Abstract
Abstract Muskmelon, cultivar ‘Athena’, was transplanted at the Wye Research and Education Center, Queenstown, Maryland on 24 May. Plants were spaced 24 inches apart in raised plastic-mulched beds 60 inches apart. Individual plots consisted of six beds each 62 ft long. Plots were arranged in a split-plot design with four randomized blocks. Main plots were two treatment timings: one and two weeks after transplanting. Subplots consisted of three treatment rates of Adios TIC granular bait: 0 (control), 0.065, and 0.13 lbs AI carbaryl/acre, applied as a banded application on the ground surface between the planting beds. To equalize attractiveness of each treatment, control plots received only the floral attractants (TIC) of a 5 lb/acre equivalent of the bait. The granular bait was applied by hand using a ‘salt-shaker’ type dispenser. Visual counts of live and dead adults of both striped and spotted cucumber beetles were taken 24 h after each treatment in a single section of 40 ft of row.
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