Some results of studying phytophagous insects feeding on Cuscuta spp. (Cuscutaceae) conducted by FGBU “VNIIKR” researchers
https://doi.org/10.69536/FKR.2021.40.89.001
Abstract
The article presents the results of studying the insects feeding on quarantine weeds of Cuscuta spp. (Cuscutaceae). The research was conducted by FGBU “VNIIKR” specialists in the Russian Federation and some neighboring countries from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The list of the detected on Cuscuta spp. and identified phytophages includes 26 insect species of the orders Homoptera, Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera. The biology of some phytophagous species and some of their parasites of Hymenoptera order has been studied. Detailed data on the biology of the most significant phytophages, Smicronyx genus snout and bark beetles and Melanagromyza cuscutae, as well as their effect on Cuscutaceae have been given. Conclusions have been drawn about the insignificant regulatory effect of the identified phytophages on Cuscutaceae populations.
Keywords
biological control of weeds,
natural enemies,
suppression of weed populations,
polyphages,
oligophages
Supporting agencies: For help in carrying out this study, the author expresses his sincere gratitude to all the above-mentioned entomologists who identified the collected material, as well as: Peter Ivanovich Kim and Grigory Ivanovich Petko (Kazakhstan), specialists of the Chimkent quarantine inspection, Ivan Olontsev (Aksu-Dzhabagly reserve), Oskar Edmundovich Ber and Edmund Rudolfovich Gummel (Uzbekistan), the Korshunovs (Nurata Nature Reserve) and many inspectors, foresters and gamekeepers who assisted in this work. The author expresses special gratitude to the former head of the Biological Method Department of FGBU “VNIIKR”, Sergei Sergeevich Izhevskiy, who provided comprehensive assistance to the author in this and other endeavors
About the Author
O. G. Volkov
FGBU All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center (FGBU VNIIKR)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg Volkov - Head of Biomethod Department, FGBU VNIIKR.
Bykovo, Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast
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Volkov O.G. Some results of studying phytophagous insects feeding on Cuscuta spp. (Cuscutaceae) conducted by FGBU “VNIIKR” researchers. Plant Health and Quarantine. 2021;(3):58-71. https://doi.org/10.69536/FKR.2021.40.89.001
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