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Common pests in Croatian peach orchards

The main problem in peach production and the other stone-fruit production in Croatia are aphids, Cydia molesta, Anarsia lineatella and Capnodis tenebrionis. Recently many problems on peach fruits have resulted from chafers of the Scarabeidae family, as well as Cetonia aurata and Potosia cuprea. They have damaged fruits after the appearance of mildew. The above-mentioned pests create considerable problems because they appear in orchards in the ripening period. Monitoring these pests is not common in Croatia in comparison to monitoring of key pests by pheromone traps. Monitoring chafers by Csalomon traps in Dalmatia has shown a large population of Cetonia aurata and Potosia cuprea in 2005 and a smaller population in 2006. The capture of chafers by traps as mass trapping could have preveted damage on peach fruits.

pests; peach; chafers; mass traping

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