Effects of Purple and Green-Colored Bottle Traps on Captures of Ambrosia Beetles in Ornamental Nurseries
The granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky), and the black stem borer, Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford), are important pests in ornamental nurseries.The effects of monitoring trap here color in capturing adult X.crassiusculus and X.germanus are mixed in the literature.Because the colorless bottle trap is commonly used to