Going beyond sprays and killing agents: Exclusion, sterilization and disruption for insect pest control in pome and stone fruit orchards

Chouinard, Gérald; Firlej, Annabelle; Cormier, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2016.03.014

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“…The second IPM strategy that we consider is based instead on a single technology, namely, exclusion netting. It consists of anti‐insect nets installed around the crops, with a mesh fine enough to ward off the entrance of the SWD, if well managed, but not change light levels and temperature inside the net . We refer to it as the ‘upgraded IPM strategy’.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The average percentages of infested samples per year under no management and the conventional IPM strategy were obtained from the grading performed by a soft fruit marketing co‐op in Trentino through visual inspection of the damage to the samples, while damage sustained under the upgraded IPM strategy was assumed to be 1%, reflecting results from trials in the USA and France (Fig. ) . These estimates represent the ‘actual commercial damage’, because only fruits that are visibly infested are discarded and thus not marketed, and are used to illustrate the best‐case scenario, with more limited impact on revenue losses.…”

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Cost–benefit analysis of controlling the spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)) spread and infestation of soft fruits in Trentino, Northern Italy

Fava

Ioriatti

Melegaro

2017

Pest Management Science

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For the problem considered in this study, insecticide-based management is expected to prove less and less profitable as rising pest pressure levels lead to an intensification of the insecticide applications. Conversely, exclusion netting, despite being more expensive, is expected to be much more profitable, in terms of both its effectiveness in reducing pest pressure and its lower societal impact. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost–benefit analysis of controlling the spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)) spread and infestation of soft fruits in Trentino, Northern Italy

Fava

Ioriatti

Melegaro

2017

Pest Management Science

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“…The influence of exclusion nets on aphid populations is quite controversial and seems mainly related to the species, the microclimate under the nets and the preclusion of natural enemies as well as to the exclusion system (single row or single‐plot) . In our trials, a low number of infested shoots was observed under the net, except in Brookfield® Baigent in 2016 when colonies were mainly composed by E. lanigerum .…”

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Photoselective exclusion netting in apple orchards: effectiveness against pests and impact on beneficial arthropods, fungal diseases and fruit quality

Candian

Pansa

Santoro

et al. 2019

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUND Frequent pesticide treatments in fruit orchards increase hazards for workers, consumers and the environment. Moreover, the indiscriminate and excessive use of pesticides often induces resistance in pests. In the past few years, physical exclusion strategies have been proposed as an alternative for the control of insect pests. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of anti‐hail photoselective netting in protecting apples against key and emerging pests, as well as the impact on beneficial arthropods, fungal diseases and fruit quality. RESULTS In netted plots, a significant reduction in pest populations, i.e. fruit moths, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) and Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), was recorded in comparison with un‐netted controls. Moreover, the damage on fruits caused by H. halys was reduced up to 62% compared with insecticidal treatments. The net did not negatively affect the abundance of predators and the incidence of post‐harvest rot. In addition, the incidence of bitter pit on apple was reduced up to 52%. Furthermore, fruit quality was unaffected by the net coverage (both at harvest and after 4 months of storage). CONCLUSION Anti‐hail photoselective pearl netting proved a promising exclusion system that can prevent attack by more than one insect pest at a time, allowing for a strong reduction in insecticide treatments and relative costs. At the same time, the netting did not negatively influence the presence of predators, the incidence of fungal disease or fruit quality. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry

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“…Unfortunately, the use of netting may exacerbate management of other pests such as aphids (Dib et al 2010). It is exciting to hypothesize that future tortricid management programmes could require very few chemical inputs due to the integration of netting, MD and the release of natural enemies (Chouinard et al 2016).…”

Section: Physical Crop Protectionmentioning

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Integrated management of tortricid pests of tree fruit

Knight¹,

Judd²,

Gilligan³

et al. 2019

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

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Going beyond sprays and killing agents: Exclusion, sterilization and disruption for insect pest control in pome and stone fruit orchards

Cited by 66 publications

References 62 publications

Cost–benefit analysis of controlling the spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)) spread and infestation of soft fruits in Trentino, Northern Italy

Cost–benefit analysis of controlling the spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)) spread and infestation of soft fruits in Trentino, Northern Italy

Photoselective exclusion netting in apple orchards: effectiveness against pests and impact on beneficial arthropods, fungal diseases and fruit quality

Integrated management of tortricid pests of tree fruit

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