A. A. Pachkin, O. Yu. Kremneva, M. V. Ivanisova, A. V. Ponomarev, R. Yu. Danilov
Federal Scientific Center for Biological Plant Protection, Krasnodar, p/o 39, 350039, Russian Federation
Abstract. The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of light traps designed by the Federal Scientific Centre for Biological Plant Protection, which attract insect species with positive phototaxis, to monitor and mass capture economically valuable phytophages of crops. The work was carried out in the Kalininsky, Bryukhovetsky, Temryuksky, Ust-Labinsky districts of the Krasnodar Territory and in the city of Krasnodar in 2019–2021 on tomato, sunflower and soybean. Light and pheromone traps were installed on industrial crops 50 m from the edge of the field and 100 m from one another in three times replication. In 2019, on sunflower, the flight peaks of the cotton budworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1805) were observed in late June – early July, the second generation – in the first-second decades of August, in 2020 on tomato – in the second decade of June and the third decade of July, in 2021 on sunflower – in the second decade of July and the third decade of August. Light traps on tomato plantations attracted up to 76 cotton bollworms per week, on sunflower crops – up to 1700 cotton bollworms, on soybeans – up to 170 cotton bollworms and up to 248 meadow moths. Pheromone traps on the same cultures caught no more than 44 individuals of phytophages per week. They are effective as a means of monitoring and capturing the cotton budworm in flight up to 7–36 specimens per day. At higher values, their use does not allow one to objectively assess the flight dynamics of this and other economically valuable phytophages during weekly counts. Light traps can be used to monitor economically important species such as the cotton budworm and other bollworms, as well as the meadow moth.
Keywords: phytophagous insects; monitoring; pest control; pheromone traps; light traps; cotton budworm (Helicoverpa armigera H).
Author Details: A. A. Pachkin, Cand. Sc. (Biol.), senior research fellow (е-mail: Этот адрес электронной почты защищён от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.); O. Yu. Kremneva, Cand. Sc. (Biol.), leading research fellow; M. V. Ivanisova, junior research fellow; A. V. Ponomarev, Cand. Sc. (Techn.), senior research fellow; R. Yu. Danilov, Cand. Sc. (Biol.), senior research fellow.
For citation: Pachkin AA, Kremneva OYu, Ivanisova MV, et al. [Monitoring of economically valuable phytophages of crops using various devices]. Dostizheniya nauki i tekhniki APK. 2022;36(3):33-8. Russian. doi: 10.53859/02352451_2022_36_3_33.