Abstract

This study was carried out in Beydere Seed Certification Test Directorate (Manisa) between 2016-2018 with the aim of detecting important insect pests species in winter-grown vegetables such as artichoke, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, cress, lettuce, parsley, arugula, dill, beet, carrot, white cabbage, red cabbage and Brussels sprouts. In the result of study, as insect species Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus) (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae), Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Eurydema ornata (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), Sphaeroderma rubidum (Graells), Phyllotreta sp. and Cassida rubiginosa, (Müller) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Hellula undalis (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Phragmacossia albida (Erschoff) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae), Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus), Pieris napi (Linnaeus) and Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and Delia radicum (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) were determined. Among them, the most important pests species were determined as B. brassicae, E. ornata, P. brassicae and D. radicum. It was determined that these pests species caused intense damage in head (white-red) cabbage, but the density was low in broccoli.

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