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Integrated pest management strategies for control of the carob moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in two oases in the south of Tunisia

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Carob moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is a cosmopolitan pest that affects many fruit crops under field and storage conditions. In Tunisia, carob moth is regarded as the main phytosanitary problem of pomegranate and date palm. Insecticides are often not a viable option to manage this pest due to the larval stage living inside the plant. This study evaluated the efficacy of an Integrated Pest Management approaches (IPM) including sanitation, mass trapping, inundative releases of Trichogramma cacoeciae and date bunch bagging for the control of carob moth on pomegranate and date palm in two oases located in southern Tunisia. Trials were conducted during 2017 and 2018. The findings revealed that an IPM approach to reduce carob moth infestation was quite promising. In both experimental years, fruit damage ranged below 4% on pomegranate and 3% on date palm; furthermore fruit yield was significantly increased on trees where an IPM approach had been applied. Ectomyelois ceratoniae egg parasitism reached a maximum of 47.31% (2017) and 52.45% (2018) in pomegranate fruits treated with T. cacoeciae. The carob moth population was significantly reduced by 82.68% (2017) and 92.29% (2018) in IPM plots in comparison to control plots. Therefore, the IPM approach proved to be an effective option for achieving sustainable management of carob moth on pomegranate and date palm in oases.

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This work was conducted with financial support from the World Bank within the project ‘‘Sustainable Oasis Landscape Management,’’ ID P169955. The authors are very grateful to Mourad Lassoued and Mohamed Salah Legtari for their technical assistance. The authors are also grateful to Agricultural Development Groups of Tameghza and Elguettar for providing crop fields.

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    Sahar Zougari, Anis Zouba & Foued ben Hmida

  2. Department of Plant Health and Environment, LR14AGR02 of Bioaggressors and Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, 43 street Charles Nicolle, Tunis, 1082, Tunisia

    Sabrine Attia & Kaouthar Grissa Lebdi

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Zougari, S., Zouba, A., Attia, S. et al. Integrated pest management strategies for control of the carob moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in two oases in the south of Tunisia. Int J Trop Insect Sci 43, 2151–2166 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01113-4

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