Abstract
Garlic (Allium sativum L., Alliaceae) is consumed at all stages from fresh to dry in Turkey. Major harmful factors, pests for example, bring about a significant loss in garlic production. Studies carried out in Kastamonu garlic areas to determine the harmful pests revealed that the important harmful pest was Delia platura Meigen, (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) in the garlic fields. Population dynamics of D. platura was studied using yellow sticky traps in autumn and spring seasons of planting garlic fields. Plants were checked with trap controls and searched for D. platura on garlic plants. Plants tested were recorded as infested and non-infested. The testing of traps finished in two weeks after the harvest. As a result, D. platura, the first emergence of the adult, was detected on March 21, 2017 in autumn planting and in spring planting. In the autumn planting, the highest number of adults caught in traps was on April 2015 with 4 adult/trap/week. In spring planting, the first adult in the trap was 1 adult/trap/week on 14 March, 2015. The study conducted in 2017, the first time of adult determination on trap was on March 18, 2017 in autumn planting. In spring planting, the first adult emerged on March 18, 2017.
Highlights
Garlic, Allium sativum (L.) (Alliaceae) consisting of sucrose, glucose, A, B and C vitamins, alliin, allicin, ajoen essential oils is an important food for people nutrition
D. platura was recorded for the first time garlic fields in Turkey
In the studies carried out in 2017, it was found that the first adult emerged on March both in the autumn planting and the spring planting (Average temperature and humidity 10 oC and 65% respectively), and the adult population increased until the beginning of March, April and May and it decreased
Summary
Allium sativum (L.) (Alliaceae) consisting of sucrose, glucose, A, B and C vitamins, alliin, allicin, ajoen essential oils is an important food for people nutrition. The most important species of garlic is Allium sativum, which have become an important commercial product in Turkey and both fresh and dried garlic is produced in Turkey. According to the latest data, the production of fresh garlic is 25.519 tons, and dried garlic is 117.688 tons (Anonymous 2018b). Many pests such as Delia antiqua Meigen (Diptera:Anthomyiidae), Delia platura Meigen (Diptera:Anthomyiidae), Thrips tabaci L. A New Pest Species Delia platura Meigen, (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) on Garlic (Allium sativum L., Alliaceae) Area in Kastamonu..., Erdogan (Diptera:Agromyzidae) and Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) (Tylenchida:Anguinidae) in garlic cultivation areas In recent years, garlic producers have complained about side effects of the pest on garlic production. This study conducted in 2015 and 2017 years in Taşköprü-Kastamonu province, aimed at determining the pest in garlic production areas
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