Problems in monitoring cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (brassicae) by oviposition traps

Author(s):  
H. den Ouden
Author(s):  

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Delia radicum (L.) (Hylemya brassicae(Bch.)) (Dipt., Anthomyiidae) (Cabbage root fly). Host Plants: Brassica spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE (excl. USSR), Austria, Azores, Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, ASIA (excl. USSR), Israel, Turkey, USSR, AFRICA, Madeira, Morocco, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, USA.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 343-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Deasy ◽  
Tom Shepherd ◽  
Colin J. Alexander ◽  
A. Nicholas E. Birch ◽  
K. Andrew Evans

1996 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.E. Brown ◽  
M. Anderson

AbstractThe spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (Linnaeus), was measured using the electroretinogram (ERG) technique, at fifteen selected wavelengths between 340 nm and 670 nm. The form of the ERG was found to be diphasic in nature. A primary peak of spectral sensitivity in the UV (340–350 nm), and a smaller secondary peak in the blue-green region (460–546 nm) were found, together with a shoulder of sensitivity, representing a ‘pseudo-peak’ as reported for other Diptera, in the red region (630 nm). No significant differences were found between the dorsal and ventral regions of the eye. The peak response in the green region (546 nm) agrees well with existing behavioural data on colour attraction and visual discrimination of host plants by the cabbage root fly.


Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrice Lamy ◽  
Laura Bellec ◽  
Amélie Rusu-Stievenard ◽  
Pauline Clin ◽  
Claire Ricono ◽  
...  

The development of integrated pest management strategies becomes more and more pressing in view of potential harmful effects of synthetic pesticides on the environment and human health. A promising alternative strategy against Delia radicum is the use of trap crops. Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis and subsp. chinensis) is a highly sensitive Brassicaceae species previously identified as a good candidate to attract the cabbage root fly away from other crops. Here, we carried out multi-choice experiments both in the laboratory and in field conditions to measure the oviposition susceptibilities of different subspecies and cultivars of Chinese cabbages as compared to a broccoli reference. We found large differences among subspecies and cultivars of the Chinese cabbage, which received three to eleven times more eggs than the broccoli reference in field conditions. In laboratory conditions, the chinensis subspecies did not receive more eggs than the broccoli reference. We conclude that D. radicum largely prefers to lay eggs on the pekinensis subspecies of Chinese cabbage compared to the chinensis subspecies or broccoli. Some pekinensis cultivars, which received over ten times more eggs than broccoli in the field, appear especially promising candidates to further develop trap crop strategies against the cabbage root fly.


2020 ◽  
Vol 293 ◽  
pp. 106834
Author(s):  
Xavier Mesmin ◽  
Anne-Marie Cortesero ◽  
Loïc Daniel ◽  
Manuel Plantegenest ◽  
Vincent Faloya ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. e41543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Zoephel ◽  
Wencke Reiher ◽  
Karl-Heinz Rexer ◽  
Jörg Kahnt ◽  
Christian Wegener

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