Efficacy of mating disruption technique against carob moth, Apomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in pomegranate orchards in Southeast Turkey (Şanlıurfa)

Primary and secondary plant metabolites determining the suitability of pistachio kernels for the carob moth

“…Because larvae develop within the nuts, chemical control is ineffective and an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy is urgently needed to mitigate losses (Delvare et al, 2011). Modern IPM tactics employing sex pheromones for monitoring and mating disruption (Mamay et al, 2016; Vetter et al, 2006; Zougari et al, 2021) and the sterile insect technique have all shown promise for carob moth management, but could be more effective when combined with improved levels of resistance in the crop (e.g., Soufbaf et al, 2018).…”

Malatya İli Kayısı Bahçelerinde Eurytoma schreineri Schr. (Hymenoptera:Eurytomidae)’nin Yayılış Alanları, Bulaşıklık Oranı, Zarar Durumu ve Doğada Ergin Çıkış Zamanının Belirlenmesi

“…(Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Kırmızıörümcekler, yaprakbitleri ve koşniller gibi önemli oranda kalite ve kantite kayıplarına sebep olan birçok zararlı bulunmaktadır (2). Tarımsal üretimde büyük ekonomik kayıplara sebep olan zararlılara karşı kimyasal mücadele yaygın olarak kullanılsa da son yıllarda çevre dostu alternatif yöntemlerden mekanik mücadele (3), biyolojik mücadele (4), biyoteknik mücadele yöntemlerinden çiftleşmeyi engelleme tekniği (5), kitlesel yakalama tekniği (6), çek ve öldür tekniği (7), kısır böcek salımı tekniği (8)…”

Effectiveness of mass trapping and Trichogramma cacoeciae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) releases against Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Tunisian oases

“…Despite the abundance of pomegranate and palm productions, these two crops face many phytosanitary problems including lepidopterans. The carob moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is one of the most important pests in its larval stage (Mediouni and Dhouibi 2007;Krenn 2010) and is recognized as economically damaging several agricultural crops in many parts of the world such as Iran (Shakeri 2004;Norouzi et al 2008;Sobhani et al 2015;Ahmadi et al 2016), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Al Barty 2014), Turkey (Ozturk et al 2011;Mamay et al 2016), United States of America (Nay 2005;Vetter et al 2006), and the Mediterranean region such as Spain (García-Martínez et al 2017), Italy (De Stefani 1920), Morocco (Madkouri 1978;Bouka et al 2001) and Algeria (Ouamane et al 2017;Roumani et al 2018). The carob moth has been reported on 43 hosts from 18 plant families.…”

“…The majority of damage caused by E. ceratoniae is due to fruit infestations (Norouzi et al 2008;Sobhani et al 2015;Ahmadi et al 2016). This pest is commonly found in carobs Ceratonia siliqua (L.) (Gothilf 1984), pistachios Pistacia vera (L.) (Mehrnejad 1993), almonds Prunus dulcis (Mill) (Gothilf 1984), figs Ficus carica (L.) (Shakeri 1993), walnuts Juglans nigra (L.) (Balachowsky 1972), citrus Citrus sinensis (L.) (Gothilf 1984), dates Phoenix dactylifera (L.) (Echlin 1982) and pomegranates Punica granatum (L.) (Al-Izzi et al 1985;Mamay et al 2016). In Tunisia, this ubiquitous species is the most important insect on pomegranate fruits (Braham 2015), citrus (Hached et al 2018) and date palms (Khoualdia et al 1996).…”

“…Therefore, technical, economic and environmental factors are forcing to adopt new sustainable methods and there has been an increasing interest in controlling carob moth by alternative control tactics such as biological control agents (Frank 2010). Mass trapping and Trichogramma releases seem to be good alternatives to control the carob moth without damaging the ecosystem (Mamay et al 2016;Mehrjardy et al 2016;Gagnon et al 2017;Ouamane et al 2017). In fact, mass trapping combined with sex pheromone of pest is being developed in greenhouses against the tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta Meyrick, 1917 (Abbes et al 2012;Cherif et al 2017), in citrus orchards against the mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann, 1824 (Harbi et al 2018;Hafsi et al 2015) and in pomegranate orchards against the carob moth E. ceratoniae (Dhouibi et al 2016).…”