Black Sea Journal of Agriculture

Yazarlar: Selçuk SUNULU, Ziya DUMLUPINAR, Mustafa YILDIRIM, Oğuzhan KARABULUT

Konular:Mühendislik, Ziraat

Anahtar Kelimeler:Spodoptera exigua (Hübner),Sugar beet,Beet armyworm

Özet: Sugar beet (Beta Vulgaris L.) is a two-year industrial plant and it is an important human food source as sugar besides the raw material of many products such as molasses, alcohol, yeast, antibiotic, and bioethanol. Many biotic and abiotic factors cause economic losses with different dimensions in the period from plantation to fabrication in sugar beet cultivation. Beet armyworm [Spodoptera Exigua (Hübner)], which is one of these factors occasionally causes significant economic losses. Pest; It has a large host directory that contains more than 170 plant species from 35 families in a total of 152 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. Depending on the temperature, it can complete its harmful life cycle in as short as 21 days. It may produce 5, or 6 generations in warm places, while two or three generations in colder regions. Damage usually occurs as a result of feeding the larvae on the sugar beet leaves and the upper part of the beetroots, which completely destroys growing plants. In terms of pest management, it is recommended to use insecticides depending on the reproductive capacity and population density. The studies about the damage of the Beet armyworm in sugar beets are limited in our country. It was aimed to provide the latest information on the geographical distribution, economic importance, biology, damage symptoms, damage, host and management of the pest with this review, and suggestions regarding the damage of this pest in sugar beet in our country were presented.

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