Project Number: 1275-22000-191-02
Project Type: Specific C/A

Start Date: Aug 23, 1999
End Date: Aug 22, 2004

Objective:
Develop chemical lures and trapping techniques for the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).

Approach:
The Asian long-horned beetle (ALB) attacks and kills healthy deciduous trees, and has become established at two U.S. ports of entry. The beetles probably entered the country via cargo containing wood packing material infested with ALB larvae; therefore, other ports of entry are at risk from this pest. To date, detection of ALB infestations are based solely on visual surveys. An attractant lure to bait traps for the ALB is needed to more efficiently detect beetle infestations and to intercept future ALB introductions. Samples of susceptible tree species will be collected from various parts of Maryland at different times of the growing season. Aeration and steam-distilled extracts of foliage and bark from the preferred host trees will be prepared. These extracts will be tested using the gas chromatography-electroantennogram detector technique either in the quarantine facility or at BARC. In addition, ICEL will attempt to identify compounds that are implicated as pheromone components for the ALB.

Project Team

Aldrich, Jeffrey Galen Dively - Professor 301-504-8531

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