRAPS FOR MONITORING APHIDS ALIGHTING ON GREEN PEPPER IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ... 10 Introduction . 10 Materials and Methods . 12 Results and Discussion . 12 III. APHID VECTOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE SPREAD OF PEPPER VIRUSES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS . 48 Introduction. 48 Materials and Methods . 50 Results and Discussion . 54 IV. FOLIAGE MIMIC TRAPS FOR MONITORING ALATE APHIDS LANDING IN GREEN PEPPER.72 Introduction . 72 Materials and Methods . 74 Result^, and Discussion.76 V. CONCLUSIONS.91 REFERENCES CITED . 98 vl I i LIST OF TABLES page 1. Alate aphids captured in green mimic traps in green pepper, Capsicum annuum, at the University of Massachusetts Research Farm, Sunderland, MA, 1981.55 2. Alate aphids captured in green mimic traps in green pepper, Capsicum annuum, at the University of Massachusetts Research Farm, Sunderland, MA, 1982. 56 3. Mean number of alate aphids on green pepper Capsicum annuum, at the University of Massachusetts Research Farm, Sunderland, MA, 1981.59 4. Mean Number of apterous aphids on green pepper at the Univesity of Massachusetts Research Farm, Sunderland, MA, 1981. 61 5. Mean number of unmarketable green pepper fruit due to virus symptoms and total yields of marketable fruit per hectare.69 6. Number of alate M. persicae captured on Federal safety yellow, ermine lime ceramic tile and green foliage mimic traps, 1983. 82 7. Number of alate M. euphorbiae captured on Federal safety yellow, ermine lime ceramic tile and green foliage mimic traps, 1983. 83 8. Number of alate miscellaneous aphids captured on Federal safety yellow, ermine lime ceramic tile and green foliage mimic traps.84 9. Mean number of aphids landing on different sizes of sticky wooden traps over a soil background, for 15 trapping days from 12 June to 22 August 1983. 86 10. Number of alate aphids landing on green foliage mimic traps over mulch or green soil backgrounds for 20 trapping days from 24 June to 22 August 1983. 87 11. Mean number of alate aphids landing on Federal safety yellow traps over mulch, green and soil backgrounds for 20 trapping days from 24 June to 22 August 1983.88 I X LIST OF FIGURES page 1. Total weekly number of alate aphids captured per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 15 2. Number of alate Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 17 3. Number of alate Myzus persicae (Sulzer) caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 19 4. Number of alate Aphis spp. caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 21 5. Number of alate Hyalopterus atriplicis (L.) caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 23 6. Number of alate Capitophorus elaeagni (Del Guercio) caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 25 7. Number of alate Cavariella sp. caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 27 8. Number of alate Microsiphum pallens Hottes and Frison caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 29 9. Number of alate Uroleucon pseudambrosiae (Olive) caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 31 10. Number of alate Aphis nerii Fonscolorabe caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 33 11. Number of alate Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 35 12. Number of alate Aphis gossypii Glover caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 37 13. Number of alate Aphis craccivora Koch caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 39 x 14. Number of alate Drepanaphis sp. caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982. 41 15. Number of alate Kaltenbachiella sp. caught per yellow pan trap in green pepper, Sunderland, MA, 1981 and 1982.. 16. Percentage of green pepper plants (cultivar ”Lady Bell”) showing virus symptoms in 1982.45 17. Relative reflectance of plastic mulch (M), green pepper leaf (GPL) and green foliage mimic (GFM).53 18. Percentage green pepper plants, Capsicum annuum L., showing virus symptoms for mulch (M), mulch plus oil (M&O), oil (0) and untreated control (C) treatments at the University of Massachusetts Research Farm, Sunderland, MA, 1981.65 19. Percentage green pepper plants, Capsicum annuum L., showing virus symptoms for mulch (M), mulch plus oil (M&O) oil (0) and untreated control (C) treatments at the University of Massachusetts Research Farm, Sunderland, MA, 1982. 67 20. Relative reflectance of Federal safety yellow trap (FSY), ermine lime ceramic tile (CT), green foliage mimic trap (GFM) and green pepper leaf (GPL).78 21. Relative reflectance of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) infected green pepper leaf, under surface of a healthy green pepper leaf (US) and ermine lime ceramic tile trap (CT).80 x I CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Yellow Pan Traps Many researchers have reported on the behavioral response of aphids to visible light spectrum (Broadbent 1948, Moericke 1951, 1955, 1969, Kennedy and Stroyan 1959, Kring 1967, 1970 and others). Kennedy et al. (1961) suggested that the primary function of color vision in flying aphids is to distinguish plants from the sky, besides any subsidiary discrimination among plants and soils. Such a primary discrimination could be achieved by a differential response to spectral wavelengths longer or shorter than 500 nm. It has been proposed that the flight behavior of migrant aphids has two different moods (Moericke 1955). A distance-flight mood occurs when the aphid takes off attracted by the shortwave light from the sky.