Abstract
Fine mesh screen was used to create a physical barrier to prevent redbay ambrosia beetles,
Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), from accessing various parts of the boles of redbay trees,
Persea borbonia (L.) Sprengel, and infecting them with the laurel wilt fungus,
Raffaelea lauricola (T.C. Harrington, Fraedrich, & Aghayeva). Screen barriers prevented beetles from attacking boles of mature redbay trees from the ground to 1 or to 3 m and from 1 to 3 m above ground. Untreated control trees were sampled more extensively to determine how location of initial attacks varied with height, diameter, and moisture content of the wood.
Keywords
laurel wilt,
Raffaelea lauricola,
Persea borbonia,
redbay ambrosia beetle,
invasive species
Citation
Maner, M. Lake; Hanula, James L; and Braman, S. Kristine. 2013. Evaluation of screen barriers on redbay trees to protect them from Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and distribution of initial attacks in relation to stem moisture content, diameter, and height. J. Econ. Entomol. 106(4): 1693-1698.