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Natural enemies of the European spruce bark beetle \kur{Ips typographus}
BÁRTA, Jiří
Bark beetles (Scolitynae) are among the most important pests of forest stands, where they cause extensive damage, especially in spruce monocultures. Their negative effect is to attack the host tree, which is its source of food and at the same time provides them with space for reproduction. The bark beetle is able to have several generations per year under suitable temperature conditions. One of the most widespread is consi-dered to be the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. This species is able to search for weakened and abiotically damaged trees. Integrated Pest Management of forests includes several effective methods against bark beetles. The most used met-hods include the installation of feromone traps, traps trees and poisoned tripods. The European spruce bark beetle is in their population regulated by many natural enemies. From parasitoids such as Coeloides bostrichorum and Rhopalicus tutela and predators Thanasimus formicarius and Medetera spp. to pathogenic microorganisms such as entomopathogenic viruses, bacteria, protozoa, microsporidia and especially entomo-pathogenic fungi belonging to the order Hypocreales. The most important species is the fungus Beauveria bassiana, which has the greatest potential in the biological pro-tection of spruce stands.
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Cereal pests and their natural enemies
Honěk, Alois ; Martinková, Zdena ; Platková, Hana ; Saska, Pavel ; Skuhrovec, Jiří
The methodology mainly summarizes the new results and experiences of the author's team, which has been studying the biology of some cereal pests and their natural enemies for a long time. The aim is to draw attention to selected species of pests, to provide instructions on how to recognize them, in some cases to find out their current numbers in cereal stands and within the possibilities of current knowledge to predict further development of their abundance in a given stand and estimate yield reduction. Another goal is to recapitulate protection options with an emphasis on the use of natural enemies. The third goal is enlightenment. The methodology provides an accessible way to understand the biology and population development processes of cereal pests (especially aphids) so that the reader does not remain a blind user of unwarranted practical instructions, but can decide for himself according to the immediate situation.
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Výskyt škůdců a jejich antagonistů v konvenčním a ekologickém zemědělství
Malec, Josef
The aim of this thesis was to find out which pests and their antagonists occur in crop growth in conventional and organic farming. The occurrence of pests and their antagonists was investigated in 2018 in the stands of red clover (Trifolium pratense) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) in conventional and ecological land management systems near Ruda u Velké Meziříčí. The trapping methods used were skidding and glue boards. A total of 16,131 individuals were trapped (15951 insects, 180 spiders), 7359 (45.6 %) were trapped using glue boards, 8772 (54.3 %) were skidded. At glue boards was no significant difference in the number of trapped individuals depending on the color of the glued boards. At wheat stands were trapped 5853 (36.3 %) individuals (3143 in conventional cultivation, 2710 in ecological), at red clower stands were trapped 10278 (63.7 %), (3979 in conventional cultivation, 6299 in ecological). In total were trapped 12824 of pests, 4982 in wheat stands (2717 in conventional cultivation, 2265 in ecological), in red clover stands 7842 (2965 in conventional cultivation, 4877 in ecological). In total were trapped 1323 of antagonists, 377 in the wheat stands (151 in conventional cultivation, 226 in ecological), 946 in red clover (325 in conventional cultivation, 621 in ecological). In wheat stands were the most effective bioregulators Braconidae, Coccinellidae and Syrphidae, the most harmful insect were Oulema sp. and Thysanoptera. The most effective bioregulators in red clover stands are Coccinellidae, the most important pests are the genus Protapion.
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Basic comparison winter wheat and neighboring flowering strip
Suchý, Viktor ; Kazda, Jan (advisor) ; Josef, Josef (referee)
Summary
The winter wheat belongs to the staple crop not only around the whole world, but also in the Czech Republic, where it has been grown on about 38 percent of the cultivated land and, regarding the general share of cereals, on 60 percent of the cultivated land. Since the cereals do not provide nectar, nor are they the valuable source of pollen, as regards to the diversity of insects the cereals provide rather poor environment. The lack of food resources for the living species of insects in the agricultural landscape influenced by the high ratio of cereals should be compensated by flowering strips. Regardless of the potential of the flowering strips to support the biodiversity of insects in landscapes, the flowering strips could boost useful species of insects in surrounding plants and help with pest control.
In 2014 the research experiment on a flowering nectar-rich biostrip supposedly improving the presence of pollinators as well as natural enemies was done on the field of the research station in Uhrineves, Prague. In autumn 2014 the winter wheat was sowed and then in spring 2015 the flowering strips consisting of 12 plant species were sowed along one side of the winter wheat field. The observations of the insect species presence were always conducted during favourable climatic conditions from the beginning of June until the harvest of winter wheat in late July. Insect captures were conducted using Moericke traps method once or twice a week and sweep-netting method once every two weeks. The number of insects species such as predators (Coccinellidae, Cantharidae, Staphylinidae), parasitoids (Hymenoptera parasitica) and pollinators (Syrphidae) were observed. Simultaneously, the intensity of flowering including species of weeds was assessed. The open flowers were counted on four unchanged spots on the field, the area of 1 square metre. MS Excel was used for data processing.
The hypothesis of the project has been confirmed. Using the sweepnetting methods, the higher number of monitored insect species has been found in the flowering strips compared to the wheat vegetation. Significantly higher number of parasitic wasps specimens has been observed. The sweepnetting method is considered as an appropriate in comparison to Moericke traps, which have been luring the insects in the vicinity, but have not proved the real presence of insects in the cover.
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Optimization of using of pesticides against pests in system of integrated production of vegetable
Kocourek, František ; Holý, Kamil ; Stará, Jitka
Methodology is addressed to farmers and growers of Brassica vegetable, mainly for growers in system of integrated production of vegetable. Methodology contain information and recommendation for control against main pests of Brassica vegetable necessary for implementation of principles of integrated control in agreement with legislation requirements valid from 2014. Selection of means against pests is based on evaluation of pre-harvest period of active substances of pesticides and evaluation of side effects of these substances on nontarget organisms. For each active substance of pesticide and evaluated vegetable species, data about residue degradation in dependence on time from term of application. According to residue degradation of pesticides in vegetable it is possible to state action pre-harvest periods for low-residue and no-residue vegetable production. Data about side effects on natural enemies and other non-target organisms are given for each active substance of pesticide allowed in EU for vegetable control including substances potentially available for allowing in the Czech Republic. According this knowledge it is possible to rank the active substance into green, yellow and red list of pesticides for integrated system of Brassica vegetable production.
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