Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz (2000) 73, 41-48

J. Igrc-Barcic, R. Dobrincic, M. Maceljski and J. Barcic (2000)
Effects of seed potato tuber treatment with imidacloprid on some soil and foliar insects in Croatia
Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz 73 (2), 41-48
Abstract: The treatment of seed potato tubers by imidacloprid, as well as the standard granular insecticides applied in the furrow, did not, in four years of trials, sufficiently prevent damage from wireworms, noctuid larvae and mole crickets to potato tubers. The main reason for this failure is the spatial and temporal distance between the application of insecticides and the moment when their action is needed. On the other hand, the effects of imidacloprid applied as seed tuber treatment on the larvae of the Colorado potato beetle was very good: depending upon conditions, it lasted from at least 55, to 70 days at the most. It protected the foliage from any substantial damage from the entire first generation, and ensured high yields. Therefore a decision on seed tuber treatment with imidacloprid in Croatia should primarily depend upon the cost/benefit calculation based on damage expected from the CPB (or aphids), and not from soil insect pests.
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Database assignments for author(s): Renata Bazok

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Leptinotarsa decemlineata	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)	Croatia
	Agriotes lineatus	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)	Croatia
	Agriotes obscurus	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)	Croatia
	Agriotes sputator	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)	Croatia