Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Emil GEORGESCU, Maria TOADER, Lidia CANĂ, Elena PARTAL, Marius BORDEI, Mali Sanda MANOLE
The western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte) was first detected in Romania in 1996 the western part of the country. Since then, the insects have spread to the east. This paper presents the results of this pest population monitoring in southeast Romania at the National Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Fundulea, Călărași County, maize field. The first detection of this pest in the pheromone traps at NARDI Fundulea was in 2017. This study has presented the results of western corn rootworm fly monitoring at NARDI Fundulea between 2020 and 2024. It has used pheromone traps, KLPfero+ type, from Csalomon®. The highest population of this pest was recorded in 2020, with a total number of 2192 captures, followed by 2023 (1645 captures), 2022 (1521 captures), and 2021 (1020 captures). In 2020, the flight peak was in the first 20 days of July, while in 2021, it was in the first 20 days of August. In 2023, the flight peak was in the last 10 days of July, while in 2024, it was in the last 20 days of July.
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