Relative efficacy of biological control and cultural management for control of mollusc pests in cool climate vineyards (article)
dc.contributor.author | Egleton, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Erdos, Z | |
dc.contributor.author | Raymond, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Matthews, AC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-02T10:44:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-02-21 | |
dc.description.abstract | Restrictions on the use of synthetic molluscicides highlight the importance of developing alternative control methods. Nevertheless, biocontrol agents can be costlier and less effective than synthetic counterparts. One mean of increasing the efficacy of population suppression is to combine inundative biological control with habitat management to reduce population growth of target pests. Vineyards in the cool, wet climate of western England can suffer from outbreak densities of mollusc pests that damage expanding shoots, developing grapes and promote the transmission of fungal pathogens. In this study we combined the biocontrol agent Nemaslug - Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) -with a simple habitat management approach (regular mowing) to suppress mollusc pests in vineyards in South Western England. Two sites were treated with NemaSlug and or mowing in a factorial design in early spring coinciding with bud burst and the start of mollusc growth and feeding. Mowing was effective management and resulted in the reduction of slug and snail populations and significantly less damaged vines. Nemaslug did not reduce slug numbers overall but did reduce bud damage, snail numbers and lowered the proportion of sucsceptible Deroceras spp in treated plot. However, effect sizes of nematode biocontrol were small, potentially because this product could not be applied to bare soil. Management practice for cool climate vineyards varies considerably from site to site. This study shows the value of simple habitat management for controlling a novel target and emphasizes how consideration of pest biology can lead to effective alternatives. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Cornwall Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Council for the Isles of Scilly | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 21 February 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09583157.2021.1882387 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 05R16P00366 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/124591 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.24378/exe.3083 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.subject | Nematodes | en_GB |
dc.subject | Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita | en_GB |
dc.subject | grapevine | en_GB |
dc.subject | non-chemical control | en_GB |
dc.subject | slugs and snails | en_GB |
dc.title | Relative efficacy of biological control and cultural management for control of mollusc pests in cool climate vineyards (article) | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-02T10:44:46Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0958-3157 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | The dataset associated with this article is located in ORE at: https://doi.org/10.24378/exe.3083 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Biocontrol Science and Technology | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-01-22 | |
exeter.funder | ::European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-01-22 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-02-02T10:12:44Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-06-10T13:56:25Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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