Summary of data and its usage
Finland
|
|
|
Participant
|
P6
|
|
Number of traps:
|
3
|
|
Frequency of emptying:
|
Daily
|
|
Months operated:
|
Aphid season
|
|
Species identified:
|
7-8 major pests
|
|
Start year:
|
Helsinki 1989; Jokioinen 1985; Tyrnävä 1992
|
|
Data usage:
|
Forecasting, viruses, population dynamics studies
|
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
Participants
|
P7 |
P8
|
|
Number of traps:
|
4
|
|
Frequency of emptying:
|
Daily
|
|
Months operated:
|
Aphid season
|
|
Species identified:
|
All aphids at Aschersleben, certain pest species only elsewhere (A. pisum, A. nasturtii, A. frangulae, A. fabae, A. solani, B. helichrysi, B. brassicae, M. euphorbiae, M. dirhodum,M. persicae, P. humuli, R.maidis, R. padi, S. avenae, others)
|
|
Start year:
|
Aschersleben 1985; Göttingen 1993; Groß Lüsewitz 1997; Stuttgart 1994
|
|
Data usage:
|
 Monitoring potato virus vectors, cereal aphids
Forecasting timing and size of spring migration of M. persicae
Forecasting BYDV incidence
Modelling population dynamics
Studying relationships between flight activity and weather
|
|
|
Greece
|
|
|
Participants
|
P9 |
P10
|
|
Number of traps:
|
5
|
|
Frequency of emptying:
|
Daily or weekly
|
|
Months operated:
|
Aphid season
|
|
Species identified:
|
All species
|
|
Start year:
|
Aliartos 1993; Lassithi 1996; Pyrgos 1993; Thessaloniki 1993; Velestino 1993
|
|
Data usage:
|
Studying Greek aphids
Forecasting M. persicae for potato growers
Studying aphid communities
Studying aphid appearance in relation to geographical position and climate
|
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
Participants
|
P11 |
P12
|
|
Number of traps:
|
7
|
|
Frequency of emptying:
|
Daily in aphid season
Daily throughout year from January 1994 in Pozzuolo del Friuli
|
|
Months operated:
|
January to December (except Val di Neto, May to August)
|
|
Species identified:
|
All species (Catania, Ponte in Valtellina, Pozzuolo del Friuli) 18 crop pests only (Acerra, Battipaglia, Val di Neto, Villa Literno) A. pisum, A. fabae, A. gossypii, A spiraecola, Aphis spp, A. solani, B. helichrysi, B. brassicae, C. aegopodii, H. pruni, H. lactucae, M. euphorbiae, M. dirhodum, M. persicae, R. maidis, R. padi, S. avenae, S. graminum, others
|
|
Start year:
|
Acerra 1994; Battipaglia 1994; Catania 1982; Ponte in Valtellina 1992-1995 (Voghera 1983-1987); Pozzuolo del Friuli 1981; Val di Neto 1986; Villa Literno 1994
|
|
Data usage:
|
Studying species composition and flight curves Catania, Ponte in Valtellina, Pozzuolo del Friuli since 1981.
Detecting newly introduced exotic species
Detecting flying insects other than aphids (eg Psocoptera at Ponte in Valtellina)
Forecasting timing and numbers of some crop pest species
Studying relationships with yellow trap catches and plant counts
Evaluating risk of CMV on tomato (Acerra, Battipaglia, Villa Literno), non-persistent viruses of potato (Val di Neto) and BYDV in cereals (Pozzuolo del Friuli)
Studying relationships between species caught by suction traps in autumn and barley field colonisation, Pozzuolo del Friuli since 1992.
|
|
Other information:
|
Weekly bulletin (Acerra, Battipaglia, Villa Literno) or other informative notes (Pozzulo del Friuli, Val di Neto) sent to advisers giving information on aphid flights and advice on control measures
Trap in Turin ran from 1981 to 1990 and trapping data are available for those years on 13 aphid vectors of BYDV
|
|
|
Poland
|
|
|
Participant
|
P13
|
|
Number of traps:
|
1
|
|
Frequency of emptying:
|
Daily
|
|
Months operated:
|
May to December
|
|
Species identified:
|
All species
|
|
Start year:
|
Poznan 1973
|
|
Data usage:
|
Monitoring timing and abundance of pest and exotic species
Forecasting timing and abundance of R. padi
Assessing potential impacts of climate change on life cycle of R. padi
|
|
Other information:
|
From 1994 the trap has only been operated from 10.00 to 13.00 each day except in autumn 1996 when 24 hour operation resumed
|
|
