Impacts of an oviposition deterrent pheromone and nanoparticle clay on Anthonomus eugenii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) behavior under laboratory conditions.
This study evaluated the initial oviposition deterrence of kaolin clay in combination with dye and a previously characterized A. eugenii ODP, and indicated that peppers treated with kaolin clay alone deterred oviposition, but a concentration of 10% ODP + kaolin clay further reduced oviposition events.