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Effects and Control of Periodical Cicada Magicicada septendecim and Magicicada cassini Oviposition Injury on Urban Forest Trees

Fredric D. Miller
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) November 1997, 23 (6) 225-232; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1997.035
Fredric D. Miller
University of Illinois, Countryside Extension Center, 6438 Joliet Road, Countryside, IL 60525
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    Eggs of the periodical cicada laid in the branch of an urban forest tree (June, 1990).

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    Adult female periodical cicada laying eggs in the branch of an urban forest tree (June, 1990).

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    Ovipositional wound damage due to egg laying by adult female periodical cicadas (August, 1990).

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    Twig breakage on young mountain ash (Sorbus spp.) trees due to ovipositional wound injury by the adult female periodical cicada (August, 1990).

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    Ovipositional wound width reduction (WWR) expressed as a cumulative percentage for urban forest tree species following the 1991-1993 growing seasons.

    TREE SPECIESWW (mm)Cumulative % WWR (mm)1
    1990199119921993
    Gleditsia triacanthos3.9536.749.4100.0(C)
    Quercus rubra4.8062.172.9100.0(C)
    Fraxinus pennysivanica4.9590.9100.0 (C)----
    Celtis occidentalis5.0569.974.5100.0(C)
    Malus spp.6.0386.7100.0 (C)----
    Acer platanoides6.1596.7100.0 (C)-----
    Acer saccharum6.2890.1100.0 (C)----
    Acer rubrum6.3599.2100.0 (C)-----
    Quercus bicolor6.4382.9100.0 (C)----
    Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’6.5093.8100.0 (C)----
    Liriodendron tulipifera6.7397.0100.0 (C)-----
    Quercus macrocarpa6.8186.0100.0 (C)----
    Tilia americana ‘Redmond’7.3057.372.674.0
    Tilia cordata8.0255.560.176.9
    Mean5.9480.987.890.2
    • ↵1 Percent Wound Width Reduction (WWR) is the percent reduction in width as compared to the wound width of the previous growing season. (C)=Wound had closed.

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    Summary of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and multivariate test statistics for dependent variables for urban forest tree species.

    VariabledfFP
    Maximum branch diameter13,12510.30.0001
    Minimum branch diameter13,12511.60.0001
    Wound length13,12512.20.0001
    Wound width13,12510.30.0001
    Wounds per branch13,12511.50.0001
    Percent canopy flagging13,12512.00.0001
    Multivariate Test Statistic
    Roy’s Greatest Root: Theta =0.740, P=0.00001
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    Table 3.

    Summary of ranges of ovipositional wound characteristics for 14 urban forest trees (August, 1990).

    WOUND CHARACTERSTICRANGE
    Maximum branch diameter (MXBD)9.50-13.84 mm
    Minimum branch diameter (MNBD)3.39-5.88 mm
    Wound length (WL)3.53-8.19 mm
    Wound width (WW)3.95-8.02 mm
    Wounds per branch (WPB)5-15
    Percent canopy flagging (PCF)0-24%
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    Table 4.

    Oviposition response by periodical cicadas to contact insecticide application on mountain ash (Sorbus spp.) (June, 1990).

    TREATMENTSRATE LBS. A.I./110GAL.MEAN NUMBER OF WOUNDS/BRANCH1,2
    Dursban 4E8.0 fl. oz.4.9a
    Sevin 50W2.0 lbs.4.1a
    Empire 200.3 gal.5.1a
    Mavrik10.0 fl. oz.4.7a
    Tempo 2E1.5 fl. oz.5.1a
    Talstar 10W2.0 lbs.2.3a
    Control----------4.7a
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    • ↵2 Values within each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05; Student-Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test).

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