Determination of Pest Insect Species at Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Orchards in Adiyaman and Siirt Provinces, Turkey

GULMEZ M., ÇALIŞKAN KEÇE A. F., KAPLAN M., ULUSOY M. R.

KSU TARIM VE DOGA DERGISI-KSU JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURE, cilt.25, sa.4, ss.677-686, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.873939
  • Dergi Adı: KSU TARIM VE DOGA DERGISI-KSU JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.677-686
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pomegranate, Pest insects, Adiyaman, Siirt, Turkey, ECTOMYELOIS-CERATONIAE LEPIDOPTERA, APOMYELOIS-CERATONIAE, CAROB MOTH, ZELLER LEPIDOPTERA, NATURAL ENEMIES, ARTHROPOD PESTS, PYRALIDAE, IDENTIFICATION, BUPRESTIDAE, MANAGEMENT
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was carried out in order to determine the insect pest species found at the orchards of Adiyaman and Siirt provinces. The studies were carried out in the Sirvan district of Siirt and Adiyaman's the Central, Kahta and Samsat districts, where pomegranate production is intensively carried out through the years of 2017 and 2018. Samplings was carried out at the pomegranate orchards at least two weeks interval between April and October. Visual control, knock and insect rearing methods were used to obtain the insect species. According to the results from the study; a total of 42 insect species were obtained from the orders of Orthoptera (1), Thysanoptera (9), Hemiptera (18), Coleoptera (8) Lepidoptera (4) and Diptera (2). Among the identified pest species, Aphis punicae Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Apomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) were determined as the main pest species. Dioryctria simplicella Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Arcyophora dentula Lederer (Lepidoptera: Nolidae), Chrysobothris affinis (F.), Acmaeodera wethloi Obenberger (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and Zaprionus indianus (Gupta) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) were determined for the first time in Turkey's pomegranate production areas.