APRICOT PEST CONTROL USING FRIENDLY PESTICIDES

The high density system in apricot trees culture has propagated a lot of damaging pests such as: Anarsia lineatella Zell, Cydia molesta Busck and Myzus persicae Sulz.
The utilization of insecticides as the main method of control of these insects has already induced pest resistance and exerts a negative impact on the environment, soil texture and structure, accumulation of toxic residues in soil and fruits, etc.
To prevent all these negative aspects, studies on the biological efficacy of the products based on plant extracts (Artemisia apsinthium, Chelidonium majus, Allium sativum) were carried out.
The experiment included the ‘Tudor’ apricot cultivars.
To find out the optimum timing for application, pheromone traps like ‘Atralin’ and ‘Atramol’ were employed and the sprays were done only when the damage economic threshold (D.E.T.) was exceeded, namely 80-100 butterflies per trap, per week.
The results recorded with those products applied to control Anarsia lineatella Zell., Cydia molesta Busck and Myzus persicae Sulz., have enabled to estimate them as a certain alternative to the pest chemical control.
The product values will be enhanced having in view they are harmless to human beings, to the environment and the useful entomo¬fauna, and not to maintain their toxic residues in fruit.

XIV International Symposium on Apricot Breeding and Culture

M. Trandafirescu, I. Trandafirescu

vegetal extract, peach twig borer, oriental moth, green peach aphid

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.862.82