Combined use of fungi and groundcovers tested for integrated fruit fly control



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## Combined use of fungi and groundcovers tested for integrated fruit fly control

17/04/2024 |
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Given the need to find alternatives to the use of chemical pesticides due to their high environmental impact, the research groups AGR-163 Agricultural Entomology of the University of Cordoba (UCO) and Biochemistry and Plant Immunity of the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló (UJI) have been searching for years for alternatives for the control of pests that affect crops.  
  
On this occasion, they are doing so, on the one hand, with the use of entomopathogenic fungi, which infect and cause diseases in insects; and on the other hand, by introducing plant covers that increase the populations of predatory arthropods. So far, no field trials combining both strategies have been published.  
  
The study, led by Professor Josep Jaques of the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, involved Meelad Yousef Yousef, Inmaculada Garrido Jurado, and Enrique Quesada Moraga of the University of Córdoba (UCO), who have extensive experience in studying the use of these fungi as bioinsecticides, and Joaquín Cruz Miralles and María Victoria Ibáñez Gual of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI).

Cruz‑Miralles, J., Garrido-Jurado, I., Yousef-Yousef, M., Ibáñez‑Gual, M.V., Dembilio, O., Quesada-Moraga, E.,Jaques, J.A. “Compatibility of soil application of Metarhizium brunneum and cover crops against Ceratitis capitata soil-dwelling stages”. J Pest Sci (2024). <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01705-6>

Cruz-Miralles, J., Guzzo, M., Ibáñez-Gual, M.V. et al. Ground-covers affect the activity density of ground-dwelling predators and their impact on the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. BioControl 67, 583–592 (2022). <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-022-10168-0>

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