Objective
Current production of genetically improved forest seeds is nowadays a decisive stake for the EC with regard to the necessity of using qualitatively superior material for afforestation. An increasing number of records over the last fifteen years have shown specific cone and seed insects to be a major factor in seed crop reduction within seed orchards throughout European countries. Cone and seed insects have also been shown to limit drastically the potential of natural regeneration in forest stands.
The final target of this project is to provide seed orchard managers with management methods to limit cone and seed insect damage to a level compatible with economic and social requirements.
The project provided insights into the definition of the integrated pest management for the European larch and Douglas fir in seed orchards. A list of the potential pests to be encountered in seed orchards and seed selected stands of these species was drawn. Beside modelling, various methods to forecast insect abundance in field conditions were developed and improved (eg visual trapping methods, sex pheromones). Furthermore, 2 preventive insecticide treatments for larch cone pests were developed for foresters and orchard managers.
The project includes three complementary parts, combining fundamental and applied studies:
studies of mechanisms involved in cone recognition by insect pests;
studies of insect population dynamics and damage within seed orchards;
tests of integrated pest management systems immediately available for application by orchard managers.
The studies will be focused on the following tree species: Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and larches (Larix decidua and L. leptolepis). Specific insects studies will be on the species causing economically significant damage in most EC countries: larch cone flies (Strobilomyia spp.), the Douglas fir seed chalcid (Megastigmus spermotrophus), the larch cone tortricid (Retinia perangustana).
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- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture agronomy plant protection
- natural sciences biological sciences zoology entomology
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45160 Olivet
France
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