Ẹya arabirin ti o ṣi kuro kukumba beetle (Acalymma vittatum) ati kukumba kukumba ti iwọ-oorun (Acalymma trivittatum) jẹ awọn ajenirun pataki lori awọn irugbin ninu idile Cucurbitaceae, eyiti o pẹlu awọn elegede, gourds, cucumbers, ati melons. Awọn beetles gbe okeene ni US, Canada ati Mexico. Bibajẹ le pa awọn irugbin, ṣe idiwọ ṣeto eso, tan kaakiri awọn ọlọjẹ, ati jẹ ki awọn eso jẹ eyiti ko ṣee ṣe.
Awọn beetles agba jẹ ogbontarigi ni iyara wiwa ati apapọ lori awọn irugbin ti wọn fẹ lati jẹun. Awọn obinrin lẹhinna dubulẹ awọn ẹyin ni ipilẹ awọn eweko cucurbit ni isalẹ ilẹ. Lẹhin hatching, idin ifunni lori wá, pupate ni ile, ati ki o farahan bi nigbamii ti iran ti agbalagba.
Awọn olugbẹ nigbagbogbo lo awọn ipakokoro sintetiki (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, ati neonicotinoids) lati ṣakoso awọn beetles kukumba. Sibẹsibẹ, awọn kemikali wọnyi le padanu ipa lori akoko bi awọn olugbe beetle ṣe ndagba resistance. Pẹlupẹlu, wọn le ni awọn ipa buburu lori awọn kokoro anfani ti ko ni ibi-afẹde, pẹlu awọn oyin elegede, bumblebees, ati awọn oyin oyin ti a ṣakoso ti o pollinate awọn irugbin cucurbit. Awọn aṣayan iṣakoso Organic (amọ kaolin, pyrethrins, ati awọn spinosyns) ṣe afihan aiṣedeede ati nigbagbogbo ni opin ipa. Iṣakoso alagbero ti awọn beetles kukumba lori awọn irugbin cucurbit nitorina gbọdọ ṣafikun awọn iwọn iṣakoso miiran.
Iwadi yii ṣe atunyẹwo isedale, awọn ipele igbesi aye, ibajẹ, ati lọwọlọwọ ati awọn ilana agbara fun ṣiṣakoso awọn ajenirun kucurbit pataki wọnyi.
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Awọn itọka: Ariela I Haber, Anna K Wallingford, Ian M Grettenberger, Jasmin P Ramirez Bonilla, Amber C Vinchesi-Vahl, Donald C Weber, Kukumba Beetle ti a ge ati Oorun Striped Kukumba Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Iwe akosile ti Iṣakoso Pest Integrated, Volume 12, atejade 1, 2021, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa026.