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prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page i W C R ESTERN ORN OOTWORM Ecology and Management prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page ii prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page iii W C R ESTERN ORN OOTWORM Ecology and Management Edited by Stefan Vidal Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany Ulrich Kuhlmann CABI Bioscience, Delémont, Switzerland and C. Richard Edwards Purdue University, Indiana, USA CABI Publishing prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page iv CABI Publishing is a division of CAB International CABI Publishing CABI Publishing CAB International 875 Massachusetts Avenue Wallingford 7th Floor Oxfordshire OX10 8DE Cambridge, MA 02139 UK USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Tel: +1 617 395 4056 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 Fax: +1 617 354 6875 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cabi-publishing.org © CAB International 2005. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Western corn rootworm : ecology and management / edited by Stefan Vidal, Ulrich Kuhlmann, C. Richard Edwards. p. cm Includes index ISBN 0-85199-817-8 (alk. paper) 1. Western corn rootworm--Congresses. I. Vidal, Stefan. II. Kuhlmann, Ulrich, 1964- III. Edwards, C. Richard. SB945.W53W44 2005 633.1′5976′48--dc22 2004012843 ISBN 0 85199 817 8 Typeset by MRM Graphics Ltd, Winslow, Bucks Printed and bound in the UK by Biddles Ltd, King’s Lynn. prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page v Contents Contributors ix Preface xiii 1 Invasive Alien Species – a Threat to Global Biodiversity and Opportunities to Prevent and Manage Them 1 Rüdiger Wittenberg 2 Monitoring of Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) in Europe 1992–2003 29 József Kiss, C. Richard Edwards, Harald K. Berger, Peter Cate, Mirela Cean, Sharon Cheek, Jacques Derron, Husnija Festic, Lorenzo Furlan, Jasminka Igrc-Barc˘ic´, Ivanka Ivanova, Wiebe Lammers, Victor Omelyuta, Gabor Princzinger, Philippe Reynaud, Ivan Sivcev, Peter Sivicek, Gregor Urek, Otmar Vahala 3 A Synopsis of the Nutritional Ecology of Larvae and Adults of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (LeConte) in the New and Old World – Nouvelle Cuisine for the Invasive Maize Pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera in Europe? 41 Joachim Moeser and Bruce E. Hibbard 4 Western Corn Rootworm, Cucurbits and Curcurbitacins 67 Douglas W. Tallamy, Bruce E. Hibbard, Thomas L. Clark and Joseph J. Gillespie 5 Natural Mortality Factors Acting on Western Corn Rootworm Populations: a Comparison between the United States and Central Europe 95 Stefan Toepfer and Ulrich Kuhlmann v prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page vi vi Contents 6 Movement, Dispersal and Behaviour of Western Corn Rootworm Adults in Rotated Maize and Soybean Fields 121 Joseph L. Spencer, Eli Levine, Scott A. Isard and Timothy R. Mabry 7 Within-field Spatial Variation of Northern Corn Rootworm Distributions 145 Michael M. Ellsbury, Sharon A. Clay, David E. Clay and Douglas D. Malo 8 Heterogeneous Landscapes and Variable Behaviour: Modelling Rootworm Evolution and Geographic Spread 155 David W. Onstad, Charles A. Guse and Dave W. Crowder 9 Sampling Devices and Decision Rule Development for Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Adults in Soybean to Predict Subsequent Damage to Maize in Indiana 169 Corey K. Gerber, C. Richard Edwards, Larry W. Bledsoe, John L. Obermeyer, Gyorgy Barna and Ricky E. Foster 10 Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) and the Crop Rotation Systems in Europe 189 József Kiss, Judit Komáromi, Khosbayar Bayar, C. Richard Edwards and Ibolya Hatala-Zsellér 11 Application of the Areawide Concept Using Semiochemical- based Insecticide Baits for Managing the Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Variant in the Eastern Midwest 221 Corey K. Gerber, C. Richard Edwards, Larry W. Bledsoe, Michael E. Gray, Kevin L. Steffey and Laurence D. Chandler 12 Genetically Enhanced Maize as a Potential Management Option for Corn Rootworm: YieldGard® Rootworm Maize Case Study 239 Dennis P. Ward, Todd A. DeGooyer, Ty T. Vaughn, Graham P. Head, Michael J. McKee, James D. Astwood and Jay C. Pershing 13 Is Classical Biological Control against Western Corn Rootworm in Europe a Potential Sustainable Management Strategy? 263 Ulrich Kuhlmann, Stefan Toepfer and Feng Zhang prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page vii Contents vii 14 Maize Growing, Maize High-risk Areas and Potential Yield Losses due to Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Damage in Selected European Countries 285 Peter Baufeld and Siegfried Enzian Index 303 prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page viii prelims00.qxd 15/11/04 2:16 PM Page ix Contributors James D. Astwood, Monsanto Company, 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd, St Louis, MO 63167, USA Gyorgy Barna, Syngenta Seeds Kft., 1123 Budapest, Alkotas u. 41, Hungary Peter Baufeld, Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Department for National and International Plant Health, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, 14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany Khosbayar Bayar, Department of Plant Protection, Szent István University, 2100 Gödöllö, Hungary Harald K. Berger, Institute of Plant Health, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, 1126 Vienna, Austria Larry W. Bledsoe, Department of Entomology, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-2089, USA Peter Cate, Institute of Plant Health, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, 1126 Vienna, Austria Mirela Cean, Department of Entomology, Central Laboratory for Phytosanitary Quarantine, 077190 Bucharest, Romania Laurence D. Chandler, RRVARC, USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND 58105-5677, USA Sharon Cheek, Central Science Laboratory, Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, Sand Hutton, York YO4 1LZ, UK Thomas L. Clark, USDA-ARS, 205 Curtis Hall, Department of Entomology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7020, USA David E. Clay, Plant Science Department, SD State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA Sharon A. Clay, Plant Science Department, SD State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA Dave W. Crowder, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA ix

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Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, has been a major economic pest of maize in the Americas for many years. However, since the early 1990's it has become an increasing threat to crops in Europe and is expected to spread to all maize growing areas of the continent. This boo
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