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http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2021.07.1.083

Seasonal Occurrence of Insect Pests and Related Yield Loss in Amaranth Crop in South Korea  

Kwon, Min (Highland Agricultural Research Institute, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration)
Kim, Juil (Department of Applied Biology, Division of Bio-resource Science, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Changseok (Highland Agricultural Research Institute, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration)
Jee, Sammyu (Highland Agricultural Research Institute, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration)
Nam, Hwayeon (Department of Applied Biology, Division of Bio-resource Science, Kangwon National University)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.60, no.3, 2021 , pp. 305-312 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate insect pests and their damage caused to commercial amaranth in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Korea, during 2019-2020. A total of seven families and 18 species were identified including three species of aphids, twelve species of stink bugs, and four species of moths. Among them, five species caused significant economic damage due to a large number of occurrences; Aphis fabae, Nysius plebejus, Polymerus cognatus, Spoladea recurvalis and Spodoptera exigua. Aphids started to occur from the end of April, and showed the greatest incidence in early June. Three Nysius species occurred from mid-May and showed the maximum density in late August, and then its population decreased from the beginning of September. Two species of moth caterpillars began to occur from mid-August and damaged amaranth until mid-October. Comparing the yields between amaranth plants with and without a spray of pesticides for each pest, the yield loss of seed by aphids and stink bugs were 51.9% and 69.8%, respectively. Also, the reduction rates of leaf biomass by S. recurvalis and S. exigua were 72.5% and 36.5%, respectively.
Keywords
Amaranth; Insect pest; Seasonal fluctuation; Yield loss;
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