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AN ASSESSMENT OF TREE BANDING TECHNIQUES TO CAPTURE CANKERWORM DEFOLIATORS OF ELM AND ASH TREES IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA

Kerienne R. La France and A. Richard Westwood
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) January 2006, 32 (1) 10-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2006.002
Kerienne R. La France
Kerienne R. La France, Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2E9, Canada
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A. Richard Westwood
Dr. A. Richard Westwood (corresponding author), Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2E9, Canada
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    Experiment 1 (fall 2002), treatment 1: a single Bug Barrier Tree Band™ at 1.3 m (4.3 ft) on trunk.

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    Experiment 1 (fall 2002), treatment 2: a single tanglefoot band at 1.3 m (4.3 ft) on trunk.

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    Experiment 2 (spring 2003), treatment 1: a Bug Barrier Tree Band™ at 1.3 m (4.3 ft) and a tanglefoot band placed 30 cm (12 in) above it.

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    Experiment 2 (spring 2003), treatment 2: a tanglefoot band at 1.3 m (4.3 ft) and a second tanglefoot band placed 30 cm (12 in) above it.

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    Underside of the Bug Barrier Tree Band™ showing captured male and female moths. The adhesive surface of the band rests several centimeters away from the bark of the tree.

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    Table 1.

    Mean number of males and females captured per tree species at Lyndale Drive and St. John’s Cemetery.

    Experiment no.Cankerworm speciesTree speciesnMean females ± SEMMean males ± SEM
    1 (sites pooled)A. pometariaAmerican elm13129.62 ± 33.19116.31 ± 33.28
    Siberian elm  549.40 ± 17.0857.80 ± 20.00
    Green ash  877.12 ± 18.9952.12 ± 23.57
    F2,230.6181.078
    P0.5480.357
    2 (Lyndale)P. vernataAmerican elm  726.86 ± 5.93 b*147.14 ± 43.43 b
    Siberian elm  566.20 ± 17.58 b289.00 ± 72.70 b
    Green ash  44.25 ± 1.12 a13.25 ± 3.45 a
    F2,1317.92128.741
    P< 0.001< 0.001
    2 (St. John’s)P. vernataAmerican elm  545.20 ± 12.50128.40 ± 40.18
    Green ash  327.33 ± 10.2773.00 ± 11.15
    F1,60.8111.025
    P0.4020.350
    3 (St. John’s)A. pometariaAmerican elm  812.50 ± 2.64208.62 ± 39.92
    Green ash  623.50 ± 8.92101.67 ± 26.30
    F1,122.1174.258
    P0.1710.061
    • ↵* Means within each column followed by different letters are significantly different (Tukey’s HSD, ANOVA P < 0.05).

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    Table 2.

    Comparison of mean A. pometaria males and females captured per treatment on Lyndale Drive and St. John’s Cemetery in experiment 1.

    TreatmentBand typenMean females ± SEMMean males ± SEM
    1Bug Barrier Tree Band™13106.54 ± 31.3034.69 ± 11.18
    2tanglefoot band1389.54 ± 21.39135.92 ± 31.10
    F1,240.200*3.494
    P0.8430.002
    • ↵* ANOVA, α = 0.05.

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    Table 3.

    Mean percentage of defoliation and mean number of larvae of A. pometaria and P. vernata per branch sample per treatment for Lyndale Drive and St. John’s Cemetery in experiment 2.

    Site/treatmentnMean percentage of defoliation ± SEMMean number of larvae/branch ± SEM
    Lyndale
    1: Bug Barrier™ + tanglefoot87.88 ± 1.981.73 ± 0.45
    2: Bug Barrier88.07 ± 3.891.56 ± 0.58
    3: tanglefoot + tanglefoot88.27 ± 2.111.60 ± 0.45
    4: control88.33 ± 1.811.75 ± 0.70
    F3,280.156*0.028
    P0.9250.994
    St. John’s
    1: Bug Barrier + tanglefoot314.04 ± 8.112.06 ± 1.31
    2: Bug Barrier510.37 ± 4.644.30 ± 1.53
    3: tanglefoot + tanglefoot57.87 ± 3.523.67 ± 1.46
    4: control510.65 ± 4.764.33 ± 1.54
    F3,280.0810.376
    P0.9690.772
    • ↵* ANOVA, α = 0.05.

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    Table 4.

    Comparison of mean female capture rates for the Bug Barrier Tree Band™ and tanglefoot bands for Lyndale Drive and St. John’s Cemetery for experiment 2 (P. vernata) and experiment 3 (A. pometaria).

    Experiment no.Site/treatmentnTotal mean females caught per treatment ± SEMMean percentage caught on bottom band ± SEMMean percentage caught on top band ± SEM
    2Lyndale
    1: Bug Barrier™ + tanglefoot826.75 ± 12.8370.69 ± 10.9129.31 ± 10.91
    2: tanglefoot + tanglefoot840.25 ± 11.0291.94 ± 3.768.06 ± 3.76
    F1,140.637*2.6492.711
    P0.4380.1260.122
    St. John’s
    1: Bug Barrier + tanglefoot317.33 ± 7.4221.53 ± 10.7878.47 ± 10.78
    2: tanglefoot + tanglefoot551.20 ± 9.6984.57 ± 2.355.43 ± 2.35
    F1,65.84525.09825.100
    P0.0520.0020.002
    3St. John’s
    1: Bug Barrier + tanglefoot720.14 ± 8.1274.72 ± 9.5125.28 ± 9.51
    2: tanglefoot + tanglefoot718.57 ± 6.7381.46 ± 5.2618.54 ± 5.26
    F1,120.0220.2430.243
    P0.8840.6310.631
    • ↵* ANOVA, α = 0.05.

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