The Importance of Integrated Pest Control on Wheat Crops Production, during 2015-2016, at Agricultural Research-Development Station Turda

  • Ionel Dragoș DĂRAB Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda
  • Dana MALSCHI Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda, Babeş-Bolyai University, Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Ana-Maria VĂLEAN Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda
  • Cornel CHEȚAN Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda
  • Rodica KADAR Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda
  • Ion OLTEAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
Keywords: wheat pests, pest control treatments, grain production, quality

Abstract

In the wheat crops of central Transylvania a rich complex of phytophagous insects species is reported. Species of thrips, aphids, leafhoppers, flies, cereal leaf beetle and cereal bugs, affects the level of production and quality indicators of wheat grains. In the period of 2015-2016, various integrated pest control models have been applied, watching their effect on the production and quality indicators of wheat, based on applied insecticide treatments, in the experimental lots at ARDS Turda. The results on the quantified production parameters showed oscillations over previous multiannual values, due to the special climatic conditions of 2015 and 2016, to the density of entomophagous and phytophagous insect populations, influenced by the applied treatment system. It is noted that in the years 2015-2016, characterized as exceptional years, with unfavorable thermal and pluviometric conditions, with much higher values than the multiannual average, the gluten and protein content, zeleny index have lower values than in the previous years, at ARDS Turda. The specific annual climate characteristics have a major influence on the production and quality of wheat. Also, pest control strategies have a major impact on the production parameters and qualitative indicators of wheat.

Author Biography

Ion OLTEAN, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
Department Environment and Plant Protection.
Published
2018-12-12