Damages in wheat varieties caused by cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus L.) under treatment by insecticides

Authors

  • Dragan Grčak University of Priština temporary settled in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak, Serbia
  • Desimir Knežević University of Priština temporary settled in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak, Serbia
  • Milosav Grčak University of Priština temporary settled in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak, Serbia
  • Snežana Gošić-Dondo Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje”, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Dejan Dodig Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje”, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Vesna Kandić Raftery Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje”, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Slaviša Gudžić University of Priština temporary settled in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak, Serbia
  • Miroljub Aksić University of Priština temporary settled in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak, Serbia
  • Katerina Nikolić University of Priština temporary settled in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/ZARS2401131G

Keywords:

cereal leaf beetle, insecticide, wheat, damage, variety

Abstract

Cereal leaf beetle – CLB (Oulema melanopa L.), both adults and larvae cause significant damage leaves of wheat, which can be reduced by the use of insecticides to control the pest. The aim of this work was study of damage flag leaf in wheat varieties caused by cereal leaf beetle and efficiency of insecticide applayd for plant protection wheat against CLB. The three varieties of wheat: Zemunska Rosa, Aurelia, and Belija, were used for the study in a field designed in three repetitions with entomological cages with an area of 1 m2. The experiment caried out on field condition in Maize Research Institute, Belgrade. The damage assessment was carried out on the flag leaf area in plant population of wheat. Results of study showed significant differences in number of damaged plants in entomological cages in comparison to outside the entomological cages (open field). In entomological cages the lowest number of damaged plants was on treatment with insecticide deltamethrin in variety Aurelia (4.05%), and the highest was on control variant (without insecticide application) in variety Belija (28.45%). In crops outside the entomological cages, the cereal leaf beetle attacks caused the lowest number of damaged plants on treatment with insecticide deltamethrin in variety Zemunska Roda (8.833%) and the highest was on control variant (without insecticide application) in variety Belija (26.53%). In average for all three variery and all treatments, in entomological cages was lower number of damaged plant (11.31%), than outside the entomological cages 15.21%. Obtained valuese of damaged plants are significantly different. On the base of result established that number of damages plants was different among analyzed varieties on each treatment and that insecticide deltamethrin had the highest efficiency in protection plant damages against the cereal leaf beetle.

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2024-05-15

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