《Control of Green Apple Aphid》.pdfVIP

Pestic. Phytomed. (Belgrade), 28(4), 2013, 281–285 UDC: 632.7:632.9:634.11 DOI: 10.2298/PIF1304281M Scientific paper Control of green Apple Aphid (Aphis pomi de geer) in organic Apple Production 1 2 1 Slobodan Milenković , Dejan Marčić and Lazar Ružičić 1 Megatrend University, Faculty of Biofarming, Bačka Topola, Maršala Tita 39, 24300 Bačka Topola, Serbia (sloboento@) 2 Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Banatska 31B, P.O. Box 163, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia SuMMARY The efficacy of different methods for controlling populations of green apple aphid (Aphis pomi De Geer) in organic apple orchard was compared over three consecutive years. The following three control methods were tested: a) predator activity (Coccinela septem- punctata), b) predator activity (C. septempunctata) + selective spraying of trees with infesta- tion level exceeding 10% with a botanical insecticide (NeemAzal T/S), and c) predator activ- ity (C. septempunctata) + total spraying of all orchard trees with the botanical insecticide (NeemAzal T/S). In terms of maintaining a biological balance within an orchard, the combi- nation of natural regulation by C. septempunctata and selective spraying of individual trees with NeemAzal T/S proved to be the most efficient method. Keywords: Azadirachtin; Coccinella septem