<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cultivation of short rotation coppice energy willow (SRC EW), <italic>Salix viminalis</italic> L., has a great potential in Ukraine as a source of biomass for biofuel production. Commercial production of this species was recently initiated in the country. The growing of SRC EW in Western and Northern Europe for a long time showed that leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are key pests causing significant biomass reduction. However, data about the pest complex for energy willow growing in Ukraine is not available. Our three-year experiment in Poltava region, Ukraine showed that foliar damage caused by <italic>Clytra laeviuscula</italic> Ratzeburg (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) occurred at energy willow plantations in the second year of production, which could have an effect on commercial production. Accordingly, information about seasonal activity, population dynamics, host range and the role of natural enemies in pest regulation are requested for developing pest control program.</p></abstract>

Cultivation of short rotation coppice energy willow (SRC EW), Salix viminalis L., has a great potential in Ukraine as a source of biomass for biofuel production. Commercial production of this species was recently initiated in the country. The growing of SRC EW in Western and Northern Europe for a long time showed that leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are key pests causing significant biomass reduction. However, data about the pest complex for energy willow growing in Ukraine is not available. Our three-year experiment in Poltava region, Ukraine showed that foliar damage caused by Clytra laeviuscula Ratzeburg (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) occurred at energy willow plantations in the second year of production, which could have an effect on commercial production. Accordingly, information about seasonal activity, population dynamics, host range and the role of natural enemies in pest regulation are requested for developing pest control program.

First Record Of <italic>Clytra Laeviuscula</italic> Ratzeburg As Potential Insect Pest Of Energy Willow (<italic>Salix Viminalis</italic> L.) In Ukraine

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

Research Station of the Institute of Bioenergy Crops and Sugar Beet

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

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First Record Of  Ratzeburg As Potential Insect Pest Of Energy Willow ( L.) In Ukraine

Cultivation of short rotation coppice energy willow (SRC EW), Salix viminalis L., has a great potential in Ukraine as a source of biomass for biofuel...

First Record Of Clytra Laeviuscula Ratzeburg As Potential Insect Pest Of Energy Willow (Salix Viminalis L.) In Ukraine

Published Online: Dec 05, 2015

Page range: 115 - 118

Received: Jul 04, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agri-2015-0016

Keywords
short rotation energy willow, Ratzeburg, pest control

© 2015 Tatyana Stefanovska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

First Record Of Clytra Laeviuscula Ratzeburg As Potential Insect Pest Of Energy Willow (Salix Viminalis L.) In Ukraine

Published Online: Dec 05, 2015

Page range: 115 - 118

Received: Jul 04, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agri-2015-0016

Keywordsshort rotation energy willow, Ratzeburg, pest control

© 2015 Tatyana Stefanovska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
short rotation energy willow, Ratzeburg, pest control