The determination of the species of beneficial and harmful insect and mite species in cherry orchards in Çanakkale province

THE DETERMINATION OF THE SPECIES OF BENEFICIAL ANDHARMFUL INSECT AND MITE SPECIES IN CHERRY ORCHARDS INÇANAKKALE PROVINCEABSTRACTThe study was carried out to determine the species of beneficial and harmfulinsect and mite in 2005 and 2006 in the cherry orchards in Çanakkale province. Thepublic survey was organizated to cherry growers of 183 for determining theproduction problems of the cherry growers. The species of beneficial and harmfulinsect and mite were collected weekly in the growing season from the villages ofAşağıokçular and Halileli, near Çanakkale and Hacıköy, Evciler, Serhat and Çavuşluin Bayramiç and Lapseki and Danışment in Biga and Akköy in Ezine. Moreover, thedevelopment of the population of some harmful insect species was investigated aswell.The report after the public survey showed that the mean problem for thecherry orchards were coming from harmful insect species. They?re as follows;Tropinata hirta (Poda) (32 %), Capnodis sp. (24 %), Scolytus rugulosus (Müll.) (19%), Lymantria dispar (L.) (16 %), Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) (5 %) and others (4 %). Asa result of the study 53 species harmful insects and four species of mites within 32families from nine orders and 20 species of beneficial insects within 12 families fromfive orders were determined. The fascinating (yellow sticker), blue in a colour andferomone traps were established in different five points in each orchard to catchRhagoletis cerasi (L.), Tropinata hirta (Poda), Grapholita molesta (Busok) andLymantria dispar (L.) in the cherry orchards.Key Words: Çanakkale, Cherry, Fascinating (yellow sticker) Traps, Blue in aColour Traps, Feromone Trapsv