Plant Protect. Sci., 2024, 60(1):97-105 | DOI: 10.17221/64/2023-PPS

The predators of aphids on apples in the region East Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Original Paper

Dejana Stanic ORCID...1
1 Faculty of Agriculture, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, East Sarajevo

Predators of aphids on apples were studied during the growing season in 2021 and 2022 in the region of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Eleven predator species were found on eight apple cultivars in the colonies of three aphid species, Aphis spp., Dysaphis plantaginea Passerini and Dysaphis devecta Walker. Seven species were identified from the family Syrphidae: Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer), Meliscaeva (Episyrphus) auricollis (Meigen, 1822), Eupeodes flaviceps (Rond.), Eupeodes corolae (Fabr.), Scaeva pyrastri (L.), Syrphus ribesii (L.) and Syrphus vitripennis Mg. The larvae of syrphids were more numerous in the Kula location, 99 (52 in 2021 and 47 in 2022), while their number in the Klek location was 59 (35 in 2021 and 24 in 2022). The most abundant species was E. balteatus (40.50%), followed by E. flaviceps (12.65%), S. ribesii (10.75%), M. auricollis (10.12%), S. pyrastri (10.12%) and S. vitripennis (6.96%). The family Coccinellidae is represented by three species: Adalia bipunctata L., Coccinella septempunctata L., and Harmonia axyridis Pallas. From the family Cecidomyiidae, one species Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Rondani), was detected. The largest number of predatory species (nine) was found on the Idared cultivar (in D. plantaginea colonies), where the colonies of this aphid species were the most abundant. The least numerous predatory species were identified on the Gloster cultivar in D. devecta and Aphis spp. colonies. E. balteatus was the most common and numerous of all the predatory species.

Keywords: natural enemies; apple; cultivars

Received: June 5, 2023; Revised: November 30, 2023; Accepted: December 6, 2023; Prepublished online: January 31, 2024; Published: February 21, 2024  Show citation

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Stanic D. The predators of aphids on apples in the region East Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Plant Protect. Sci.. 2024;60(1):97-105. doi: 10.17221/64/2023-PPS.
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