Publication: Pesticides alternative strategy for Replacement of Insect (Yellow beetle)
Pesticides alternative strategy for Replacement of Insect (Yellow beetle)
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-17T17:21:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-17T17:21:33Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1154 | |
| dc.title | Pesticides alternative strategy for Replacement of Insect (Yellow beetle) | en |
| dcterms.description | Anjos N., and Majer J.D. Leaf-eating beetles in Brazilian eucalypt plantations. School of Environmental Biology Bulletin 23, 2003. | en |
| dcterms.description | Personal communication in 2003 from Margarida Casqueiro, RAIZ, to Mena Kost (cited in German on p. 4, http://www.fups.ch/pdf/pu03_2.pdf) | en |
| dcterms.description | Carne P.B., and Taylor K.L. Insect pests. In: Hillis W.E., and Brown A.G. (eds). Eucalypts for wood production. pp. 155-168. CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia 1978 | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2014 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | en |
| dcterms.publisher | FSC International | en |
| dcterms.subject | Forestry | en |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.subject | Pesticides | en |
| fsc.subject | Chemicals | en |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | en |
| is.coverage.country | Brazil | en |
| is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | BR | en |
| is.coverage.region | South America | en |
| is.coverage.region | Latin America and the Caribbean | en |
| is.focus.products | Pesticides | en |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | en |
| is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | en |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Forests and ecosystems | en |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Pesticides, fertilizers, and antibiotics | en |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Forests and ecosystems | en |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Pesticides, fertilizers, and antibiotics | en |
| is.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international1010 | |
| is.pesticide.alternativeMethod | Replacement | en |
| is.pesticide.alternativeStrategy | A simple but highly effective method for preventing damage from yellow beetles in Brazil is to leave sprouting tree stumps in plantations (at least two months before adult beetles appear). Seedlings are planted among leftover, sprouting tree stumps. Beetles preferentially feed on sprouts ('pull plants') and are distracted from the young seedlings (Anjos & Majer 2003).21 This method gave good results in all cases where beetle density was not high enough to consume the foliage of sprouts on stumps. It is likely to be also effective with various other beetle species. A research institute in Portugal, RAIZ, has been studying this simple and highly effective alternative for several years. They found that Eucalyptus weevils (Gonipterus scutellatus) can be effectively managed by cutting several Eucalyptus trees and leaving the cut tree stumps in plantations. The Eucalyptus weevil (or snout beetle) is strongly attracted to sprouting stumps, resulting in such low infestation levels that chemical control can be omitted.22 To distract leaf-eating beetles from crop trees, 'pull hedges' can be grown from eucalyptus shoots at the edge of managed areas (between separate FMUs) and at the boundary of nursery seedbeds. Other native plants and robust eucalyptus species which leaf-eating beetles attack preferentially can be interplanted between tree lines to distract beetles from seedlings. This method has been used for a long time in Australia. E.g. by interplanting Eucalyptus grandis with the species E. dunnii, damage to E. grandis caused by Christmas beetles (Anoplognathus chloropyrus) can be minimized. The species E. dunnii is a preferred food plant of Christmas beetles and tolerates extensive defoliation for several successive years (Carne & Taylor 1978).23 | en |
| is.pesticide.alternativeTrial | Yes | en |
| is.pesticide.alternativeType | Specific strategy | en |
| is.pesticide.pestName | Yellow beetle | en |
| is.pesticide.pestType | Insect | en |