Gastropods as pests in vegetable and ornamental crops in Western Europe.

Port, Gordon; Ester, A.

doi:10.1079/9780851993201.0337

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“…These compounds are registered in many countries of Europe for use against slugs on plant crops. Results from our own studies and those of other authors suggest that these compounds may be of potential importance as sprays, and above all, as treatments for seeds of rape, wheat and other cultivated plants (Gould 1962;Ester and Nijënstein 1995;1996a, 1996bEster 1996;Watkins et al 1996;Nijën-stein and Ester 1998;Iglesias et al 2002;Simms et al 2002;Port and Ester 2002;Schüder et al 2004;Kozłowski et al 2008). Although according to the decision of the European Commission, it will only be possible to use metaldehyde until 31, December 2010.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The most promising of the studied substances were cinnamamide, 3.5-dimethoxycinnamic acid (DMCA), copper ammonium carbonate, ureaformaldehyde (Watkins et al 1996;Simms et al 2002;Schüder et al 2002Schüder et al , 2003Schüder et al , 2004, azadirachtin, carvone, limonene (Ester and Nijën-stein 1995;Port and Ester 2002;Frank et al 2002), geraniol (Barone and Frank 1999), acetylacetonate, chelates of aluminium, iron and copper (Moens et al 1992) and pesticides such as thiodicarb, thiocyklam, bromoxynil and ioxynil (Nijënstein and Ester 1998). Most of these compounds reduced slug grazing on plants, but were not suitable as molluscicides in view of their phytotoxicity and lack of stability.…”

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“…Slugs are among the most significant pests to crop plants in central and northern Europe (South 1992;Frank 1998;Glen and Moens 2002;Moens and Glen 2002;Port and Ester 2002;Kozłowski 2003). The slugs causing the greatest damage to crops are Deroceras reticulatum (Mül-ler), and recently Arion lusitanicus Mabille.…”

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Initial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Selected Active Substances in Reducing Damage To Rape Plants Caused By Arion Lusitanicus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae)

Kozłowski¹,

Kałuski²,

Jaskulska³

et al. 2010

Journal of Plant Protection Research

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Spray forms of various chemical compounds including compounds of plant origin, molluscicides, and insecticides were tested in order to investigate their possibilities for reducing damage to young rape plants caused by the slug Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868. Among them, abamectin (0.2%), methiocarb (0.5%) and metaldehyde (1.0%) reduced damage to the plants, although metaldehyde remained active for only nine days. These three chemical compounds were not phytotoxic to rape plants, and none of them proved lethal to the slugs at the concentration used. The reduction in rape plant damage was obtained as a result of their deterrent and/or antifeedant action. The results indicate that abamectin has high potential usefulness in protecting winter rape seedlings from slugs.

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Initial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Selected Active Substances in Reducing Damage To Rape Plants Caused By Arion Lusitanicus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae)

Kozłowski¹,

Kałuski²,

Jaskulska³

et al. 2010

Journal of Plant Protection Research

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“…The most important pests of the field bean are aphids (Aphididae), pea weevils (Curculionidae) and recently also slugs (Gastropoda: Arionidae, Agriolimacidae). With regard to the Fabaceae, research on risks and protection of plants against gastropod pests has focused primarily on lupin, clover, alfalfa, peas and other species of beans and vetch (south 1992, byers 2002, Gebauer 2002, Port & ester 2002, brooks et al 2003. No information has been found on the field bean, although our observations indicate considerable damage to the plant in areas with abundant slug populations.…”

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Susceptibility of field bean cultivars to slug damage

Jaskulska¹,

Kozłowski²,

Kozłowska³

2017

Folia Malac.

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In recent years field bean crops (Vicia faba) have been frequently attacked by slugs. As there are no molluscicides registered for protection of field beans against slugs, alternative anti-slug measures are needed. One of them may be using specific cultivar properties of the plant. The aim of the study was to assess the susceptibility of different field bean cultivars to damage by slugs and to identify the effect of tannin content in plants on the extent of damage. The experiments were performed in the laboratory and in experimental plot conditions on seeds and plants at stages of 3-4 and 5-6 true leaves, which were exposed to Arion vulgaris (Moquin-Tandon) and A. rufus (Linnaeus). The extent of damage was analysed in four cultivars with low seed tannin content and five with high seed tannin content. The extent of damage to the seeds and plants varied depending on the cultivar and the slug species. The plants of the high-tannin Optimal cultivar were less susceptible to damage.

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“…Slugs are widespread agricultural pests and frequently contaminate leafy vegetables, some of which are grown for human consumption without prior cooking (36). Slugs continuously ingest bacteria from the soil and their environment (51) and therefore have the potential to become contaminated with E. coli O157, both internally and externally.…”

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Slugs: Potential Novel Vectors of Escherichia coli O157

Sproston

MacRae

Ogden

et al. 2006

Appl Environ Microbiol

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Field and laboratory studies were performed to determine whether slugs could act as novel vectors for pathogen (e.g., Escherichia coli O157) transfer from animal feces to salad vegetables. Escherichia coli O157 was isolated from 0.21% of field slugs from an Aberdeenshire sheep farm. These isolates carried the verocytotoxin genes (vt1 and vt2) and the attaching and effacing gene (eae), suggesting that they are potentially pathogenic to humans. Strain typing using multilocus variable number tandem repeats analysis showed that slug and sheep isolates were indistinguishable. Laboratory experiments using an E. coli mutant resistant to nalidixic acid showed that the ubiquitous slug species Deroceras reticulatum could carry viable E. coli on its external surface for up to 14 days. Slugs that had been fed E. coli shed viable bacteria in their feces with numbers showing a short but statistically significant linear log decline. Further, it was found that E. coli persisted for up to 3 weeks in excreted slug feces, and hence, we conclude that slugs have the potential to act as novel vectors of E. coli O157.

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Gastropods as pests in vegetable and ornamental crops in Western Europe.

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Initial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Selected Active Substances in Reducing Damage To Rape Plants Caused By Arion Lusitanicus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae)

Initial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Selected Active Substances in Reducing Damage To Rape Plants Caused By Arion Lusitanicus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae)

Susceptibility of field bean cultivars to slug damage

Slugs: Potential Novel Vectors of Escherichia coli O157

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