Reducing Bird Damage to Ripening Cherries with Methiocarb

Guarino, Joseph L.; Shake, William F.; Schafer, Edward W.

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“…Consequent to the Mesurol sprays there was a 12.9% (only 1.7 times) increase (insignificant, p > 0.10) in the survival rate of the commercial sprouts. This result is poor compared with some published data on using Mesurol (methiocarb) as a spray on ripening grain and fruit crops (3,9,16,17,31), of asa wettable powder for seed treatment to protect the emerging sprouts from pest birds. Porter (23) reported a significant reduction by about 65 ¡ (66:0.9%) in house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) damage to sprouting pea, following seed treatment with methiocarb.…”

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Bait crops and mesurol sprays to reduce bird damage to sprouting sugar beets

Benjamini

1980

Phytoparasitica

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The efficacy of two treatments in protecting sugar beet sprouts from damage by birds was tested. Dense sowing of inexpensive sugar beet seeds as an alternative food between the rows of the commercial ptanting reduced the damage to the commercial crop by about 9%. The same treatment followed by foliar spray (2.25 kg a.i./ha) of Mesuroi -a chemicat repellent -gave a ~ 20% reduction in damage, but losses were still heavy. The effects of plot size and of local conditions are discussed.

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Bait crops and mesurol sprays to reduce bird damage to sprouting sugar beets

Benjamini

1980

Phytoparasitica

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“…For example, hazing will repel birds if properly implemented (Conover 1979, Summers 1985, but it is labor intensive and the costs are often not justified given the market returns for most fruit commodities (Dolbeer 1986). Finally, although effective chemical repellents containing methiocarbamate have been available in the past (Guarino et al 1974, DeHaven et al 1979, Tobin et al 1989b, the registration of methiocarb has expired and it will not be renewed (Tobin and Dolbeer 1987). Finally, although effective chemical repellents containing methiocarbamate have been available in the past (Guarino et al 1974, DeHaven et al 1979, Tobin et al 1989b, the registration of methiocarb has expired and it will not be renewed (Tobin and Dolbeer 1987).…”

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“…Use of netting to exclude birds also decreases crop losses, but it is difficult and expensive to protect large areas (Stuckey 1973, Foster 1979, Fuller-Perrine and Tobin 1992. Finally, although effective chemical repellents containing methiocarbamate have been available in the past (Guarino et al 1974, DeHaven et al 1979, Tobin et al 1989b, the registration of methiocarb has expired and it will not be renewed (Tobin and Dolbeer 1987). With the loss of methiocarb there are no currently available nonlethal avian repellents registered by the Environmental Protection Agency for use in protecting fruit crops.…”

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Interaction Between Sensory and Postingestional Repellents in Starlings: Methyl Anthranilate and Sucrose

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Mason²

1993

Ecological Applications

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Ingestion of concentrated sucrose solutions causes sickness in sucrase-deficient birds. As a result, some suggest that sucrose may represent an environmentally safe avian repellent. In the present experiments, we compared the repellency of sucrose to that of methyl anthranilate (MA), a known avian repellent. We also tested mixtures of sucrose and MA to investigate whether repellency could be enhanced, relative to sucrose or MA presented alone. The results showed that the MA was strongly avoided in both drinking and feeding trials. Conversely, only high sucrose concentrations were avoided, and only in drinking trials. No combination of MA and sucrose was as effective as MA alone. We conclude that sucrose is not sufficiently aversive to serve as an avian repellent in the field.

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“…Methiocarb was first tested on cherries in Michigan by Guarino et al (1974). They found that Received 4 March 1982; revision 3 August 1982 5 times as many sweet cherries were damaged by robins (Turdus migratorius) and common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula) in an untreated plot as in an adjacent plot treated with methiocarb.…”

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Comparison of exclosure and methiocarb for protecting sweet cherries from birds, and the effect of washing on residues

Porter¹

1982

New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture

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A repellent (methiocarb: 4-(methylthio)-3, 5-xylyl N-methylcarbamate) and a wire netting exclosure were compared for protecting sweet cherries (Prunus aviurn) from birds, especially mynas (Acridotheres tristis) , starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), blackbirds (Turdus rnerula) , and song thrushes (Turdus philornelos). Unsprayed trees lost 80% of fruit, sprayed trees 10%, and a sprayed enclosed tree 2%. Even though birds still destroyed 10% of fruit each year when methiocarb was used, spraying gave better financial returns over a 12 year repayment period than an exclosure. Methiocarb residues on the fruit were reduced by 50% to within Agricultural Chemicals Board limits of 7 ppm after washing in water and by 66% after washing in diluted detergent.

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Reducing Bird Damage to Ripening Cherries with Methiocarb

Cited by 29 publications

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Bait crops and mesurol sprays to reduce bird damage to sprouting sugar beets

Bait crops and mesurol sprays to reduce bird damage to sprouting sugar beets

Interaction Between Sensory and Postingestional Repellents in Starlings: Methyl Anthranilate and Sucrose

Comparison of exclosure and methiocarb for protecting sweet cherries from birds, and the effect of washing on residues

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