Determination of Population Development and Infestation Rates of Codling Moth [Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lep.: Tortricidae)] in Apple Orchards in Konya Province

Abstract

Apple is a commonly consumed fruit because of high antioxidant content and source of important nutrients and vitamins, as well as good taste. For this reason apple fruit is in demand at much higher than other temperate climate fruit species. Apple has found a wide range of ecological suitability of cultivation areas in Turkey. Most part of these produced apple fruits are consumed as a fresh in the local markets, and other parts used for fruit juice, fruit concentrate and so on as raw a material in industry (Taşcı, 2017).The homeland of the apple extends to the South Caucasus, including Anatolia, among temperate climate fruit species and the culture dates back to the early centuries. Apple, which has the ability to adapt to different ecologies, showed a wide spread in the world. Today, apple production accounts for approximately 12% of the total fruit production in the world, and gets second place after banana (Taşcı, 2017).

Population Development and Infestation Rate Of Codling Moth (Cydia Pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)) In Apple Orchards in Northern Kyrgyzstan

“…Captures in traps baited with synthetic pheromone lures accurately show whether a specific insect is present, provide reliable information about seasonal activity of pests and effective time of insecticide sprays (Witzgall 2010). Numerous studies were conducted to determine the population development and infestation rate of C. pomonella in the different region of the world using sexual pheromones (Fadamiro 2004;Mamay and Yanık 2013;Zada et al 2014;Aydoğan and Ünlü 2019) In Kyrgyzstan, apple production is small (135 ths tons/year) and unstable due to yield and quality loss from key pests and diseases. Although C. pomonella is considered to be a key pest, no scientific studies have been conducted on this pest last 30 years and the present situation of the pest in the region is not known clearly.…”

“…Numerous reports have been published (Riedl and Croft 1978;Blomefield et al 1997;Reuveny and Cohen 2004;Aydoğan and Ünlü 2019) dealing with codling population under similar climate with Kyrgyzstan, which shows codling moth is essentially bivoltine with considerable yearly variability in third generation emergence. That the very low number of male codling moths caught in traps at YK-5, compared to the other orchards, is likely an indicator that the population of codling moth is not settled yet due to age of trees.…”