{"id":{"repo_id":"vt","oai_identifier":"oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/41793"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/vt/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/41793","repository":{"repo_id":"vt","name":"Virginia Tech","base_url":"https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"Pest Management of Japanese Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and a Study of Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Injury on Primocane-bearing Caneberries in Southwest Virginia","abstract":"Field experiments (2007-2009) and laboratory bioassays (2009) tested the efficacy of insecticides with short pre-harvest intervals, caneberry cultivar susceptibility, and geranium toxicity for reducing Japanese beetle (JB) activity on primocane-bearing caneberries. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, bifenthrin, lime-alum, and thyme oil reduced JB activity in the field. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, acetamiprid, an azadirachtin and pyrethrin mixture, an azadirachtin and neem oil extract mixture, and an extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides reduced JB activity during the bioassays. \"Prelude\" had significantly more JB than \"Anne\", \"Caroline\", \"Heritage\", \"Dinkum\", or \"Himbo Top\" and \"Prime-Jan\" had significantly more JB than \"Prime-Jim\". Compared to certain cultivars, \"Heritage\", \"Caroline\", \"Himbo Top\", and \"Prime-Jan\" had higher percentages of injured fruit and \"Autumn Bliss\", \"Heritage\", and \"Caroline\" produced greater marketable and overall yields. \"Prime-Jan\" produced more overall yield than \"Prime-Jim\"; marketable yields from both blackberry cultivars were similar. Defoliation was significantly less for \"Dinkum\", \"Caroline\", \"Heritage\", and \"Anne\" than for \"Prelude\" in 2008 and significantly less for \"Caroline\" and \"Anne\" than \"Prelude\" or \"Fall Gold\" in 2009. In field tests, previous consumption of geraniums lessened raspberry defoliation by JB. Bioassays indicated that JB activity was only reduced if JB were continually exposed to geranium. Therefore, the efficacy of geranium as a trap crop for JB may be limited. The stink bug species within the caneberries were identified (2008-2009) and Euschistus servus (Say) made up 48.1 % of the overall species composition. Stink bug injury to ripening raspberries was identified as small holes between drupelets; stink bug excretions also ruined fruit.","abstract_html":"Field experiments (2007-2009) and laboratory bioassays (2009) tested the efficacy of insecticides with short pre-harvest intervals, caneberry cultivar susceptibility, and geranium toxicity for reducing Japanese beetle (JB) activity on primocane-bearing caneberries. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, bifenthrin, lime-alum, and thyme oil reduced JB activity in the field. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, acetamiprid, an azadirachtin and pyrethrin mixture, an azadirachtin and neem oil extract mixture, and an extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides reduced JB activity during the bioassays. "Prelude" had significantly more JB than "Anne", "Caroline", "Heritage", "Dinkum", or "Himbo Top" and "Prime-Jan" had significantly more JB than "Prime-Jim". Compared to certain cultivars, "Heritage", "Caroline", "Himbo Top", and "Prime-Jan" had higher percentages of injured fruit and "Autumn Bliss", "Heritage", and "Caroline" produced greater marketable and overall yields. "Prime-Jan" produced more overall yield than "Prime-Jim"; marketable yields from both blackberry cultivars were similar. Defoliation was significantly less for "Dinkum", "Caroline", "Heritage", and "Anne" than for "Prelude" in 2008 and significantly less for "Caroline" and "Anne" than "Prelude" or "Fall Gold" in 2009. In field tests, previous consumption of geraniums lessened raspberry defoliation by JB. Bioassays indicated that JB activity was only reduced if JB were continually exposed to geranium. Therefore, the efficacy of geranium as a trap crop for JB may be limited. The stink bug species within the caneberries were identified (2008-2009) and Euschistus servus (Say) made up 48.1 % of the overall species composition. Stink bug injury to ripening raspberries was identified as small holes between drupelets; stink bug excretions also ruined fruit.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Maxey, Laura Michele"],"institution":"Virginia Tech","degree_name":"Master of Science in Life Sciences","degree_level":"masters","degree_discipline":"Entomology","degree_department":"Entomology","school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":["Pfeiffer, Douglas G."],"committee_members":["Pattison, Jeremy A.","Kuhar, Thomas P."],"year":2011,"date_issued":"2011-02-17","date_published":"2011-02-17","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:19:59Z","subjects":["cultivar susceptibility","insecticides","geranium toxicity","caneberry","raspberry","blackberry","Rubus","Japanese beetle","Popillia japonica","stink bug","Pentatomidae"],"languages":[],"rights":["In Copyright"],"rights_urls":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.other","label":"Dc Identifier Other","values":["etd-03272011-222018"],"render_values":[{"text":"etd-03272011-222018","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41793","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.committeechair","label":"Committee Chair","values":["Pfeiffer, Douglas G."]},{"key":"dc:contributor.committeemember","label":"Committee Member","values":["Pattison, Jeremy A.","Kuhar, Thomas P."]},{"key":"dc:contributor.department","label":"Department","values":["Entomology"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Maxey, Laura Michele"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2014-03-14T21:32:24Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2014-03-14T21:32:24Z","2011-04-29"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2011-02-17"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Virginia Tech"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Entomology"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["masters"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Science in Life Sciences"]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["cultivar susceptibility","insecticides","geranium toxicity","caneberry","raspberry","blackberry","Rubus","Japanese beetle","Popillia japonica","stink bug","Pentatomidae"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["In Copyright"]},{"key":"dc:rights.uri","label":"Rights URI","values":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.other","label":"Dc Identifier Other","values":["etd-03272011-222018"]},{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41793"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Field experiments (2007-2009) and laboratory bioassays (2009) tested the efficacy of insecticides with short pre-harvest intervals, caneberry cultivar susceptibility, and geranium toxicity for reducing Japanese beetle (JB) activity on primocane-bearing caneberries. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, bifenthrin, lime-alum, and thyme oil reduced JB activity in the field. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, acetamiprid, an azadirachtin and pyrethrin mixture, an azadirachtin and neem oil extract mixture, and an extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides reduced JB activity during the bioassays. \"Prelude\" had significantly more JB than \"Anne\", \"Caroline\", \"Heritage\", \"Dinkum\", or \"Himbo Top\" and \"Prime-Jan\" had significantly more JB than \"Prime-Jim\". Compared to certain cultivars, \"Heritage\", \"Caroline\", \"Himbo Top\", and \"Prime-Jan\" had higher percentages of injured fruit and \"Autumn Bliss\", \"Heritage\", and \"Caroline\" produced greater marketable and overall yields. \"Prime-Jan\" produced more overall yield than \"Prime-Jim\"; marketable yields from both blackberry cultivars were similar. Defoliation was significantly less for \"Dinkum\", \"Caroline\", \"Heritage\", and \"Anne\" than for \"Prelude\" in 2008 and significantly less for \"Caroline\" and \"Anne\" than \"Prelude\" or \"Fall Gold\" in 2009. In field tests, previous consumption of geraniums lessened raspberry defoliation by JB. Bioassays indicated that JB activity was only reduced if JB were continually exposed to geranium. Therefore, the efficacy of geranium as a trap crop for JB may be limited. The stink bug species within the caneberries were identified (2008-2009) and Euschistus servus (Say) made up 48.1 % of the overall species composition. Stink bug injury to ripening raspberries was identified as small holes between drupelets; stink bug excretions also ruined fruit."]},{"key":"dc:description.degree","label":"Dc Description Degree","values":["Master of Science in Life Sciences"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Pest Management of Japanese Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and a Study of Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Injury on Primocane-bearing Caneberries in Southwest Virginia"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.committeechair":["Pfeiffer, Douglas G."],"dc:contributor.committeemember":["Pattison, Jeremy A.","Kuhar, Thomas P."],"dc:contributor.department":["Entomology"],"dc:creator":["Maxey, Laura Michele"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2014-03-14T21:32:24Z"],"dc:date.available":["2014-03-14T21:32:24Z","2011-04-29"],"dc:date.issued":["2011-02-17"],"dc:description.abstract":["Field experiments (2007-2009) and laboratory bioassays (2009) tested the efficacy of insecticides with short pre-harvest intervals, caneberry cultivar susceptibility, and geranium toxicity for reducing Japanese beetle (JB) activity on primocane-bearing caneberries. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, bifenthrin, lime-alum, and thyme oil reduced JB activity in the field. Deltamethrin, chlorantraniliprole, acetamiprid, an azadirachtin and pyrethrin mixture, an azadirachtin and neem oil extract mixture, and an extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides reduced JB activity during the bioassays. \"Prelude\" had significantly more JB than \"Anne\", \"Caroline\", \"Heritage\", \"Dinkum\", or \"Himbo Top\" and \"Prime-Jan\" had significantly more JB than \"Prime-Jim\". Compared to certain cultivars, \"Heritage\", \"Caroline\", \"Himbo Top\", and \"Prime-Jan\" had higher percentages of injured fruit and \"Autumn Bliss\", \"Heritage\", and \"Caroline\" produced greater marketable and overall yields. \"Prime-Jan\" produced more overall yield than \"Prime-Jim\"; marketable yields from both blackberry cultivars were similar. Defoliation was significantly less for \"Dinkum\", \"Caroline\", \"Heritage\", and \"Anne\" than for \"Prelude\" in 2008 and significantly less for \"Caroline\" and \"Anne\" than \"Prelude\" or \"Fall Gold\" in 2009. In field tests, previous consumption of geraniums lessened raspberry defoliation by JB. Bioassays indicated that JB activity was only reduced if JB were continually exposed to geranium. Therefore, the efficacy of geranium as a trap crop for JB may be limited. The stink bug species within the caneberries were identified (2008-2009) and Euschistus servus (Say) made up 48.1 % of the overall species composition. Stink bug injury to ripening raspberries was identified as small holes between drupelets; stink bug excretions also ruined fruit."],"dc:description.degree":["Master of Science in Life Sciences"],"dc:identifier.other":["etd-03272011-222018"],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41793"],"dc:publisher":["Virginia Tech"],"dc:rights":["In Copyright"],"dc:rights.uri":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dc:subject":["cultivar susceptibility","insecticides","geranium toxicity","caneberry","raspberry","blackberry","Rubus","Japanese beetle","Popillia japonica","stink bug","Pentatomidae"],"dc:title":["Pest Management of Japanese Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and a Study of Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Injury on Primocane-bearing Caneberries in Southwest Virginia"],"dc:type":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Entomology"],"thesis:degree_level":["masters"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Science in Life Sciences"],"thesis:institution_name":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:19:59Z"}