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Suspension of pheromone microcapsules on vine leaves acting as passive dispensers against pests

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Pheromones are increasingly used as alternatives to pesticides to protect vineyards against L. botrana, a key grape pest. To diffuse (7E,9Z)-7,9-dodecadien-1-ylacetate, the L. botrana pheromone, passive, or aerosol dispensers are commonly applied. This paper deals with another method based on spraying an aqueous formulation, Lobesia Pro Spray, containing the pheromone encapsulated in a resin. The objectives were to assess the ability of vine leaves to act as pheromone dispensers and to check that encapsulation protects the plant from pheromone penetration. Laboratory testing based on an emission cell combined with airborne pheromone measurements by active sampling on sorbent tubes followed by ATD-GC–MS analysis was developed to accurately characterise the release of the pheromone into the air. Release kinetics analysis performed on the vine leaves showed a high pheromone release (about 30% of the sprayed quantity) the first day of the test. The release rate then decreased rapidly to reach about 650 mg/day/ha after 4 days. Kinetic modelling showed that it would be possible to maintain an effective airborne concentration of pheromone for approximately 12 days. Release tests were also carried out on glass, PVC and blotting paper. The results obtained showed that the vine leaves behaved as a non-absorbent material, implying that the pheromone used in the Lobesia Pro Spray formulation did not penetrate the plant. These first results prove the feasibility of using vine leaves as pheromone dispensers for a sprayed formulation and the ability to optimise the treatment conditions (dose and frequency) through laboratory testing.

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The authors thank Lionel Delbac, INRAe (Villenave d’Ornon, France) for kindly supplying the data dealing with the L. botrana flights presented in Fig. 8.

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    Valérie Desauziers & Hervé Plaisance

  2. M2i Development, Bâtiment ChemStart’Up Pôle 2, 2 allée Le Corbusier, Lacq, France

    Elodie Sicre, Jane Vignau-Laulhère & Sylvain Bourrigaud

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V. Desauziers: project administration, methodology writing. E. Sicre: investigation. J. Vignau-Laulhère: investigation, project administration. S. Bourrigaud: conceptualisation, formal analysis. H. Plaisance: conceptualisation, methodology formal analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Desauziers, V., Sicre, E., Vignau-Laulhère, J. et al. Suspension of pheromone microcapsules on vine leaves acting as passive dispensers against pests. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 14975–14986 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16878-9

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