Targeted control of the saddle gall midge, Haplodiplosis marginata (von Roser) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and the benefits of good control of this pest to winter wheat yield
Censier, Florence; Chavalle, Sandrine; San Martin y Gomez, Gilleset al.
Haplodiplosis marginata; saddle gall midge; pest harmfulness; insecticide treatment; lambda-cyhalothrin; yield losses; winter wheat
Abstract :
[en] BACKGROUND: Since 2010, there has been a resurgence of the saddle gall midge, Haplodiplosis marginata (von Roser), in Belgium and several other European countries, with this pest sometimes causing severe damage in cereals. In 2012 and 2013, field trials were conducted in heavily infested fields to assess its impact on winter wheat crops and to determine efficient ways of dealing with severe infestations.
RESULTS: Crop exposure to H. marginata varied with the different protection methods tried. These methods included one to four successive applications of lambda-cyhalothrin. Yield losses were significant, reaching 6% in 2012 and as high as 15% in 2013, and these losses were linearly related to the number of galls on stems.
CONCLUSION: The trials showed that insecticide applications needed to be synchronized with H. marginata flight peaks and to target the egg hatching period. They also revealed that insecticides applied to coincide with the first flight could, in humid conditions, also reach the larvae close to the soil surface, prior to their pupation.
Research Center/Unit :
Université de Liège - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech ; Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques
Disciplines :
Entomology & pest control Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Censier, Florence ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Phytotechnie des régions tempérées
Chavalle, Sandrine ; Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques - CRA-W > Département Sciences du Vivant > Unité Protection des Plantes et Ecotoxicologie
San Martin y Gomez, Gilles; Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques - CRA-W > Département des Sciences du Vivant > Unité Protection des Plantes et Écotoxicologie
De Proft, Michel; Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques - CRA-W > Département des Sciences du Vivant > Unité Protection des Plantes et Écotoxicologie
Bodson, Bernard ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Phytotechnie des régions tempérées
Language :
English
Title :
Targeted control of the saddle gall midge, Haplodiplosis marginata (von Roser) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and the benefits of good control of this pest to winter wheat yield
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Pest Management Science
ISSN :
1526-498X
eISSN :
1526-4998
Publisher :
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
The saddle gall midge, Haplodiplosis marginata (von Roser): risk assessment and developing tools for integrated pest management.
Funders :
FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture [BE]
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