Impact of the Asian gall wasp ( Dryocosmus kuriphilus ) on the radial growth of the European chestnut ( Castanea sativa ).

Author(s):  
Enrico Marcolin ◽  
Mario Pividori ◽  
Fernanda Colombari ◽  
Maria Chiara Manetti ◽  
Francesco Pelleri ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimet S. GENÇER ◽  
Cevriye MERT

The Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a global pest of chestnut (Castanea spp.). It has been spreading in Turkey’s forests and orchards since 2014. This pest imposes a big threat to the Turkish chestnut industry, which is among the top producers in the world. Its gall morphology has been related to pest pressure and host cultivar, thus eventually modulating plant damage with heavy impact on growth and fruit production. We compared gall characters (position on plant organ, ratios, dimensions, volumes, number of larval chambers) in wild Castanea sativa, two local cultivars and a Euro Japanese hybrid. Overall, leaf galls were more common (55.36%), followed by the stem (19.6%) and leaf stipule galls (15.29%). The mean number of chamber and volume value of gall types were 1.52-5.93 and 0.43-2.15 cm3, respectively. The highest values were observed in ‘stem gall’. The more gall formation was observed in the wild chestnut trees and ‘Marigoule’ than the other local varieties.


Author(s):  
T. Adão ◽  
L. Pádua ◽  
T. M. Pinho ◽  
J. Hruška ◽  
A. Sousa ◽  
...  

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> In the early 1980′s, the European chestnut tree (<i>Castanea sativa, Mill.</i>) assumed an important role in the Portuguese economy. Currently, the Trás-os-Montes region (Northeast of Portugal) concentrates the highest chestnuts production in Portugal, representing the major source of income in the region (€50M-€60M).</p> <p>The recognition of the quality of the Portuguese chestnut varieties has increasing the international demand for both industry and consumer-grade segments. As result, chestnut cultivation intensification has been witnessed, in such a way that widely disseminated monoculture practices are currently increasing environmental disaster risks. Depending on the dynamics of the location of interest, monocultures may lead to desertification and soil degradation even if it encompasses multiple causes and a whole range of consequences or impacts. In Trás-os-Montes, despite the strong increase in the cultivation area, phytosanitary problems, such as the chestnut ink disease (<i>Phytophthora cinnamomi</i>) and the chestnut blight (<i>Cryphonectria parasitica</i>), along with other threats, e.g. chestnut gall wasp (<i>Dryocosmus kuriphilus</i>) and nutritional deficiencies, are responsible for a significant decline of chestnut trees, with a real impact on production. The intensification of inappropriate agricultural practices also favours the onset of phytosanitary problems. Moreover, chestnut trees management and monitoring generally rely on in-field time-consuming and laborious observation campaigns. To mitigate the associated risks, it is crucial to establish an effective management and monitoring process to ensure crop cultivation sustainability, preventing at the same time risks of desertification and land degradation.</p> <p>Therefore, this study presents an automatic method that allows to perform chestnut clusters identification, a key-enabling task towards the achievement of important goals such as production estimation and multi-temporal crop evaluation. The proposed methodology consists in the use of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to classify and segment the chestnut fruits, considering a small dataset acquired based on digital terrestrial camera.</p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 243-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pástor Michal ◽  
Juhásová Gabriela ◽  
Juhás Dušan ◽  
Bakay Ladislav ◽  
Kollár Ján ◽  
...  

During 2014–2016, damage by the oriental chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) was found on sweet chestnut trees at 4 localities in Slovakia. Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a specific plant pest on Castanea spp. In Europe it is considered as the most harmful insect pest on Castanea sativa. It is the first report of the oriental chestnut gall wasp occurrence on chestnut trees in Slovakia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca VOLLMEIER ◽  
Gregor OSTERC ◽  
Zlata LUTHAR

<p>European sweet chestnut (<em>Castanea sativa</em> Mill.) is one of the most important wood species due to its environmental and economic role in many agro-forestry systems. Chestnut gall wasp (<em>Dryocosmus kuriphilus </em>Yasumatsu, 1951) is currently the most dangerous pest of sweet chestnut, including in Slovenia. Attack on vegetative buds (in which the eggs are deposited and on which galls are subsequently formed) disturbs the growth of shoots and reduces the yield. In the event of a strong attack, the tree can weaken and decay, which is already noticeable on the ground in Slovenia, especially in terms of the monitored genetic resources of the chestnut tree. Following Japanese experience, European countries are increasingly choosing biological control of chestnut gall wasp with the torymid wasp (<em>Torymus sinensis</em> Kamijo, 1982). Micropropagation is a way of ensuring effective preservation and reproduction while optimizing all phases of work. In the micropropagation of Slovenian sweet chestnut genetic resources, problems arise in the rooting phase.</p>


Author(s):  
В.И. Щуров ◽  
А.С. Бондаренко ◽  
М.М. Скворцов ◽  
А.В. Щурова

Северо-Западный Кавказ отличается наиболее высоким инвазионным давлением из всех приграничных регионов России. Этому способствует его южное положение, разнообразие экосистем, а также крупные порты, объединяемые обширной транспортной инфраструктурой. С 2000 г. здесь обнаружены популяции более 30 чужеродных видов фитофильных насекомых, связанных с деревьями и кустарниками. В 2010–2016 гг. появилось не менее 15 таких вселенцев. В настоящее время последствия жизнедеятельности трех из них наиболее ощутимы в аборигенных лесных сообществах российского Кавказа. Восточноазиатская огнёвка Cydalima perspectalis с 2012 г. является причиной вымирания самшита Buxus colchica в долинах рек Черноморского побережья, а также расселяется в степную зону региона. В 2015 г. в Краснодарский край проник североамериканский клоп-полифаг Corythucha arcuata, заняв около 2 млн га и повредив дубовые леса на площади более 300 тыс. га. В этот же период в охраняемые колхидские леса под Сочи попала карантинная восточноазиатская орехотворка Dryocosmus kuriphilus, угрожающая семенному возобновлению Castanea sativa. Появление подобных пришельцев приводит к необходимости изучения и прогнозирования долговременных последствий трансформации лесных экосистем, осваиваемых инвазивными видами насекомых, в том числе, с позиции сохранения исконного биоразнообразия Кавказа. The Northwest Caucasus is the most prominent among all border regions of Russia for the highest invasive pressure. It is facilitated by the southernmost geographic position, ecosystem diversity, and also by the presence of large sea ports joined by extensive transport infrastructure that provides high traffic. Since year 2000, populations of more than 30 alien phytophilous species of insects interrelated associated with arboreous and shrubby vegetation have been recorded in the region. Not less than 15 species of such invaders were registered in 2010–2016. Currently, consequences of the activity of three of these species have most significant impact on the native forest communities of the Russian Caucasus. Since 2012, the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, causes Buxus colchica extinction in the valleys of the Black Sea coast rivers, and it has also dispersed into the steppe zone of the region. The oak lace bug, Corythucha arcuata, a North American polyphagous pest, appeared in Krasnodar Province in 2015 and now occupies about 2 million hectares. It has severely damaged the oak forests on more than 300 thousand hectares. Simultaneously in 2013–2014 a quarantine pest, Oriental chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, invaded chestnut forests near Sochi, threatening efficiency of seed regeneration of Castanea sativa. Appearance of such pests requires an attention to the question of efficiency of control of transit of the biological materials through the southern borders of Russia.


2006 ◽  
Vol 226 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Robin ◽  
Olivier Morel ◽  
Anna-Maria Vettraino ◽  
Charikleia Perlerou ◽  
Stephanos Diamandis ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Sebastiana ◽  
Andreia Figueiredo ◽  
Bartolomeu Acioli ◽  
Lisete Sousa ◽  
Fernando Pessoa ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacinto S. Germinara ◽  
Antonio De Cristofaro ◽  
Giuseppe Rotundo

2017 ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
Gabriella Kovács ◽  
László Radócz

The most destructive pathogen for the European chestnut is the blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (Murr.) Barr. The spread of the fungus was very fast in Europe within a few decades in the second half of the past century. During the tree-health checking in the chestnut andwalnut plantation in Romania, Hargita county, next to Homoródkarácsonyfalva village, we especially concentraded on the signs of blight disease occurrence. The grove is laying on a western slope, under a pine forest. This favourable geographical space protects it not only from pathogen attacts, but it has a special, mild microclimate for nut and chestnut trees. The European chestnut could be a valuable member of local forests, opening a new perspective under conditions of climate changes.


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