Labelling the blueberry leaftier, Croesia curvalana with foliar sprays of rubidium chloride
1992
Polavarapu, S. | Lonergan, G.C. | Seabrook, W.D.
The feasibility of labelling blueberry leaftier by rearing the larvae on blueberry plants treated with foliar sprays of rubidium chloride (RbCl) at concentrations of 1000, 5000, 10000 and 20000 ppm were assessed. RbCl sprays above 5000 ppm significantly reduced survivorship to adult stage. The adult longevity, fecundity and mating were not affected when the larvae were reared on foliage treated with 5000 ppm RbCl solution. Reciprocal matings of 5000 ppm treated moths with untreated moths revealed transfer of label above the 0.1 μg Rb/insect threshold level from treated males to untreated females (in 8 out of 13 pairs) and vice versa (in 1 out of 9 pairs). Considerable loss of Rb (56-64%) occurred from the leaves over a 15 day period. All of the moths and pupae collected from the RbCl treated plots in 1989 and 1990 respectively, had a Rb content higher than the threshold level. In a preliminary dispersal study, marked male and female moths were found in sweepnet samples collected 20 and 60 m from the centre of the treated field. Labelled male moths were also captured in pheromone traps arranged in a circle, 40 m from the treated plot.
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