New Pest Response Guidelines - aphis - US Department of Agriculture
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