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Effectiveness of mass trapping and Trichogramma cacoeciae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) releases against Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Tunisian oases

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This study was carried out to evaluate two biological methods for the control of Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) which is considered to be the most important pest species in Tunisia. Mass trapping through 14 traps (water and delta) baited with sex pheromone, and Trichogramma cacoeciae releases with two doses: 25,000 Trichogramma (T)/ha (D1) and 50,000 T/ha (D2) were tested separately. Field trials were conducted during 2016 in oases cultivated by date palm trees and pomegranates. In this experiment the infestation rates for delta traps, water traps and control were 17.6, 32.9 and 87.3%, respectively. Therefore, mass trapping with 14 delta traps was the most effective on pomegranate fruits. After inundative releases of T. cacoeciae (D1: 25,000 and D2: 50,000 T/ha), the results revealed an impact of this parasitoid in inhibiting carob moth eggs hatching, and a significant reduction of the infestation rate of pomegranate fruits between 19.1 and 22.7% for both doses compared to control plot with 87.3%. However, these trials (mass trapping and Trichogramma releases) applied on date palm trees were not sufficient to limit economic losses.

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The authors are very grateful to Mourad Lassoued and Mohamed Salah Legtari for their technical assistance. They are also grateful to Ali Zouba for providing crop field. This work was supported by the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 20 street of Tolède, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Sahar Zougari

  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, 1082, Tunis, Tunisia

    Sahar Zougari, Sabrine Attia & Kaouthar Lebdi-Grissa

  3. Technical Centre of Dates, 4280, Kebili, Tunisia

    Sahar Zougari & Anis Zouba

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Zougari, S., Attia, S., Zouba, A. et al. Effectiveness of mass trapping and Trichogramma cacoeciae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) releases against Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Tunisian oases. Biologia 76, 1175–1188 (2021). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00628-2

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