The investigation of cone pests and their natural enemies in Kastamonu Taşkopru-Tekçam clonal seed orchard

This study was carried out between 2016 and 2018 in Kastamonu Taşköprü-Tekçam Sarıçam clonal seed orchard. According to the research results Dioryctria simplicella which has been known as pest on Scots pine cones irst time in Turkey. The larval endoparazitoid Macrocentrus buolianae and the exoparazitoid Bracon piger were first obtained in this study at Taşköprü-Tekçam seed orchard. In the field study in 2016, 3 species of Cecidomyiidae family, which cause only coniferous deformations, were identified. In this study which is one of the rare studies made in Turkey about cone Cecidomyiidae, Asynapta sp., Resseliella sp. , Karschomyia or Lobodiplosis species were identified on Scots pine cones in Taşköprü-Tekçam seed orchard. In addition to these pests, Leptoglossus occidentalis nymphs and adults were found in the same area. In addition, the larvae of D. simplicella which feed on pine needles were recorded in this study for the first time in Turkey.