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Phenology and damage of Anarsia lineatella Zell. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in peach, apricot and nectarine orchards under semi-arid conditions

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This study was conducted under semi-arid conditions in Şanlıurfa province (Turkey) in 2010–2011. One orchard each of peach, apricot and nectarine was selected for the study. There was less than one mile distance separating the orchards, and therefore climate, soil and topography were similar. Adult emergence, population peaks, number of generations per year and damage of the peach twig borer [PTB] [Anarsia lineatella Zell. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)] on twigs and fruits were determined. Sex pheromone traps were used to determine moth population dynamics. Fruits and twigs were checked to determine damage rate and host preference of the PTB among peach, apricot and nectarine. This study showed that the first adults of the PTB were detected in early May and pest populations peaked four times during both years. The highest numbers of adults captured by the pheromone traps in peach, apricot and nectarine orchards were 115, 86 and 70 adults/trap, respectively. The PTB damage rates on twigs were 38, 18 and 16% (2010) (P < 0.05) and 30, 22 and 14% (2011) (P < 0.05), while damage rates on fruits were 29, 6 and 6% (2010) (P < 0.05) and 14, 8 and 5% (2011) (P < 0.05) in peach, nectarine and apricot, respectively. The results showed that A. lineatella caused greater damage on peaches than on apricots and nectarines.

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The authors are very thankful to Sandra J. DeBano, Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, for her linguistic and critical review of this manuscript.

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  1. Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, 63100, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Mehmet Mamay

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Harran, 63200, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Ertan Yanık

  3. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Mahmut Doğramacı

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Mamay, M., Yanık, E. & Doğramacı, M. Phenology and damage of Anarsia lineatella Zell. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in peach, apricot and nectarine orchards under semi-arid conditions. Phytoparasitica 42, 641–649 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-014-0405-6

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