Original scientific paper

Harmfulness of adult rose chaffers cetonia aurata l and Potosia cuprea fabricius on fruits of represented peach and nectarine cultivars in Ravni Kotari

Josip Ražov ; veučilište u Zadru, Odjel za poljodjelstvo i akvakulturu Sredozemlja
Miklós Tóth ; Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
Božena Barić ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

that scarab beetles named Rose chaffers, which haven’t been considered to be serious pests so far, start to cause serious damages on peach and nectarine fruits during ripening. The fruits are bitten and they lose their market value. There are almost no data in professional literature about the damages that Rose chaffers make. In 2007 and 2008 we were monitoring the population dynamics and damage levels caused by Rose chaffers in the peach and nectarine orchards near Prkos village. It was observed that Rose chaffers appear mostly during the fruit ripening time, when they can cause significant damages on peach and nectarine fruits. We observed the damage levels of up to 8 %. We were using Csalomon® VARb3k attractant traps that can be used for both monitoring their appearance and for fruit protection by the method of mass trapping. The fruit damage estimation and percentage was calculated by our own method.

Keywords

Rose chaffers; peaches; fruits; damages; attractant traps

Hrčak ID:

163467

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/163467

Publication date:

15.7.2009.

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