The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, is a major pest of pome and stone fruit. Our objective was to determine the ability of Steinernema feltiae and Steinernema riobrave to control C. nenuphar larvae in soil. Nematodes were applied at 100 infective juveniles/ cm in peach orchards at two locations (Byron, GA and Quincy, FL) in 2002 and 2003. Treatments were compared to an untreated control ...

Fındık yeşil kokarcası Palomena prasina L. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) ve kurdu Curculio nucum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) fındık bahçelerinin ana zararlılarıdır. Bu iki zararlı tür fındığın meyvelerinde beslenerek önemli ekonomik kayıplara neden olmaktadırlar. çalışma Batı Karadeniz Bölgesi’nde Sakarya ilinde 2017-2018 yıllarında ilaçlı mücadele yapılan dört bahçesinde kurdu’nun popülasyon yoğun...

Ionizing irradiation is used in Florida and Hawaii to disinfest several fruits and sweetpotatoes of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) or other insects (Hallman 2004a). Importation of fruit irradiated against 11 fruit fly species and the mango seed weevil, Cryptorhynchus mangiferae (F.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), has been approved (APHIS 2002). The treatment shows promise for widespread imple...

The Una-Sana Canton (the northwest part of Bosnia and Herzegovina) abounds in large forest areas, where the self-sown sweet chestnuts Castanea sativa Mill. grow. However, plant has been endangered due to negative effects disease-causing agents, harmful insects, human factors (uncontrolled logging). Moreover, chestnut weevil Curculio elephas causes significant damage local fruit. This study aims...