The preliminary study on efficacy of sulfur-based compound on the pomegranate fruit moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lep.: Pyralidae)
2014
Farazmand, Hossein, Iranian Research Institute Of Plant Protection | Golmohammadi, Gh.R. | Keyhanian, A.A. | Moshiri, A.
Sunburn of pomegranate fruits and Pomegranate Fruit Moth (PFM), Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lep.: Pyralidae), is the most important of harmful agents in Iran and other pomegranate producing countries to reduce the quantity and quality of product. Several different methods including collecting and burning of infested fruits, mechanical and biological control have been examined to control PFM, but none of the method has showed to sunborne control. Application of the kaolin and sulfure particle film might be an alternative for control of PFM. To assess the impact of sulfure compounds, trials were conducted in the fields during 2011-2013 years in Garmsar region of Iran. The different compounds of sulfure and kaolin clay (Sepidan® WP) were sprayed over the whole canopy and fruits three and four times at 4–5-week intervals from early May to early September. Based on the field studies, in sulfure based compunds treatments, were reduced the infection rates of PFM damage. So that, the infection rates of the trees treated with the mixture of sulfur and kaolin suspensions, decreased by 56% compared to controls.
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