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Control of the flat-headed root borer Capnodis tenebrionis (Linné) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser) (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) in a chitosan formulation in apricot orchards

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Entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema carpocapsae were applied in a chitosan formulation (Biorend R®) to control the flat-headed rootborer Capnodis tenebrionis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in 5 field trials in the province of Valencia, Spain. Application was performed during spring and summer into the soil around apricot trees at densities of 1 and 1.5 million infective dauer juveniles per tree through drip irrigation, injection or by a drench. For evaluation of the control effect the roots of 106 trees were excavated, the cortex removed and living and dead insects were sampled. Dead larvae were dissected and checked for nematode infestation. Control of C. tenebrionis larvae was between 75% and 90%. No influence of the application method, nematode density or time of application on the control effect was recorded. Recovery of the infested trees was observed already in the season following nematode application. Due to the two year life cycle of the insect with egg laying from May to August, applications during spring and autumn are recommended.

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Thanks are due to the EU COST Action 850 “Biocontrol Symbiosis” for the support of a travel grant of the first author to the University Kiel, Germany.

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  1. Idebio S.L., Poligono Industrial el Montalvo, Calle Bell 3, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    Maria del Mar Martinez de Altube, Gonzalo Fernandez De Castro & Alejandro Martinez Peña

  2. Institute for Phytopathology, Department for Biotechnology and Biological Control, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 24118, Kiel, Germany

    Olaf Strauch

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Martinez de Altube, M.M., Strauch, O., Fernandez De Castro, G. et al. Control of the flat-headed root borer Capnodis tenebrionis (Linné) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser) (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) in a chitosan formulation in apricot orchards. BioControl 53, 531–539 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-007-9094-0

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