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New Pest Response Guidelines - aphis - US Department of Agriculture

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Control Procedures<br />

Dendrolimus pini<br />

Detailed descriptions <strong>of</strong> entomopathogenic fungi used to control forest insects<br />

including PTL are found in Malinowski, 2009) and in Sierpinska, 1998).<br />

Beauveria brongniartii, B. bassiana, Paecilomyces farinosus, Metarhizium<br />

anisopliae and Verticillium lecanii have shown good control <strong>of</strong> forest pests.<br />

Cordyceps militaris is also an important biocontrol agent <strong>of</strong> hibernating larvae<br />

causing up to 80% mortality (Sierpinska, 1998). During the outbreak <strong>of</strong> 1996<br />

in Lithuania’s forests, C. militaris was found in 70% <strong>of</strong> hibernating larva,<br />

causing up to 66% mortality (Gedminas, 2000). Fungi are highly dependent on<br />

humidity for their effective control.<br />

Among bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis preparations are the most widely used<br />

to control the PTL (Moeller and Engelmann, 2008; Sierpinska, 1998) (see<br />

Chemical Control on page 6-5).<br />

The introduction and establishment <strong>of</strong> the granulosis virus (GV) <strong>of</strong> D. sibiricus<br />

into populations <strong>of</strong> PTL resulted in the mortality <strong>of</strong> 65-80% <strong>of</strong> pupa and a<br />

significant reduction <strong>of</strong> PTL populations in Voronezh, Russia. The<br />

establishment <strong>of</strong> the virus caused a prolonged suppression <strong>of</strong> populations for<br />

22 years (Orlovskaya, 1998). This method is based on the inoculation <strong>of</strong> eggs<br />

with viral preparations and its release in the forest for further dissemination.<br />

The cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus <strong>of</strong> the pine moth, Dendrolimus pini L<br />

(CPVPTL) is another potential biological control agent (Slizynski and Lipa,<br />

1975). In laboratory tests, the mortality <strong>of</strong> PTL second instar larva inoculated<br />

with 6.8 x10 6 polyhedral inclusion bodies/larva was as high as 100% (Slizynski<br />

and Lipa, 1975).<br />

Other Lepidoptera <strong>of</strong> the families Lymantridae and Lasiocampidae were also<br />

affected by CPVPTL with comparable levels <strong>of</strong> mortality (Slizynski and Lipa,<br />

1975). Viral preparations have also been used and applied as pesticides but this<br />

is a more expensive approach because <strong>of</strong> the high costs associated with the<br />

mass production <strong>of</strong> virus (Orlovskaya, 1998).<br />

12/2012-01 Dendrolimus Pine Moths 6-13

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