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Determination of the pests and their natural enemies in a highland greenhouse cucumber cultivation in Antalya, Turkey

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Turkey plays a significant role in the world’s greenhouse vegetable production. In Antalya Province, the leader of greenhouse production in Turkey, greenhouse cultivation in the highland area beside the coast has shown an outstanding increase. The current study, which was conducted to determine the pest and beneficial species in greenhouse cucumber cultivation in highland conditions, was carried out in three different locations in 2018–2019 two in Elmalı district and one in Korkuteli district. Using sticky traps and plant samplings, the pest species, population densities, and natural enemies were identified during weekly surveys of the greenhouses. According to the study results, 21 pest species belonging to 5 orders and 9 families and 25 beneficial species belonging to 7 orders and 13 families were identified. One pest species, Tetranychus solanacearum Çobanoğlu & Ueckermann, was reported for the first time on cucumber plants in the world in this study. The predators Lestodiplosis urticae Nijveldt, 1951 and Chrysoperla agilis Henry et al., 2003 were recorded for the first time in Turkey.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr. Işıl Özdemir (Plant Protection Central Research Institute, Ankara), Dr. Gülten Külekçi (Plant Protection Central Research Institute, Ankara) Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Başpınar (Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, Aydın) Nikolay Simov (National Museum of Natural History 1 Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1000 Sofia Bulgaria), Prof. Dr. Ekrem Atakan (Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, Adana), Prof. Dr. Sebahat Ozman Sullivan (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, Samsun) Prof. Edward A. Ueckermann (School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, South Africa) Prof. Dr. Emine Çıkman (Harran University, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, Şanlıurfa), Dr. Ximo Mengual (Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere Adenauerallee Bonn Germany), Dr. Marcela Skuhravá, (CSc.Bítovská 1227/9 CZ-140 00 Praha 4 Czech Republic). Dr. Petr Stary (Biology Centre CAS Institute of Entomology Branisovska 31- 370 05 Czech Republic), Zeljko Tomanovic (Institute of Biology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, 16, Studentski trg. 11000 belgrade, Serbia), Ali Asghar Talebi (Departement of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran), José L. Fernández-Triana, (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Canadian National Collection of Insects (CNC) 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada), Prof. Dr. Miktat Doğanlar (retired Prof. Hatay) Prof. Dr. Nedim Uygun (retired Prof. Adana), Ferenc Szentkirályi (H-1024, Budapest, Fény u.15. I/17., Hungary) ve Doç. Dr. İsmail Döker (Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, Adana) for identifications of species.

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Present study has been produced from the FBA 2018–3454 numbered project supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Akdeniz University. A little part of this study about Lygus spp was presented as a summary at the VII. Plant Protection Congress (14–17 November 2018 Muğla Turkey) and printed as a poster.

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    Nurdan Topakci

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture,, Akdeniz University, 07059, Antalya, Turkey

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Topakci, N., Yükselbaba, U. Determination of the pests and their natural enemies in a highland greenhouse cucumber cultivation in Antalya, Turkey. Int J Trop Insect Sci 43, 1967–1978 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01107-2

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