The biology and management of wireworms (<i>Agriotes</i> spp.) on potato with particular reference to the U.K.

Parker, W. E.; Howard, Julia

doi:10.1046/j.1461-9563.2001.00094.x

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“…No significant correlation was found between the presence of dominant species and soil moisture or temperature. This seems to be a discrepancy with the findings that vertical migration and moulting of wireworms are strictly dependent on seasonal changes of soil moisture and temperature (reviewed in Parker & Howard 2001). This could be caused by using data from a few years only and the fact that in these years massive vegetation changes occurred which can hide seasonal periodicity or inter-seasonal variation caused by moisture and temperature.…”

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“…This may be due to the lower pH values of fertilized fields. Parker & Howard (2001) reviewed that A. lineatus was found more commonly than A. obscurus in plots with a high pH in the U.K.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Larvae of Elateridae, also known as wireworms, represent important pests in many agricultural crops (Rusek 1972;Lefko 1998;Parker 2000;Rotrekl 2000;Parker & Howard 2001;Parker et al 2002). The setting aside and turning of arable land into grassland increases the occurrence of wireworms (Lefko 1998;Parker 2000).…”

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Population dynamics of wireworms (Coleoptera, Elateridae) in arable land after abandonment

Jedlička

Frouz

2007

Biologia

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The community of elaterid larvae of three sites (field and two fallows), representing different stages of secondary succession, were studied using soil sampling from 1986 to 1993. All three sites were abandoned arable land: a field cultivated until 1991, a fallow I abandoned in 1986, and a fallow II abandoned about 1976. The fallow II was used as a meadow after abandonment and was regularly mown until 1985, when cultivation stopped. Six species of Elateridae larvae were found at all three study sites. In the field, Agriotes obscurus, Athous niger, Athous subsuscus, Dalopius marginatus and Athous vittatus were found, A. niger and A. obscurus being the most abundant species. During cultivation, larval densities were very low, however, larval abundance increased up to 8.8 ± 8.3 ind. m −2 when cultivation stopped. Only small A. obscurus larvae were found during cultivation, whereas larval size increased after abandonment. In fallow I A. obscurus, A. niger, A. subsuscus, D. marginatus, and Agrypnus murinus were found and the average annual abundance fluctuated between 0.8 ± 1.4 to 40.8 ± 10.9 ind. m −2 with A. obscurus being the most abundant species. Fallow II supported the highest densities of wireworms from all plots studied (71.2 ± 35.2 to 280.0 ± 24.8 ind. m −2 ). A. obscurus, A. niger, A. subsuscus and D. marginatus were found in fallow II. The abundance of all larval Elateridae as well as the dominant species A. obscurus decreased during the study period, while simultaneously the occurrence of small sized A. obscurus larvae decreased. The frequency of cultivation and time elapsed since last cultivation appeared to be the most important factors affecting elaterid occurrence in the field and fallow I. In fallow II, the decrease in abundance correlates with the accumulation of a dense litter layer, which may correspond with soil surface structure, plant community changes or predator pressure.

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“…This may be due to the lower pH values of fertilized fields. Parker & Howard (2001) reviewed that A. lineatus was found more commonly than A. obscurus in plots with a high pH in the U.K.…”

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Population dynamics of wireworms (Coleoptera, Elateridae) in arable land after abandonment

Jedlička

Frouz

2007

Biologia

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“…They feed on the roots, shoots, tubers and bulbs of many arable and vegetable crops, including maize and other cereals, potatoes and carrots (reviewed in Parker and Howard 2001;Ritter and Richter 2013;Traugott et al 2015). In many of these crops, wireworms are not necessarily the most destructive insects, but are among the most difficult to control, particularly because of their long life cycle and overlapping generations, their polyphagous nature and their adaption to a wide range of agricultural ecosystems, including grassland and arable crops (Furlan 1998;Ritter and Richter 2013;Sonnemann et al 2014;Sufyan et al 2014;Traugott et al 2013Traugott et al , 2015.…”

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Preventive application of an entomopathogenic fungus in cover crops for wireworm control

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Efficacy of the Metarhizium brunneum Petch (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) strain ART2825 for control of wireworms (Agriotes obscurus (L.), Coleoptera: Elateridae) was examined in a semi-field pot experiment. Pots were treated in late summer during sowing of spring oat as a cover crop. Survival of wireworms was assessed four weeks after their release in October 2013, and 30 weeks after release in April 2014. Viability and persistence of the fungus was determined by counting colony forming units from substrate samples and microsatellite analyses of recovered Metarhizium isolates. The number of colonies detected in the substrate in October 2013 increased with increasing concentrations of applied conidia, and no significant reduction was observed at the second evaluation date in April 2014. Increasing conidia application rates significantly increased mycosis and reduced wireworm survival, to a level comparable to that of treatment using insecticide-coated oat seeds. The preventive application of M. brunneum conidia to reduce wireworm populations in cover crops, preceding a damage-sensitive crop like potatoes, may be a promising biocontrol strategy.

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“…The larvae are able to destroy up to 25% of crop yields but with root vegetables they mainly reduce the quality of the crop rather than the yield. Potatoes are the most susceptible crop in Poland and around the world (Parker & Howard 2001;Subchev et al 2006;Erlichowski 2008Erlichowski , 2011. losses in potato cultures caused by the feeding of larvae range usually https://doi.org/10.17221/39/2016-PPS from 5% to 25%, and in extreme cases come up to 50% of the tubers, including those in the unprotected and environment-friendly plantations (Furlan & Tóth 2007).…”

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Seasonal fluctuation of Agriotes lineatus, A. obscurus and A. sputator click beetles caught using pheromone traps in Poland

Jakubowska¹,

Bocianowski²,

Nowosad³

2018

Plant Prot. Sci.

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The trap catch of Agriotes species and dynamics of the occurrence of adult click beetles using pheromone traps were determined, and the relationship between the dynamics of the caught wireworms and the placement of traps in selected agricultural crops was investigated. The study was conducted in 2011-2014 in the fields of different crops at five localities in two regions in Poland. The effectiveness of trapping the Elateridae beetles using pheromone traps varied in different localities. The results of the analysis of variance indicate statistically significant differences in the number of A. lineatus beetles only in individual years of research. On average, most individuals of this species were observed in the first year of observation (72.62), and the least -in 2012 (18.5). Statistically significant differences in the occurrence of beetles in each month were observed for all species except A. obscurus. No statistically significant differences between populations of the tested Agriotes species were observed in different localities. Their effectiveness was influenced largely by weather conditions. Pheromone traps work well and can be a part of an assessment system for the integrated pest management of Agriotes species.

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The biology and management of wireworms (Agriotes spp.) on potato with particular reference to the U.K.

Cited by 204 publications

References 79 publications

Population dynamics of wireworms (Coleoptera, Elateridae) in arable land after abandonment

Population dynamics of wireworms (Coleoptera, Elateridae) in arable land after abandonment

Preventive application of an entomopathogenic fungus in cover crops for wireworm control

Seasonal fluctuation of Agriotes lineatus, A. obscurus and A. sputator click beetles caught using pheromone traps in Poland

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