Biological protection of apple-tree from apple-blossom weevil (Anthonomus pomorum linnaeus, 1758)

Abstract

In the course of critical analysis of the literature, the authors paid special attention to the elements of the integrated protection of apple plantations from apple-blossom weevil. First of all the essence of pest control in the garden is the timely and careful destruction of the hibernating stock. One of the alternatives to use the chemical pest control method is the biological method, especially it is recommended to use it in the old gardens. This fact is based on the analysis of the trophocenotic consortium connections of the phytophages of the apple garden, in which the majority of the dendrophilous species should be considered as the feeders that cause the preservation of the parasitic species populations during the years of the garden pest depressions. Another condition for the preservation of the parasitic species in the gardens is to create a forage reserve for the imago nutrition. Trophic bonds can be retained as dominant only in the absence of garden pesticides treatments or with minor treatments