Plant Protect. Sci., 2021, 57(4):318-325 | DOI: 10.17221/13/2021-PPS

Improving Ceratitis capitata control through the mass trapping technique in an IPM programme on apricots in TunisiaOriginal Paper

Mohamed Elimem ORCID...*,1, Ahlem Harbi2, Essia Limem-Sellemi3, Slim Rouz1, Karima Chahed1, Mohamed Amine Bouchkara1, Brahim Chermiti2, Adel Jammezi3
1 Research Laboratory of Agriculural Production Systems and Sustainable Development, High School of Agriculture of Mograne, University of Carthage, Zaghouane, Tunisia
2 Higher Institute of Agronomy of Chott-Mériem, University of Sousse, Chott-Mériem, Tunisia
3 General Directorate of Agricultural Protection, Ministry of Agriculture of Water Resources and Fisheries, Tunis le Belvedere, Tunisia

New techniques for Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) control are being studied and developed to replace traditional organophosphate pesticide applications. A mass trapping strategy offers promising medfly control within integrated pest management (IPM) programmes. Field assays were performed to study the efficacy of two mass trapping techniques based on PheroNorm® and Ceratrap® lures that were compared to a conventional approach to control the medfly in Tunisian apricot orchards. The results showed that both mass trapping techniques had a similar efficiency in reducing the C. capitata population. The degrees Brix in the fruits was a determinant issue since the initial apricot fruit damage was detected at 6.4%. At harvesting, the lowest fruit damage rate was recorded in the PheroNorm® (4.25%) and Ceratrap® (6.50%) treated orchards, compared with the conventional approach (10.75%). Therefore, the use of 50 PheroNorm® and Ceratrap® traps per ha density within an IPM approach may be very useful to control the C. capitata populations in apricot orchards.

Keywords: conventional approach; Ceratrap®; degrees Brix; medfly; PheroNorm®; Prunus armeniaca

Published: September 26, 2021  Show citation

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Elimem M, Harbi A, Limem-Sellemi E, Rouz S, Chahed K, Bouchkara MA, et al.. Improving Ceratitis capitata control through the mass trapping technique in an IPM programme on apricots in Tunisia. Plant Protect. Sci. 2021;57(4):318-325. doi: 10.17221/13/2021-PPS.
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