Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIX, Issue 1
Written by Paula Lucelia PINTILIE, Roxana Georgiana AMARGHIOALEI, Elena TROTUȘ, Simona Florina ISTICIOAIA, Roxana ZAHARIA, Carmen MINCEA, Andreea Sabina PINTILIE, Andreea ENEA, Mihaela BOTEA
During 2024-2025, under the conditions of the Central area of Moldova, the purpose of the research carried out was to establish the harmful organisms to sugar beet and potato crops, but also the degree of attack produced. The results obtained over the two years show that in sugar beet, the number of recorded pests varied, with nine insect species and two pathogens identified in 2024, and 12 species and two pathogens in 2025. The soil pest complex has been attacking since the emergence of the plants, with the highest attack rate observed in 2024, when adults of the Bothynoderes punctiventris species were present, at 16.5%. In 2025, the attack rate was 7.2% due to the presence of Cheatocnema sp. species. In potatoes, the most widespread pests were Leptinotarsa decemlineata, with the degree of attack between 0.7% and 22.3% in 2024 and between 10.9% and 100% in 2025, and the pathogen Phytophthora infestans produced attacks from 7.9% to 27.6% in 2024 and between 12.5% and 28.5% in 2025.
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{simplepopup popup="false" name="Citation59"}PINTILIE P.L., AMARGHIOALEI R.G., TROTUS E., ISTICIOAIA S.F., ZAHARIA R., MINCEA C., PINTILIE A.S., ENEA A., BOTEA M. 2026, MAIN PESTS ATTACK ON POTATO AND SUGAR BEET CROPS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE CENTRAL AREA OF MOLDOVA (ROMANIA). Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIX, Issue 1, ISSN 2285-5785, 482-488. {/simplepopup}