%0 Journal Article
%T LEAF MINING FLIES - IMPORTANT PESTS OF CUCURBITS
%A Masten Milek
%A Tatjana
%A Pintar
%A Maja
%A £żimala
%A Mladen
%J -
%D 2019
%X Sa£żetak Leaf-mining flies (Agromyzidae) is a family of small yellow and black coloured flies, whose larvae cause damage on cultural plants by tunnelling into the leaf tissue between upper and lower leaf surfaces, creating characteristic £żminesĦ°. Females cause additional damage by creating small round feeding and oviposition punctures on upper leaf surface. The most important pests of cucurbits are four polyphagous species: Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851), Liriomyza trifoli (Burgess, 1880), Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach, 1858) and Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard, 1926). The life-cycle of leaf-mining flies comprises following stages: egg, three larval instars, a pupal instar and adult fly. Leaf-mining flies develop numerous, overlapping generations throughout the year, especially in greenhouse conditions. Ħ°MinesĦħ and punctures made by female flies greatly reduce photosynthesis and can lead to desiccation and premature leaf-fall that subsequently reduces yield and fruit quality. As a result of the damage caused by leaf-mining flies, seedlings and young plants can be totally destroyed. Control of leaf-mining flies is very difficult, particularly in protected cucurbits due to many generations these pest have during a year, fast development of resistance to most commonly used insecticides and larvae being hidden inside the Ħ°minesĦħ in leaves. Also, there is currently a lack of registered products on the market in Croatia for the chemical control of these pests. Therefore, IPM must be applied for the efficient control of leaf-mining flies in cucurbits, including all available cultural, physical and biological measures
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