Iuliana Elena Golache, Iulia Mineață, Ionel Perju, Ionuț Vasile Ungureanu, Mihai Istrate, Mihai Tălmaciu
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aronia, attractant traps, Epicometis hirta Poda., management, pest
The potential of colored traps in association with phagoattractants represents a new tool for the detection and seasonal monitoring of Epicometis hirta (Poda) adults found in fruit shrub plantations in the North-Eastern area of Romania. The experiment was carried out during 2022-2023 in a chokeberry plantation where the cultivars ‘Nero’ and ‘Melrom’ are grown. During the study period adults emerged every year from the end of March. The first adults were captured before the flowering period, on 31st March 2022, respectively on 29th March 2023. The maximum flight was reached when both varieties were in the phenophase of full flowering, at the end of April (27.04.2022), the beginning of May (04.05.2023). The maximum number of adults captured was in the ‘Nero’ cultivar, in 2023, which produced 36.15% flower damage. The last adults were observed on May 12th (2022), respectively May 15th (2023). The present work focuses on the results of monitoring the attack on the inflorescences of some cultivars of Aronia melanocarpa L. and on the detection of the presence of the polyphagous pest Epicometis hirta (Poda) in a chokeberry plantation from Iași county. The obtained results were processed and statistically interpreted.
Cite this paper: Golache, I.E., Mineață, I., Perju, I., Ungureanu, I.V., Istrate, M., Tălmaciu, M. (2024). RESULTS REGARDING THE SEASONAL MONITORING OF EPICOMENTIS HIRTA PODA (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) IN AN ARONIA PLANTATION FROM NORTH-EASTERN AREA OF ROMANIA. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 13(25), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2024.v13i25.003
