Capnodis tenebrionis (L.) (Coleoptera Buprestidae) is an important and common phytophagous insect of Mediterranean stone-fruit orchards. Current knowledge on its enemies is really scanty and no biological control strategy has been possible to set up. The survey conducted in South Italy areas pointed out the extreme scarcity of Capnodis natural enemies. Only a bethylid species, Sclerodermus cereicollis Kieffer, and some entomopathogenic fungi were found. The susceptibility of the peachborer adults to 2 commercial formulations of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) was assessed in laboratory bioassays. Both products proved to be totally inefficacious in controlling the beetles.
The peach flatheaded rootborer, Capnodis tenebrionis (L.), and its enemies
DE LILLO, Enrico
2007-01-01
Abstract
Capnodis tenebrionis (L.) (Coleoptera Buprestidae) is an important and common phytophagous insect of Mediterranean stone-fruit orchards. Current knowledge on its enemies is really scanty and no biological control strategy has been possible to set up. The survey conducted in South Italy areas pointed out the extreme scarcity of Capnodis natural enemies. Only a bethylid species, Sclerodermus cereicollis Kieffer, and some entomopathogenic fungi were found. The susceptibility of the peachborer adults to 2 commercial formulations of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) was assessed in laboratory bioassays. Both products proved to be totally inefficacious in controlling the beetles.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
