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

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/67707

Publication date:

8.12.2010.

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