The mating disruption technique has been applied since 2000 in Douro Wine Region to control the grape berry moth, Lobesia botrana (Den. and Schiff.) (Tortricidae). In most of the trials, ISONET-L (Shin-Etsu) dispensers have been used, in plots whose surface ranged from 3 to 82 ha. The results obtained have shown that moth captures in pheromone-baited traps were significantly reduced in the trea...

Passive dispensers are the most widely used to control European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), by mating disruption (MD). Although their efficacy is well-proven, efforts needed reduce use of pheromone without compromising and allow lower MD costs. For this purpose, two different employed dispenser types in Europe against pest (Ampoule Rope d...

The current work evaluated spray coverage and pest control effectiveness against the grape berry moth (Lobesia botrana) by two different technologies volume rates: A gun (high-volume sprayer—HVS) calibrated at 1000 L ha−1 a conventional orchard sprayer 500 (OS500) or 250 (OS250). Experiments were carried out in three varieties over years mountain vineyards on Mediterranean island of Cyprus. med...

Mating disruption by sex pheromones is a sustainable, effective and widely used pest management scheme. A drawback of this technique is its challenging assessment of effectiveness in the field (e.g., spatial scale, pest density). The aim of this work was to facilitate the evaluation of field-deployed pheromone dispensers. We tested the suitability of small insect field cages for a pre-evaluatio...