Effect of lufox, on Lobesia botrana Den. & Schiff. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture Science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture Science,Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

3 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Lobesia botrana, is a major pest of vineyards in the world. Lufox is being an IGR insecticide and is a mixture of Lufenuron and Fenoxicarb. In this study the effect of Lufox and Phosalone was carried out against the three pest generations. Different factors including: percentage of infected bunches, and percentage of infected berries to grape berry moth recorded. The results showed significant differences between the treatments. The average numbers damaged in each bunch were 0.91 in Lufox treatments, whereas the average of the damaged in each bunch in the treatment of Phosalone and control were 2.74 and 10.45, respectively.

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