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New Pest Response Guidelines - aphis - US Department of Agriculture

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Control Procedures<br />

Dendrolimus punctatus<br />

Microorganism-based control methods against the MPC have been successful<br />

when achieved using multiple agents including cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus<br />

<strong>of</strong> D. spectabilis from Japan (Chang, 1991), and an insect parasitic fungus<br />

(Isaria sp.) isolated from infected bodies <strong>of</strong> pine caterpillar collected in local<br />

pine forests (Ying, 1986b) and the entomopathogenic fungus B. bassiana (Lu<br />

et al., 2008). Microbial pesticides made from B. bassiana are commonly used<br />

to suppress high larval populations <strong>of</strong> D. punctatus in China (Pan et al., 1983).<br />

Metarhizium anisopliae has similar toxicity against MPC and may be superior<br />

to B. bassiana in certain environmental conditions (Jiang, 2000). Other<br />

methods <strong>of</strong> control include Bt and a cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (Chen et<br />

al., 1997; Hou, 1986; Zhao et al., 2000). Cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus<br />

(CPV) powder applied at a rate between 3.0 and 7.5 billion polyhedra/ha<br />

provided an average 63% population reduction <strong>of</strong> third to fifth instar larvae<br />

(Fan and Jiang, 1983). Peng et al. (Peng et al., 1998) reported that<br />

Trichogramma dendrolimi carrying D. punctatus CPV can significantly<br />

increase the control efficacy (CABI, 2011b).<br />

Dendrolimus sibiricus<br />

A variety <strong>of</strong> microorganisms can be used against SSM including Bacillus<br />

thuringiensis var. kurstaki, B. dendrolimus, B. thuringiensis subsp.<br />

dendrolimus (sotto) (Bacteria), B. bassiana (fungi) and DsCPV and DsNPV<br />

(cytoplasmic and nuclear polyhedrosis viruses) (EPPO, 2005 Koyama, 1961;<br />

Shternshis, 2005). Preparations <strong>of</strong> Bt subspecies provided the basis for the<br />

formulation <strong>of</strong> several commercial products used for the control <strong>of</strong> forest pests<br />

in Russia (Shternshis, 2005; Talalaev, 1959, 1962).<br />

Dendrolimus superans<br />

A specific cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus isolated from D. spectabilis was<br />

described in 1956 and has shown strong virulence for that species as well as D.<br />

superans (Koyama, 1961. As with other species <strong>of</strong> Dendrolimus considered<br />

here, there is a high degree <strong>of</strong> cross-specific activity for CPVs as at least 6<br />

isolates have been found (Chkhubianishvili Ts and Katagiri, 1983; Zhao et al.,<br />

2004a).<br />

6-14 Dendrolimus Pine Moths 12/2012-01

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