Evaluation of Different Attractants for Monitoring and Mass Trapping of Rhagoletis batava (Hering) in Organic Sea Buckthorn Plantations
Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Location of Trials
2.2. Characteristics of Traps and Attractants
2.2.1. Traps
2.2.2. Attractants
- (1)
- A commercial attractant dedicated to the capture of Ceratitis capitata flies (C.C.)—(Probodelt, Amposta, Spain);
- (2)
- A 4% aqueous solution of ammonium phosphate fertilizer with 18:20 N:P content (N) of about 0.5 L/bottle;
- (3)
- A 4% aqueous solution of ammonia with the addition of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the amount of 1 piece/1 trap (AS);
- (4)
- An aqueous solution of 2.2 g/L of sucrose to which 10 g of bread yeast (RD) was added;
- (5)
- A proprietary hydroalcoholic solution in a specially prepared ampoule composed of ammonium acetate and trimethylamine hydrochloride, with the addition of putrescine dihydrochloride and ammonium carbonate—concentration/type A2 (BCHM Miśkiewicz, Warsaw, Poland) (A2);
- (6)
- A proprietary hydroalcoholic solution with the same compounds used for attractant 5, but with a different concentration (BCHM Miśkiewicz, Warsaw, Poland) (A3).
2.3. Evaluation of the Trap Efficacy
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Screening of Traps and Attractants
3.2. Mass Trapping
3.3. Assessing the Relation Between Trapped Flies and Damaged Fruits
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SEM | Standard Error of the Mean |
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| Type of Trap + (Attractant) $ | Average Number of Damaged Fruits * [%] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| T (none) | 92.7 ± 7.9 b | - | - |
| Bn + (N) | 77.8 ± 11.8 a | - | - |
| B + (AS) | 85.2 ± 5.7 a | - | - |
| B + (N) | 94.7 ± 7.4 b | - | - |
| C + (C.C.) | 98.7 ± 2.0 bc | 41.5 ± 6.7 a | 52.2 ± 17.3 a |
| Control (without traps) | 100.0 ± 0.0 c | 81.5 ± 3.1 b | 92.3 ± 5.6 b |
| F(df1, df2) | F(5, 30) = 11.377 | F(1, 10) = 177.117 | F(1, 10) = 33.321 |
| p-value | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
| ŋ2 | ŋ2 = 0.655 | ŋ2 = 0.946 | ŋ2 = 0.769 |
| Mean ± SD | 91.5 ± 10.0 | 61.5 ± 20.6 | 72.2 ± 23.2 |
| CV | 11.0 | 33.4 | 32.2 |
| Type of Trap + (Attractant) $ | Average Number of Damaged Fruits * [%] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Przezmark II | ||||
| C + (C.C.) | 67.2 ± 5.7 a | 49.8 ± 26.4 a | 21.8 ± 2.6 a | 20.3 ± 2.8 a |
| B + (N) | 70.3 ± 5.8 a | 73.8 ± 7.3 b | 20.8 ± 4.9 a | 24.0 ± 2.5 a |
| Control (without traps) | 99.5 ± 0.8 b | 95.0 ± 1.9 c | 72.0 ± 12.4 b | 48.3 ± 6.6 b |
| F(df1, df2) | F(2, 15) = 148.467 | F(2, 15) = 15.396 | F(2, 15) = 62.607 | F(2, 15) = 72.997 |
| p-value | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
| ŋ2 | ŋ2 = 0.952 | ŋ2 = 0.672 | ŋ2 = 0.893 | ŋ2 = 0.907 |
| Mean ± SD | 79.0 ± 15.2 | 72.9 ± 23.5 | 38.3 ± 25.0 | 30.9 ± 13.0 |
| CV | 19.2 | 32.2 | 65.4 | 42.3 |
| Pereszczówka | ||||
| C + (C.C.) | 41.0 ± 2.3 a | 3.3 ± 3.3 a | 4.0 ± 1.9 a | 7.0 ± 7.2 a |
| B + (N) | 59.3 ± 5.6 b | 3.2 ± 2.0 a | 4.0 ± 3.0 a | 12.7 ± 7.5 ab |
| Control (without traps) | 75.2 ± 6.4 c | 15.8 ± 3.6 b | 16.7 ± 3.7 b | 22.5 ± 3.7 b |
| F(df1, df2) | F(2, 15) = 61.783 | F(2, 15) = 21.497 | F(2, 15) = 20.214 | F(2, 15) = 6.580 |
| p-value | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.01 |
| ŋ2 | ŋ2 = 0.892 | ŋ2 = 0.741 | ŋ2 = 0.729 | ŋ2 = 0.467 |
| Mean ± SD | 58.5 ± 14.7 | 7.4 ± 6.5 | 8.2 ± 6.6 | 14.0 ± 8.6 |
| CV | 25.1 | 88.0 | 79.8 | 61.5 |
| Type of Trap $ + (Attractant) | Average Number of Damaged Fruits * [%] | |
|---|---|---|
| Pereszczówka | Przezmark I | |
| B + (N) | 7.0 ± 7.4 a | 20.3 ± 2.5 ab |
| C + (C.C.) | 12.7 ± 7.2 ab | 24.0 ± 2.8 b |
| B + (N + RD) | 11.0 ± 1.7 ab | 15.3 ± 3.8 a |
| B + (N + A2) | 14.5 ± 3.0 bc | 28.3 ± 5.8 b |
| B + (N + A3) | 7.7 ± 3.3 a | 26.0 ± 7.5 b |
| B + (RD) | 15.7 ± 2.5 bc | 35.0 ± 5.8 c |
| B + (RD + A3) | 4.5 ± 1.9 a | 28.3 ± 6.4 b |
| B + (RD + A2) | 7.0 ± 0.6 a | 26.0 ± 3.5 b |
| Control (without traps) | 22.5 ± 3.7 c | 48.3 ± 6.6 d |
| F(df1, df2) | F(8, 45) = 7.5692 | F(8, 45) = 18.271 |
| p-value | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
| ŋ2 | ŋ2 = 0.574 | ŋ2 = 0.765 |
| Mean ± SD | 11.4 ± 6.5 | 27.2 ± 10.2 |
| CV | 57.2 | 47.7 |
| Type of Trap + (Attractant) $ | Sample Size (N) ** | Spearman’s R Coefficient | Value of the t-Statistic t (n − 2) | Probability Value (p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C + (C.C.) | 16 | 0.76 * | 4.32 | 0.0007 |
| B + (N) | 24 | 0.66 * | 4.06 | 0.0005 |
| B + (RD) | 6 | 0.54 | 1.29 | 0.2657 |
| B + (N + RD) | Too small sample size | |||
| T | ||||
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Tartanus, M.; Danelski, W.; Furmańczyk, E.M.; El Meziane, A.; Malusà, E. Evaluation of Different Attractants for Monitoring and Mass Trapping of Rhagoletis batava (Hering) in Organic Sea Buckthorn Plantations. Insects 2025, 16, 1248. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121248
Tartanus M, Danelski W, Furmańczyk EM, El Meziane A, Malusà E. Evaluation of Different Attractants for Monitoring and Mass Trapping of Rhagoletis batava (Hering) in Organic Sea Buckthorn Plantations. Insects. 2025; 16(12):1248. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121248
Chicago/Turabian StyleTartanus, Małgorzata, Witold Danelski, Ewa Maria Furmańczyk, Aya El Meziane, and Eligio Malusà. 2025. "Evaluation of Different Attractants for Monitoring and Mass Trapping of Rhagoletis batava (Hering) in Organic Sea Buckthorn Plantations" Insects 16, no. 12: 1248. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121248
APA StyleTartanus, M., Danelski, W., Furmańczyk, E. M., El Meziane, A., & Malusà, E. (2025). Evaluation of Different Attractants for Monitoring and Mass Trapping of Rhagoletis batava (Hering) in Organic Sea Buckthorn Plantations. Insects, 16(12), 1248. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121248

