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Pest status and population dynamics of the lucerne leaf beetle, Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in a lucerne field in Adana Province, Turkey
Abstract
The lucerne leaf beetle, Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is an important pest of lucerne in Europe and several parts of Turkey. Its damage and thus the loss of yield due to this pest insect is unknown. This study was conducted at Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture Research and Application Farm in Adana Province, Turkey in 2017 and 2018. It was found that the pest had one generation per year. Especially the larvae of G. fornicata was found to feed extensively on the leaves, shoots, flowers and seeds of lucerne, almost turning them into leafless. In the untreated plots, there was about 148% loss in both fresh weight and dry weight in 2017 caused by this pest species and up to 27% loss in 2018. Gonioctena fornicata negatively affected the fresh and dry weight yields. It is estimated that the yield losses were 3.48 t/ha. Although the yield difference between the treated and untreated plots was lower than expected, the cost of loss of yield was still high. Economic loss in the untreated plot was about 4250 TRY/ha (about 545 USD/ha as of December 2020).
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Destekleyen Kurum
Unit of the Scientific Research Project, University of Çukurova
Proje Numarası
Project Number: FYL-2018-10684
Teşekkür
We thank to Research Assistant Şeyda Şi̇mşek (Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bozok, Yozgat) for the analysis. This study was funded by Unit of the Scientific Research Project, University of Çukurova (Project Number: FYL-2018-10684).
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Mart 2021
Gönderilme Tarihi
26 Haziran 2020
Kabul Tarihi
26 Aralık 2020
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2021 Cilt: 45 Sayı: 1
APA
Atakan, E., & Dağ, Y. (2021). Pest status and population dynamics of the lucerne leaf beetle, Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in a lucerne field in Adana Province, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 45(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.758296