Study on the Methods of Artificial Inoculation of Anoplophora glabripennis on Poplar
- Received Date: 1997-08-06
- Available Online: 2012-03-17
Abstract: The different methods of artificial inoculation of borers are adopted to test the poplar’s (Populus deltoides × clone) resistance to borers from 1995 to 1996. Three methods of artificial inoculation have been studied and evaluated,which are inoculation of trunk caged,inoculation on the tree planted in a net room and inoculation on the tree in vitro,respectively. The oviposition density of Anoplophora glabripennis is used to evaluate the inoculating ways. From the results,there is no correlation between the oviposition density and borer-resistance of the poplar. The number of the hatched larvae and the surviving overwintered ones are the evaluating indexes of the poplar’s resistance to the bores,which can be used to indicate the ability of the borer resistance of the poplar. The method of inoculation of trunk caged is the best one for early evaluation of the poplar’s borer-resistance.