Abstract The southern pine beetle Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is attracted to an aggregation pheromone that includes the multifunctional pheromone component endo-brevicomin. The effect of endo-brevicomin on attractive...
2011-2020 Publications
Variable Responses by Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, to the Pheromone Component endo-Brevicomin: Influence of Enantiomeric Composition, Release Rate, and Proximity to Infestations
Abstract The male-produced bicyclic acetal endo-brevicomin is a component of the pheromone blend that mediates colonization of host pines by the bark beetle Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann. Efforts to identify its behavioral function have been complicated by...
Semiochemicals for management of the southern pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): successes, failures, and obstacles to progress
Abstract The southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), is among the most destructive bark beetle pests of pines (Pinaceae) of the southeast and mid-Atlantic United States of America, Mexico, and Central America....
Semiochemicals in the Natural History of Southern Pine Beetle Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann and Their Role in Pest Management
Abstract The southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann is generally considered to be one of the most significant biotic mortality agents of pines within North America, with a range stretching from New England to eastern Texas and from Arizona south to...
Variable Responses by Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, to the Pheromone Component endo-Brevicomin: Influence of Enantiomeric Composition, Release Rate, and Proximity to Infestations
Abstract The male-produced bicyclic acetal endo-brevicomin is a component of the pheromone blend that mediates colonization of host pines by the bark beetle Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann. Efforts to identify its behavioral function have been complicated by...
Evaluation of General-Use Insecticides for Preventing Host Colonization by New Jersey Southern Pine Beetles
Abstract Four general-use insecticides (Astro, Onyx, Dominion Tree & Shrub, and Xytect2F) were evaluated for their effectiveness at preventing attacks by the southern pine beetle (SPB) (Dendroctonus frontalis) and the small southern pine engraver (Ips avulus)...
Prescribed burning and mastication effects on surface fuels in southern pine beetle-killed loblolly pine plantations
Abstract Surface fuels were characterized in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations severely impacted by southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Ehrh.) (SPB) outbreaks in the upper South Carolina Piedmont. Prescribed burning and mastication were then tested...
Enantiospecific responses of southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) and its clerid predator, Thanasimus dubius, to α-pinene
Abstract Multi-trophic interactions between pine bark beetles, their host trees, and predators are mediated in part by volatile terpenes in host tree oleoresin that can influence aggregation and/or host finding by both prey and predator species. The southern pine...
Response of Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman and Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins1 to Two Semiochemical Lures in the Sierra Gorda of Queretaro, Mexico
Abstract A field study was conducted to evaluate the response of Dendroctonus frontalis and Dendroctonus mexicanus to two commercially available semiochemical lures (1) frontalin + α-pinene, (2) frontalin + blend of α-pinene and β-pinene + endobrevicomin, and to know...