Entomologia Croatica, Vol. 14 No. 3-4, 2010.
Original scientific paper
Biological control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella Linnaeus 1785 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) using entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser 1955 (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)
Dinka Grubišić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5722-7917
; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tanja Gotlin Čuljak
; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Juran
orcid.org/0000-0002-7332-4108
; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Codling moth, Cydia pomonella Linnaeus 1785 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is the most serious pest of apple production in Europe and worldwide. Autmn applications of the enthomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser 1955 (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) targeting the overwintering pre-pupal stage of the codling moth reduce the adult population the following spring. Beneficial nematodes can be used to compliment all of the different
pest control measures; chemical insecticides, mating disruption and granulosis virus, but their applications are also an important tool in pesticide resistance management. In this paper a review of all research for the period 1997-2010 on S. carpocapsae field efficacy in codling moth control, mass cultivation, formulation, and application strategies of the S. carpocapsae commercial products are presented.
Keywords
Codling moth; Cydia pomonella; entomopathogenic nematodes; Steinernema carpocapsae; biological control; orchards
Hrčak ID:
67707
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Publication date:
8.12.2010.
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