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Plant Protection Rondon, Silvia [1], DeBano, Sandy [2], Clough, George [3]. Integrated Pest Management Program to Control the Invasive Potato Tuberworm in the Columbia Basin. THE potato tuberworm (PTW) Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) is one of the most important potato pests worldwide. Typically found in tropical and subtropical regions, PTW was detected in damaging numbers in northeastern OR in 2002; since then it has expand its distribution in western, central, south and eastern OR, south eastern and central WA and at least three counties in western ID. By 2005, PTW threatened about 200,000 acres of potatoes valued at more than $500 million in the Basin. Because it is a relatively new pest in this region, information on the distribution and biology of PTW is incomplete at this time, hindering the development and implementation of effective control measures. Integrating management practices to control this pest is critical.
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1 - Oregon State University, Crop and Soil Sciences-Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Po box 105, Hermiston, OR, 97838
2 - Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Hermiston Agricultural Research & Extension Center, PO Box 105, Hermiston, Oregon, 97838, USA
3 - Oregon State University, Department of Horticulture, Hermiston Agricultural Research & Extension Center, PO Box 105, Hermiston, Oregon, 97838, USA
Keywords:
tuberworm
tubermoth
potato tuberworm
pest management.
Session: PAA03-5
Location: Hall of Ideas Room E/Monona Terrace
Date: Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Time: 9:30 AM
Abstract ID:263 |
