Pest Management Science (2017) 73, 2174-2183
Zrinka Drmic, Miklós Tóth, Darija Lemic, Dinka Grubisic, Milan Pospisil and Renata Bazok (2017)
Area-wide mass trapping by pheromone-based attractants for the control of sugar beet weevil (Bothynoderes punctiventris Germar, Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Pest Management Science 73 (10), 2174-2183
Abstract:
BACKGROUND
Owing to the changing climate, narrow crop rotation, and changes in insecticide application practice, sugar beet weevil (SBW) (Bothynoderes punctiventris Germar) has become the most important economic pest in sugar beet. To develop alternative control methods, an area-wide (AW) control program using aggregation pheromones was implemented over 4 years on an area of 6 and 14.8 km2 in east Croatia.
RESULTS
The mass trapping of SBW on the 'old' sugar beet fields reduced the population from 0.73% to 11.59%. Owing to the strong attack, mass trapping was not effective enough to avoid an insecticide application. However, it significantly reduced the number of insecticide applications, the amount of insecticide used, and the damage compared to the fields outside the mass trapping area.
CONCLUSION
This is the first study to implement an AW program for SBW. It may not be possible to state from this study that trapping alone can reduce the SBW population below the economic threshold level. However, the data do suggest that trapping can play an important role in the reduction of insecticide applications and in creating an integrated pest management plan for dealing with SBW under similar circumstances.
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Database assignments for author(s): Renata Bazok, Dinka Grubisic, Miklós Tóth, Darija Lemic
Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
control - general
Pest and/or beneficial records:
| Beneficial | Pest/Disease/Weed | Crop/Product | Country | Quarant.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bothynoderes punctiventris | Beet/sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) | Croatia |
